How to choose the best windscreen for adventure bikes︱Cross Training Adventure

#crosstrainingadventure #adventureriding #adventurebikes #dualsportriding
#dualsportbikes

[bbevis]

The gap mentioned at 3:15 is critical. In many cases, a windscreen can be improved by simply offsetting it away from your fairing some so air can travel behind it. The idea is to prevent flow separation which creates the turbulence you feel.

[dc]

Madstad. You should highlight them. I rode through hurricanes twice on two different bikes with a madstad. Wouldn't have survived without it / them. Simply the Best windscreen you can get best design. They don't make them for all bikes but they are work of art.

[njohnson]

I've put 3 different windscreens on my Ninja 1000. I finally found one that was smaller, but the shape was the biggest factor. It still creates turbulence, but the vortices were directed in a better way. Sometimes you have to look at the forums, and not the reviews because some people are just angry that they spent several hundred dollars on something that's not satisfactory.

[Sunnysideaus]

I’m 6’5” and on a 2019 Africa twin. I was finding wind buffeting of my head, and some times body. I also ride off road mainly and was worried I would slap my throat into windscreen.

I decided to cut the oem screen down considerably. Now get no buffeting, good clear view and helps keep temps down in this Queensland heat.

[thespeedofchillax]

one add-on i hadn't thought of before i was rec'd it and tried them is front fork windguards they make to usually put on harleys or other cruisers, but i found they work just as well on adv bikes...attaching a set of fork windguards cuts way down on the wind that comes up from underneath the handlebars and windscreen, etc. so yeah, they don't work for everyone, but can make a world of a difference....

[TheIdlesurfer]

My 701 has a Nomad Adv screen, which transformed the bike from an overweight and over powered trail bike into a genuine all rounder, fairly comfortable on the highway, pretty good on trails, pretty good everywhere, doing pretty well anything. Oh yeah, and the Seat Concepts seat. I need that, too.

[airheadzradioadventures]

The stock windscreen on my Super Meteor makes my helmet shake pretty badly above 45mph. No adjustments available. Going to take it off for a few rides and see if the ride’s better…

[SimonBrisbane]

Another great vid 👍🏼 really appreciate your honesty with your own trials and errors. The motorbike body profile, fairing and fork tunnel design are also significant factors in airflow. Various Africa Twin models are a good example of how different, even subtle designs affect airflow. Riders of the Adventure Sport model and the older CRF1000 model often swear by fork tunnel air dams to reduce buffeting. The same air dams do relatively little on the CRF1100 due to subtle different contours in fairing and body profiles.

[bryanreeme]

I guess I'm one who doesn't like a screen ever since a childhood wreck.. I do like a bit of fairing, & being election time the yard signs are great for mockups & eventually a plug to mold composite on👍

[davidfindlay]

Bunnings. A piece of acrylic about a metre square? Easy to drill and or bend with a gentle application with a cheap hot air gun. Cut a rough chunk off to fit a WR250R, just kept effing around with height and width, plus "lip", until I had a reasonable compromise for my needs, which was a bit of load off the body, and clear air to the helmet. About

[kennethcole]

I started riding motorcycles when I was 17 and 1954. I was still riding motorcycles and my quotes windscreen is really a debris screen protect me from the trucks drop in Sandersville stones and thorough protect me from tires, picking up debris from the road and throwing it into my face I won’t ride without one full screen.

[craigkennedy]

My brother’s 2022 KLR has a stock windscreen which makes for an easier more comfortable ride than my DR650. Looked at aftermarket windscreens for the DR but undecided for many of the reasons you stated.

[phtylersin]

As a MT09 owner, yes any bloodly wind screen would do please.

[mechanicalman]

Amen to crappy windscreens. The stock one on my 790 produced significant noise and turbulence to my head. Terribly noisy and tiring on the highway. Awful. Got the Rade Garage one and it’s great.

[painsrides]

After debating with myself about putting a windscreen on my DRz. I ended up putting on the type that mounts low to the headlight mask. I wanted wind pressure off my torso, but did not want to add buffeting or to worry about clipping my face on a windscreen. As it turns out the windscreen worked out perfectly, it breaks the wind🤔 nicely, there's no buffeting at all(not that I ride the DRz at high speed) even at 65+mph and its far enough away from me that I'm not worried about clipping it.

[asherlito]

I used a windscreen on my drz was great for street riding until I went off road, failed riding a rock step off and almost decapitated myself. scary stuff glad it broke off during that wreck. Did not buy a replacement, I'll take wind on my head over no head anyday.

[tazyt]

Mate I’ve never bought one I just make them to suit the bike bit tricky but I get exactly what I want ride safe Baz cheers

[advmatt]

Great explanation to windscreen turbulence. Thanks.

[paulwood]

For about $120. on my KLR i added the rally screen kit which allows the angle of the screen to adjusted, found the sweet spot and then added a deflector on top, Absolutely no turbulence

[MsDenver]

No experience always rode naked bikes so not sure I even like them but I’m 63 and want to go touring.😊