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[HansO]

Hans.. for use against very adverse weather with a full screen..

Sorry mate Daggy is not my concern here. nor will be the dress standard.

Thanks Mate

Hey not having a go at you Dennis, just never appealed to me ( look like they belong on a hardly) and probaly more concerned they would block air around lower lower torso - reason I love the Rocket was lack of fairing which restricts air flow over body, I only use my big screen on long trips when I am anticipating foul weather but sometimes it can get turbulent not that going with no or with fly screen is any quieter
But I am curious as just how much of an improvement they make ..... might be worth the look

 

[HansO]

I know Hans but sometimes mate, it's a little annoying when you set your heart on a plan anticipating safety and protection and the you get negative remarks like Looking Daggy,

I ride in all weathers Hans not just sunny days.. Always have.. including 80 miles on Snow on a 1958 Norton Dominator in the UK.. Japan will be similar..and I'm older now

Not having a shot.. Just Saying young fellar

That's my problem to ..... Getting older, arthritis is giving me he'll in both hips and knees now.
Daggy was probably a bad choice of word, Sorry Mate, as I said I was not having a go at you, more of a realisation that I am getting older and I used to think of things like the lowers as an old mans and hardly ableson thing.
geez I hate this ageing thing

 

[HansO]

No worries Hans all's good,
Now remember if you can to let me know how you are going on the R3 when you get close to 69 Yrs of age young feller, Deal??

Got to get THAT OLD first.......

 

[Dennsell]

Got to get THAT OLD first.......

THAT OLD ? or That Old ? is the same... I can wait Hans, just for you OK ?

Look forward to it mate it will be interesting, Take Care..

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Hey not having a go at you Dennis, just never appealed to me ( look like they belong on a hardly) and probaly more concerned they would block air around lower lower torso - reason I love the Rocket was lack of fairing which restricts air flow over body, I only use my big screen on long trips when I am anticipating foul weather but sometimes it can get turbulent not that going with no or with fly screen is any quieter
But I am curious as just how much of an improvement they make ..... might be worth the look

I run my modified version. It blocks a lot of the air that comes up from above the radiator and starts moving back about where the "Triumph" emblems are on the tank. It hits me on the sides of the head. Causes a lot of wind noise in my ears. Before I cut them down they worked REALLY good. Almost like riding in still air. With my para sail windshield and beetle bags I was having trouble with exhaust fumes in the face, bad enough it would give me a headache. That was with tors. I may cut out a set of full size to try with my maddogs as they are down farther.

 

[HansO]

I run my modified version. It blocks a lot of the air that comes up from above the radiator and starts moving back about where the "Triumph" emblems are on the tank. It hits me on the sides of the head. Causes a lot of wind noise in my ears. Before I cut them down they worked REALLY good. Almost like riding in still air. With my para sail windshield and beetle bags I was having trouble with exhaust fumes in the face, bad enough it would give me a headache. That was with tors. I may cut out a set of full size to try with my maddogs as they are down farther.

If I am reading this right in the std form as lowers come you were actually causing a vacuum that suck exhaust gases forward to your face, this was solved by modifying them and now you get the wind buffeting around your helmet.
I that is correct I'll just stick to the slight wind noise buffeting I am getting now as I defiantly don't want to be sucking fumes

 

[Rocket Scientist]

If I am reading this right in the std form as lowers come you were actually causing a vacuum that suck exhaust gases forward to your face, this was solved by modifying them and now you get the wind buffeting around your helmet.
I that is correct I'll just stick to the slight wind noise buffeting I am getting now as I defiantly don't want to be sucking fumes

Through trial and error I came up with lowers I have now. I don't get gassed anymore and they get rid of most of the buffeting. A bit of a compromise. I want to remake them again out of Lexan so I may start out full size and if I get gassed I'll cut them down like the ones I have now.

 

[HansO]

Through trial and error I came up with lowers I have now. I don't get gassed anymore and they get rid of most of the buffeting. A bit of a compromise. I want to remake them again out of Lexan so I may start out full size and if I get gassed I'll cut them down like the ones I have now.

Keep us posted

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Keep us posted

Probably won't re-make them until next winter. But I'll definitely make sure anything I learn becomes public record ! I made the first set off this pattern



I extended them up to fill the area they cut out of the windshield for the Triumph running lights that I don't have or want. They worked great until I put the beetles back on, that's when the fume problem started. I then made the same set out of 1/4" plywood for ease of reshaping. I tried holes, louvers, deflector plates and anything else I could think of. Ended up with this design, which is actually the original ones cut in half.



The maddogs I have now sit a lot lower under the beetles so I would like to try the original design again. At full width they stop all the buffeting.