Fly screen solid or see through?

leatal · Apr 16, 2016

Troy said:
I was wondering what everyone's opinion was on having a solid fly screen, or one you can see through. I didn't know if they were even possible to get down below and look through. Any advice would help. Thx!

Personally, I would go with the solid flyscreen with the white stripes (if you can find one). I have one with the red stripes which constantly gets complimented on, looks very nice! Forklift has the red striped one shown on this site. You can view the white striped one on the utube video titled "Ducati Diavel vs. Triumph Rocket 3". The flyscreen is too low to view through (unless you lay your head on the tank) and the solid screen hides most of the nice chromed speedometer/tachometer. I had a hard time deciding which one to use as I liked the look of the chromed instruments when viewed from the front, but decided to go solid/striped after viewing forklift's picture. Glad I did, love the custom look. You might have to go through the Triumph USA guys and have one ordered as I see they are no longer offered here in the states.

Ishrub · Apr 16, 2016

Vinyl makes it easy to do a reasonable job of stripes as well.

Troy · Apr 16, 2016

It sounds like the solid is the way to go. I have a paint department, and was going to make it Matt black with the white stripes to match the rest of the bike! I have already blacked most everything out already, why not the screen too!

1olbull · Apr 16, 2016

Ishrub said:
Went into selection as Rocket 3 Classic/Roadster 2011 - to find earlier R3 and RT simply back up on the pull down menus or click on the previous level. You sometimes have to hunt through the different product categories to find what you are after but they handily have links to related products under the schematics.

Scroll down to 29 different flyscreens listed, 12 were/are available as complete kits and 17 just the screen. I don't think all colors are duplicated as both kits or just screens so you will need to check.

Flyscreen. Fits: 2011 Triumph Rocket III Classic/Roadster | CalMoto Triumph Parts

Repeat process for screens in other years

Thanks, Amigo.
Perhaps using my 2012 year was the issue or just my feeble brain . . .

Ishrub · Apr 21, 2016

Ishrub said:
I have both the solid gloss black fly and the clear sports screen. I'll have to check again but pretty sure the clear sport screen is slightly bigger although they use the same mounting system. I doubt anyone looks through it much as you would have to be prone on the tank which does not come naturally with the peg, bar and tank positions on either std R3 or R3Rs. The advantage of clear besides coverage is it doesn't change the std profile and look of the R3R nearly as much as the solid flys do. The chrome and light shows through and does not make a solid profiile change etc. I have not fitted the black one yet but there are heaps of photos in the forum to see the differences and make a preference. I think the color matched ones are a different look again.

I unpacked and fitted the black gloss fly screen today and put the clear sports one away in the packaging. They are identical in size and shape but use different screen bolts and have different sized mounting holes and ferrule plugs to the clear version which are larger with extra rubber/soft foam damping. The brackets to mount to the fork mounts are identical.

What I thought was just a packing form for the black screen turned out to be an unpainted fiberglass Kuryakyn 'Zombie' molded figure fly screen with the four mounting holes. Not my taste at all so you may see it on offer shortly.

warp9.9 · Apr 21, 2016

mully95 said:
Solid ..... who want's a windshield want to be by using the clear one.... I mean come on you don't even sit low enough to see through the stupid thing.

@mully95 , If you ever run fast on the bike (like 0 mph the second time around) your chin will be down close to the gas cap or you will be torn off the bike. I also recommend learning to place your arms in line with the handle bars so they do not get pulled from the grips. This is the difference I found between the two screens. I myself prefer the clear one but then I have been known to run a wee bit on the fast side when I can.

Robm422 · Apr 21, 2016

I just bought an unfinished one on ebay, and painted matte black with white stripes, cheap and easy

Ishrub · Apr 21, 2016

Robm422 said:
I just bought an unfinished one on ebay, and painted matte black with white stripes, cheap and easy

How much was it - link?

CanberraR3 · Apr 21, 2016

Why not get a clear one and cover in plastidip? Just peels off if you don't like it. Better still, don't get a screen at all (but that's me).

Ishrub · Apr 21, 2016

CanberraR3 said:
Why not get a clear one and cover in plastidip? Just peels off if you don't like it. Better still, don't get a screen at all (but that's me).

But that will not release your hidden zombie!

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