Buffetting Eliminated

I'm 6'6" with the stock seat and a Clearview 25" with laminair lip.
The top edge of the windscreen is just at/slightly below my line of sight.
I like this because I can look over it when it's raining/misting or duck behind when it's cold.
Raising the windscreen isn't a good fix for me, it would mean not being able to look over it comfortably when it's wet/dirty/glare.

Turbulence over the windscreen is not my major problem, 90% of mine comes from the lower area.
I have cut out homemade lowers from polycarbonate, but have been lazy about making mounts for them.
 
I can still see over the windscreen unltss I raise it to maximum height, then the edge is right in my line of vision, which is very distracting. I found I can run the screen at about the midpoint of the stock adjustment and with the extended brackets, the buffetting is still above my helmet. The lowers virtually eliminated the turbulence that comes up over the tank, but on a hot day (yesterday was +90F) it gets a little uncomfortable. Another thing I noticed after raising the windscreen and adding lowers is that the noise level is reduced to almost nothing.

I had a "Speedster" screen in my previous bike (BW R12C) and hated it - seemed to throw everything right up into my neck/chin area. I am afraid the fly screen would do something similar.
 
Take a look at the attached picture for the home-made mount for lowers. Pretty simple. 1 1/2" x 1/8" aluminum angle for the mount. Cut to about 18" long. Cut out angle so it fits the stock windscreen mounts. Use the windscreen mounting brackets as a template for mounting holes. Attach lowers to aluminum angle with stainless screws. You might also have to cut out a small notch to eliminate interference with turn signal mounts. Hard part is measuring and cutting out turn signal holes. Measure several times and use a hole saw on a drill press for the cutout.
 

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Hey xgiudojr thats nice work , could you get us frontal shot? Does it work well?
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Oweee: They are great at eliminating lots of the noise and buffetting that normally come up around the tank., but they are a little too long. You can actually feel them catching the air in a crosswind and they block too much airflow in hot weather, so I'm making some modifications.. I'll post pictures if the new ones work out.
 
xguidojr said:
, but they are a little too long.
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Grateful for that comment - I was just eyeing up some perspex I have in the garage. I'll just make a set of brackets for the Triumph plates. Or maybe just copy the Triumph ones in thicker perspex - the OEM ones flex a lot. See if I cant stiffen up the Fog-light mounts while I'm at it.
 
OK, took offf about 3" from the bottom and 1" from the top of the original lowers. Still blocks the buffetting but allows a lot more air to flow around the pipes, so it's a lot cooler. There is a little more noise, but not as much as without anything down there. Making a run to the Tomahawk Fall Ride next week, so should find out how well they work.
 

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