Quote from: hyphen on August 05, 2008, 01:47:08 PM
For those that have taken the front fairing off, is the wind blast significantly greater? 

from 0 to 80, you won't notice much difference. Above 80mph, it's much nicer with the fairing on.

Yes it does help

But it looks like A$$ IMHO.  I put on a Buell CF screen and like the look better and still get some of the higher speed beni's

Yeah, take it off...or don´t buy it at all in the first place.
The bike looks a lot better without the fly screen imho.
But if you go for the belly cover, seat cover and stuff, you should have it on.
Wind wise its a joke...a good one 

Quote from: He Man on August 05, 2008, 05:42:17 PM
the milestones of a poster..


666, 1000, 1337, what else? lol.. oops 1004.

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Why 1004?

I have the fairing and I have never taken it off.  I really like the look of it on my s2r.  What I have done to it that has made a noticeable and appreciated difference is put some fairing stays on it.  The Poor Duc fairing stays make the stock wind screen rock solid.  It does not wobble around at all and has really smoothed out the wind stream coming at my face.

I've never had a windshield, but the force of the wind once you pass 80mph is enough to require me to close the shoulder vents on my Tourmaster gear because they start acting like a parachute.  Not sure the windshield would help with that though ~

JM

i noticed a significant increase in wind to my face when i took the windscreen off. I tuck in pretty tight on the highway, so i manage to get most of it over me... but i am positive that if i put the screen back on, it would be even better.

it just looks like shit IMO, and does wobble like hell.

There is someone out there that make extra supports for them though. You can get them at monsterparts.com i believe.

Not much difference,i experimented on and off and i didn't feel any difference.The wind still blast by your helmet i think the same way,it will still sway your head from side to side.That's at around 180-200 kph.That's just MHO.

Ditched it after a week. Above 60 you're going to get blasted anyway. Plus it's a naked bike, it should stay naked.

I tried both on and off on the track date and it didn’t really make much difference on the high speed (both are bad  ). Once I got used to the wind blasting, it doesn’t really bother me anymore.
But the ugly wind screen really bothers my eye so it’s gone..

Good helmet + the windscreen will help you out a lot up over 60mph. 

The screen got the wind off my chest (I'm 6'-2) and going from a low-end Shoei to the X-11 made wind impact on my helmet, with or without the screen, almost nil.  Then if you tuck in at highway speeds, as others have noted, you can really take advantage of the bubble.  I've never had a helmet "lifting" issue, but that could again be a result of the difference in helmet designs/aerodynamics.

I guess this is somewhat of a plug for poor duc but, (as i stated before) with fairing stays, there is a noticeable and appreciated difference.  When you have the front wind screen on WITH OUT any support, it flaps around in the wind and you're hit with blasts of wind in all different directions because the fairing is flapping.  When it is supported, it s a constant stream.  It still is aimed at your head but your helmet is (should be) aerodynamic.  With a constant stream of wind and you helmet further "blending" into that wind stream, there is a noticeable difference.

My ride is a lot less choppy due to the wind hitting me in one place.  With out fairing stays, i would assume the windscreen is just as good as it not being there.

Quote from: DCXCV on August 06, 2008, 09:13:52 AM
Good helmet + the windscreen will help you out a lot up over 60mph. 

The screen got the wind off my chest (I'm 6'-2) and going from a low-end Shoei to the X-11 made wind impact on my helmet, with or without the screen, almost nil.  Then if you tuck in at highway speeds, as others have noted, you can really take advantage of the bubble.  I've never had a helmet "lifting" issue, but that could again be a result of the difference in helmet designs/aerodynamics.

RX-7 corsair... screen on would keep the wind at my face/top of head when sitting sorta upright, and the aero could do it's job. switching to the corsair from my astral made it pretty obvious.

screen off would keep the wind at my jaw/neck area in the same posture, and my lid starts to lift. getting down closer to the tank, and it feels better.

crouching on the tank, screen on makes the ton alot more managable 
YMMV

Quote from: He Man on August 05, 2008, 05:42:17 PM
the milestones of a poster..


666, 1000, 1337, what else? lol.. oops 1004.

Well, you can see 1098 from where you're sitting...

I put one on and hated it.  It seemed to redirect all the wind directly to my shoulders and my head.  With it off, my shoulders and head still get blasted, but it feels more even over my whole torso.  I never tucked in behind it because the noise was unbelievable loud.  Though the lack of pressure was nice...

But I think it came down to looks.  I hate the looks with it on.