Medium fly screen

[vonny232]

Hi,

I'm gonna need a fly screen for long treks. Wondering what folk think is the best fly screen for the job.

Some of the characteristics I'm looking for:

* Get a moderate level of wind protection
* Contradicting my first point, I am not keen on the screen being too tall
* Not too fancy - not keen on the ones with several humps or ridges
* Something that does not detract from the classic naked look of the bike.
* Colour is important, I think a very light tint  is the best look?

Interested what other folk think?

[VladTepes]

I think its an all or nothing.

I fitted a large screen to mind.  Screwed the look of the bike but did keep the direct cold air off me in winter so - swings & roundabouts. Came off as soon as it warmed up again.

The small ones either

a) still direct air at your body, just higher, or
b) direct the air straight at your helmet potentially increasing fatigue.

Or so I reckon.

[Sweaty]

I second that Vlad. I have a small puig one, which i don't use for that reason and also have a large one that came with the bike, but don't use that because of the look.
Basically, the bike looks far better naked to me, so i will put up with it. I am also really tough  all 80 kgs of me 
Might not be so tough if i was living in the UK though 

[vonny232]

Hmm ok.

So with that in mind, any recommendations? What height would give me sufficient wind protection?


If the screen does have to be a larger one, it would be important that it's easily removed when cruising around locally.

This is the sort of design I had been looking at.

[VladTepes]

None of the ones I've seen are designed for easy/quick removal.  They are designed to be solid and stable at speed.

[KiwiCol]

How tall are ya Vonny?
The type & size of screen you need to do the job, is going to be dictated by how tall you are.  Tall guy with small screen, wind is deflected at top half of the body / helmet area.  Same screen with a shorter person (Notty) will be fine.

I have a different headlight & screen on my K6.  It sends all the air directly at my helmet, very noisy, but my chest / torso area has no wind pressure on it. Makes for relaxing touring albeit noisey. Now if I was 5'8" or so, it would be going straight over the top, but I'm not, I'm 6'5", so just gotta wear it.

[mlivkovich]

Same puig on mine. I am 6'7 tall and my helmet stays calm up to 150 km/h. I feel wind pressure only on shoulders above 100 km/h. My neck is now relaxed and for under 30€ I had nothing to lose. Turned out it is worth every cent!

[shanered6]

I use the same but i bought one of these little adjustable flip screens and put it on top it works realy well , still gets the top of my head but its a lot quieter .

[vonny232]

I'm about 5'10" so not too tall, It also stands to reason that when touring on the highway I would prob lean down somewhat compared to short distance cruising.

[Tony Nitrous]

Hi,

I'm gonna need a fly screen for long treks.

Interested what other folk think?

What I think ?

Why do you think you "need" a screen ?
The 14 isn't a high speed monster and at legal"ish" speeds a naked bike is hardly a drama.

There are some great faired bikes, I've had ZZR1100, Hayabusa's etc but I can't see the 14 needs one, although to be fair I don't do more than 945k (580 mile) days or 1100 mile weekends, or run quicker than 10.3's on my naked bikes. 
(54, arthritis, 6 foot if it makes any difference)

[grog]

old org they were called tupperware. buy a naked bike, keep it naked.

[Mick_J]

Screens are for girls 

[mlivkovich]

Screens are for girls 

And for tall girls who like to travel fast on 14

[shanered6]

Im mighty glad of that little screen when its blowing and peeing it down .... although i do find it tough to try and hide my hole body behind it 

[Andre]

That fly-catcher came off right away when I brought her home. I had tried it on my first one. It did give me 5 km/h more top speed (which I don't care about). If I had a need for a screen, it would be a giant one like on Lawrie's. But I only ride when its dry and warm