Vara screen

[will]

I am 6.4 and I hhave posted this somewhere else by=ut cant remember wwhere. I changed my standard screen with MRA Vario Touring Motorcycle Screens

courtesy of the previous owner who let me have it at a very decent price. Problem solved and long motorway journeys are doddle. I am haappy with it and if u r in london u r welcome to have a look.
Good luck

Just had a look mine is the dearer one wouldn't you just guess that , if that add on bit is at top doesn't it get in way of vision ??? any DIY options as i'm skint after buying bike and tyres

[davsato]

search the varadero threads, there is someone on here doing a special adjustable bracket on ebay and offering a discount to XRV members. i dont know if anyones got one yet though, so no idea of whether its any good

[will]

search the varadero threads, there is someone on here doing a special adjustable bracket on ebay and offering a discount to XRV members. i dont know if anyones got one yet though, so no idea of whether its any good

Did see that but they are 03 onwards are there major differences

[Jackdaw]

I'm 6' (but used to be 6'1, not that I was trying to impress anyone.. Just getting older) and have a Skidmarx screen on my 99er. I'm pleased with it-a great improvement on standard screen but still experience some buffeting. This depends largely on bike speed and wind strength and direction (headwind/tailwind/crosswind(. With a tailwind its eerily quiet. Headwinds get a bit noisy but the buffeting is on the upper arms.
Watching raindrops while riding in the wet gives an insight into what the air is doing. Rain seems to wash down my visor and then, when it reaches the chin bar, shoots forward towards the back of the screen.
Don't spend too long watching them though

[Tony Varadero]

Just had a look mine is the dearer one wouldn't you just guess that , if that add on bit is at top doesn't it get in way of vision ??? any DIY options as i'm skint after buying bike and tyres

In my experience the top flip up bit does not get in the way of vision and being adjustable you can set at a different poisition according to your height....agree with other comments on this thread tho that buffetting and turbulances also depend on streangth and direction of wind. You can seat behind a goldwing screen but if it is hard cross wind u still feel it a bit...good luck!

[francis_geoff]

This may seem a little odd, but try dropping the screen to the lowest setting - I did it in Germany (with the help of young Boris). Found that noise was reduced, buffeting (crosswinds) was reduced, but have not yet tried it out in the rain. Higher screens tend to put quite a strain on the fairing - this could lead to cracking of the fairing.

[africajim]

I've always had my screen on lowest setting, probably coz I don't come from "land of the giants"! I've always found a higher screen too restrictive to my vision. Some times lower is better!

[will]

This may seem a little odd, but try dropping the screen to the lowest setting - I did it in Germany (with the help of young Boris). Found that noise was reduced, buffeting (crosswinds) was reduced, but have not yet tried it out in the rain. Higher screens tend to put quite a strain on the fairing - this could lead to cracking of the fairing.

Didnt realise they were different settings , i was thinking of cutting bit off

[Jackdaw]

Didnt realise they were different settings , i was thinking of cutting bit off

The 99er doesn't have adjustable screen positions. If you search the threads you should find a comment regarding cutting bits off the standard screen.

[davsato]

I've always had my screen on lowest setting, probably coz I don't come from "land of the giants"! I've always found a higher screen too restrictive to my vision. Some times lower is better!

im 6'2" and screens on the highest, and i dont even notice it, its not in my line of vision