let's talk about windshields for klrs
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:14 pm
I couldn't stand the wind noise either. I'm 5'9" with 30" inseam. With the stock setup I found the wind blast begain hitting me at neck level. I installed a dished seat which lowered me about 1" and installed a 4" taller than stock windshield. Wind blast now begain hitting at eye level. This helped quite a bit, but I reduced the noise even more by installing stick on weather stripping between my open face helmet and the snap on face shield. I also filled the gap and smoothed the transision between the face shield and helmet with silicon sealant. One down side is it's a lot of work changing face shields.
Craig Kahler
Fredericksburg, VA
Kevin Powers wrote:
If you have an used shield on your helmet, treat yourself to a fresh one,
and experiment with the old one to make a windshield for the bike. With
some playing around you can find a setting that will give you clean air at
helmet height but some protection from the elements.
Kevin
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Tumu Rock wrote: > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , "Bob > Monahan" wrote: > > > > As some of you may remember I bought a Nolan N102 N-Com helmet and > > the wind noise in it is unbearable without ear plugs even at 40mph. > > > SNIP > > > > The noise I'm experiencing seems to be due to wind turbulence > created by the factory windshield and the Nolan helmet isn't handling > it very well. > > > SNIP > > > Rather than give up my "groovy" Nolan helmet I thought I'd ask > around to see if anyone else has solved turbulence issues by replacing > the factory windshield? > > > > Bob, > > The quick and cheap solution to turbulence is to just remove the stock > windshield. Much cleaner airflow at head height. On my cross country > trip I ended up installing a Clearview bar-mount windshield to tuck > behind in all the lovely weather I got to enjoy. Works really well > for that. Still has turbulence when sitting straight though. > Windshields are kinda like gloves... really depends on your size how > things will fit. FWIW I like the CLearview better than I liked the > tall windshield that mounted in the stock location. > > da Vermonster > > if I lived in TX I'd just pull the stocker off and call it good... > > > -- Kevin Powers White Bear Lake, MN [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- No Cost - Get a month of Blockbuster Total Access now. Sweet deal for Yahoo! users and friends. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]