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pja Maxi-Scooter Rider


Number of posts: 157 Age: 65 Location: Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia Points: 1183 Registration date: 2009-10-02
 | Subject: Some advice on a screen change Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:11 pm | |
| I have been vacillating about what to do about my noisy stock screen for more than a year now (does that mean I'm getting used to it?). Anyhow, my preferred options are:
- Fit a Clearview Sport Screen (only 10" high); or
- Fit a Laminar Lip to the stock screen.
I am not keen on having a screen that I have to look through. Here is a picture of the Sport Screen:  The Clearview website says the scooter belongs to Robert of Scottsdale, AZ; if Robert is a member of this forum or if there is any other owner out there who has fitted a Sport Screen then I would appreciate hearing your views about it. Regards, Peter |
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KurtPerthWA Silver Wing Expert


Number of posts: 944 Age: 63 Location: Belmont, Perth WA Points: 2750 Registration date: 2009-01-19
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:31 pm | |
| Leaves me wondering tho Pete, watcha gonna do about all that salt spray in your eyes? BTW,dont forget the ace bars or the rear sets! |
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KurtPerthWA Silver Wing Expert


Number of posts: 944 Age: 63 Location: Belmont, Perth WA Points: 2750 Registration date: 2009-01-19
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:39 pm | |
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Skippy Super Scooter Rider


Number of posts: 299 Age: 45 Location: Exeter. Devon. Points: 1002 Registration date: 2010-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:57 am | |
| OWWWW!! Meow |
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mitch Scooter Rider


Number of posts: 42 Location: West Lothian, Scotland. Points: 675 Registration date: 2010-09-10
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:59 am | |
| The Givi AF214 two section adjustable screen is excellent. The top section can be adjusted up or down, within seconds, to suit general conditions / personal preferences / weather & journey types / looking through or not looking through e.g. might want to keep screen at a higher level on long fast motorway journeys, a cold day or lower on slower winding roads on a warm day etc etc. |
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jdeereanton Silver Wing Guru


Number of posts: 1767 Age: 74 Location: Huntsville, AL Points: 3057 Registration date: 2008-12-24
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:26 am | |
| pja,
If noise is the issue I'd suggest the AF214 (GIVI AirFlow) screen. It seems to offer all the advantages of the Laminar Lip, but with easier fine tuning and adjustment, albeit at some expense. It also gives you the luxury of being able to remove the adjustable part giving a shorter, (not as short as the Clearview sport), but not as tall as the stock.
A plus to going with the AF214 - you would have the stock screen available to you and you could cut it down to the 10" size. |
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MikeO Site Admin

Number of posts: 1724 Age: 62 Location: Western Europe Points: 2867 Registration date: 2009-06-29
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:57 am | |
| I bought a Laminar Lip ready to fit when the Silverwing arrived but I wasn't as happy with it on the Wing as I'd been with the one on my X9.....which is why I bouught the Givi AirFlow - full marks to it.
Darek has the Laminar Ears as well as the Lip - I think he's happy with the set-up but you'd have to ask him. _________________ Mike - Riding on the right - riding for pleasure!
'09 Silverwing 600 - 'The Winged Express' - Delta Blue, ABS, Heated Grips, Givi Airflow Screen, Utopia rider's backrest, Givi pillion backrest & E52 Topbox, Cortech Super Mini Tank Bag as a tunnel-bag, Starcom Digital Comms System.
www.x9ownersclub.co.uk - for all Maxi-Riders who want to RIDE!
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
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bigbird Silver Wing Guru


Number of posts: 2160 Location: Winnipeg Canada Points: 3057 Registration date: 2010-05-02
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:10 am | |
| I can tell you right now, just by looking at that sport screen, if you do any highway driving your head will be buffeted like a rag doll in the wind. Another vote for the Givi Airflow. Even on its highest setting, I do not look through my Airflow.
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redeye Maxi-Scooter Rider


Number of posts: 151 Age: 51 Location: Maryland Points: 750 Registration date: 2010-10-13
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:26 am | |
| I agree with Bigbird. The sport screen pictured in your original post is similar to the very short stock screen on my Yamaha Morphous. Riding around town, in stop and go traffic, it was fine and there was no need for a change. The light air flow was quite pleasant.
When speeds climb above 35 MPH, which includes at least 80% of my current riding, the wind buffeting quickly became bothersome and I went with a taller, aftermarket screen. For my Silver Wing, the Airflow windscreen looks like the way to go as it can be short if I want it that way for some reason. Sometimes I miss having a short screen. |
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Meldrew Silver Wing Expert


Number of posts: 602 Age: 61 Location: Cumbria, England UK Points: 1163 Registration date: 2010-11-16
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:13 pm | |
| Of course that photo could be the result of clumsily trying to cut down a regular sized screen at home, and getting it badly wrong! I noticed an awful lot of Harley riders with similar home disasters when I was on holiday in Florida in November. |
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Waspie Silver Wing Guru


Number of posts: 1739 Age: 60 Location: Portland, UK Points: 2905 Registration date: 2009-07-26
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bigbird Silver Wing Guru


Number of posts: 2160 Location: Winnipeg Canada Points: 3057 Registration date: 2010-05-02
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:40 pm | |
| | Waspie wrote: | But surely no more than a power ranger on his rice rocket!!! A friend of mine feels uncomfortable if he hasn't the wind blasting the jacket and helmet of his leathers!!!! (He is weird)
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Every time I'm out on the highway, the one type of bike I NEVER see is the naked or partly faired crotch rocket. Those guys can be found doing catwalks in front of whatever audience they can muster up, or doing the full throttle 1/4 mile dash between traffic signals. The only bikes I ever see out on the road have some sort of windshield. Even the batwing fairings with short windscreens on the Harleys, Victories, and Yamaha Stars among others don't provide sufficient wind buffeting protection. The only satisfactory protection against buffeting is a full size windshield, be it adjustable or not. That, or a fully faired sport bike with clip-ons whose rider is tucked down flat on the tank behind a flyscreen. Try that for hours on end. |
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pja Maxi-Scooter Rider


Number of posts: 157 Age: 65 Location: Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia Points: 1183 Registration date: 2009-10-02
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pja Maxi-Scooter Rider


Number of posts: 157 Age: 65 Location: Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia Points: 1183 Registration date: 2009-10-02
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Meldrew Silver Wing Expert


Number of posts: 602 Age: 61 Location: Cumbria, England UK Points: 1163 Registration date: 2010-11-16
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:31 am | |
| Hi Peter,
There is an alternative way to mount a MRA Vario Spoiler that requires no drilling of the screen. It's basically a couple of inverted U clamps that you screw the spoiler onto. You then push the clamps over the top of the screen and tighten up a couple of bolts.
Your MRA dealer or Twisted Throttle will have them in stock.
Regards Meldrew |
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jdeereanton Silver Wing Guru


Number of posts: 1767 Age: 74 Location: Huntsville, AL Points: 3057 Registration date: 2008-12-24
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:37 am | |
| Oh, excellent call on the MRA Vario. I had noted that product some time ago and forgot about it. That is really a slick solution. |
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MikeO Site Admin

Number of posts: 1724 Age: 62 Location: Western Europe Points: 2867 Registration date: 2009-06-29
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:44 am | |
| I suspect I am more affected by the wind coming round the sides of the screen. The stock screen doesn't seem wide enough either actually or aerodynamically.
Will putting any kind of spoiler on the top alone do the trick?
I think the aerodynamics of the AirFlow (and others, probably) spreads the side blast wider, making the screen seem wider. As I said, I think the Laminar Ears indicate that that is a way the problem is eased. _________________ Mike - Riding on the right - riding for pleasure!
'09 Silverwing 600 - 'The Winged Express' - Delta Blue, ABS, Heated Grips, Givi Airflow Screen, Utopia rider's backrest, Givi pillion backrest & E52 Topbox, Cortech Super Mini Tank Bag as a tunnel-bag, Starcom Digital Comms System.
www.x9ownersclub.co.uk - for all Maxi-Riders who want to RIDE!
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
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john grinsel Silver Wing Expert

Number of posts: 528 Points: 1601 Registration date: 2009-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Some advice on a screen change Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:47 am | |
| I have Laminars Ears in my junk box,used them with just stock windshield and then in conjunction with Lip......maybe some improvement on hands. Should be bolted on, at least to windshield.
Basic problem in SilverWing and other scooters, except Vespa is as I have said before, you are too far from tip of Windshield @18-24 in is where problem lies.
Right now I have the Adjustable Givi with added Laminar Lip that may have added a couple of mph to the comfort zone ......but still after 65 mph it gets miserable-noise, buffeting.The Givi in lower position works better at slower speeds than anything I have tried on the SilverWing.
MadStad in FL uses another approach for still air----change angle of attack. So far nothing from him for SilverWing. MRA attachment might do same thing.
Windshields that work should be standard.
John Grinsel |
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