Screen satisfaction; at last

[Windmill John]

Okay, it's taken me a while to arrive at this point.
The very short version is:
Std screen.
MRA screen
Honda tall screen
All three cut down in different ways, with the MRA foil attached either side, either way up.
I had an MRA on my GS and it was great, but it was fitted to the Transalp when I got it and I didn't find it that effective.
I changed my helmet and that improved things tremendously.
Finally, I got a Powerbronze high screen, which kinks differently to the Honda one; still not right.
I attached the MRA foil the right way up; no good.
I then attached the MRA foil the wrong way up; Aargh
I wear a flip up and I'm 5' 10". with the helmet flipped up, I still get a lot of wind rush, but with the helmet down and the visor up or down, Aargh
Bear in mind, this is personal and others may not find it as effective, but this is the fourth screen tried, in different lengths, shapes etc, I am now very content; Aargh.......

[btbloke]

Only an observation, but that's going to act like a parachute or a reversed spoiler and put a lot of pressure on the four mounting well nuts and the top of the fairing plastic. Have you ridden at speed for a long duration yet?

[dubhe]

I figure it is working because it causes a higher wind speed over the top edge of the screen, but as mentioned above, at the cost of a lot of drag.

[Fruit Loop]

I changed my helmet and that improved things tremendously.

Having found my expensive helmet is vastly noisier on the Alp than a cheapie I was lent, I'd be interested to know what your before and after helmets were.

[Windmill John]

Yes, I did worry about the nuts, hoping that the pressure differential was not too great due to both sides having exposure to the wind; I am aware of lift. If they do show signs of breaking, I will replace brackets with nuts, bolts and spacers; I have ridden at 70ish for a while on more than one occasion
Re helmet, I had a Shoei Syncrotec for years; it became like comfy slippers in the end, but started to fall to bits.
When I changed to a Caberg Justisstimo, the noise dropped massively.
BUT..... Whilst I have the quietest ride so far, I do stress it is not perfect, but certainly I'm not changing it.
For example, if I ride with helmet down, but visor up, I now tilt my eyes down to look at the clocks rather than my head. If I tilt my head, I get a lot of wind rush. But, as mentioned above, it's the best it's been and I'm sticking with it
I think the height of the rider makes a big difference, as I often hear that guys over six feet have no problems.

[ian porter]

When I changed to a Caberg Justisstimo, the noise dropped massively.

the old helmet bust have been horrendous then, I wouldn't call my Justissimo quiet by any means

[Windmill John]

Using my Caberg on my 850GS, gone now, it was noisy. But for some reason with the Transalp, it is a lot quieter.
I bought a Schuberth for £99 in the sale at a BM garage, that is very quiet, but it is full face, so I use it vary rarely.

The fact appears to be, that it is very personal and the noise varies with style of jacket, helmet, fairing from person to person.

[btbloke]

Here's a screen I made for the 1st TLD, the mounting snapped at high speed and almost decapitated me But, I could light a fag at 70+ behind it and I did hundreds of miles with my justissimo (which I found to be the noisiest helmet I have ever worn) up and never felt any wind,in fact I had to stand up to get some air to cool me down. Ugly basterd thing though but almost the perfect screen with a bit of modification. The air directed in the centre reduced the vortex behind it and therefore the pressure equalised and the flips at each side and the top sent the air round my arms.
The gaffer tape held firm for about 700 miles but looked ****e so it went in the scrap as soon as I got back.

[jasonbc]

Okay, it's taken me a while to arrive at this point.
The very short version is:
Std screen.
MRA screen
Honda tall screen
All three cut down in different ways, with the MRA foil attached either side, either way up.
I had an MRA on my GS and it was great, but it was fitted to the Transalp when I got it and I didn't find it that effective.
I changed my helmet and that improved things tremendously.
Finally, I got a Powerbronze high screen, which kinks differently to the Honda one; still not right.
I attached the MRA foil the right way up; no good.
I then attached the MRA foil the wrong way up; Aargh
I wear a flip up and I'm 5' 10". with the helmet flipped up, I still get a lot of wind rush, but with the helmet down and the visor up or down, Aargh
Bear in mind, this is personal and others may not find it as effective, but this is the fourth screen tried, in different lengths, shapes etc, I am now very content; Aargh.......

Just think about all that reduced fuel economy through the drag

[Windmill John]

I'll just use the money I was going to buy hearing aids with because of the buffeting