Triumph GT windscreen on the R, worth it or buffeting?

[Zutt]

It’s dark smoke. I ordered light as well and will return the one I don’t want. Just did 50m from 0-90mph. Very good protection to 75. Tuck in and it’s unlimited. I am 6’2”. Full body out of the wind. 65-80mph it’s in the the middle of the helmet. Orders of magnitude better than without. Def worth the money imo. Excellent build quality. Very good protection and wind noise reduction at legal speeds. Tuck in a bit or for a shorter man it’s going to be great even up to 100. No wind buffeting for me. Very very happy coming from nothing to this and the looks do not detract from the bike it flows well I just feel light smoke is the better option to give a little more transparency to the good looking stock fly screen. Applause to Puig for a product well designed. Revzilla now has it in stock per my request for $150.

You said coming from nothing, so can't compare it to the GT screen right?

 

[pfos1]

You said coming from nothing, so can't compare it to the GT screen right?

Cannot. Mine is an R comes with nothing. I have not ridden the GT or the bike with any other screen.

 

[pfos1]

Here is the light smoke from Revzilla site

 

[Zutt]

The light smoke definitely looks better in my opinion. As you said.

 

[estoma]

I have been riding motorcycles for almost fifty years now. I almost exclusively spent the first twenty on nakeds. That was all we had. The only exceptions were fibreglass 'fairings' grafted onto select models with homemade brackets to resemble something cool eyeballed in a magazine. Those mostly failed; simply cracking apart, rattling incessantly or featuring bits flopping in the wind. All of them eventually landed in the bin. They generally looked pretty from the front, acceptable from the side and cr4p from the rider's end.

I actually bought a couple with mini OEM fairings and superbikes with full fairings during the next twenty years. Aftermarket fairings had also improved and offered mini-dashes with spots to mount gauges and switches. Those fairing did not stay on long either, as I would soon chop the bikes back to nakeds or streetfighters. By then, I had realised that if the rider-triangle is set up properly, I could ride nakeds day-in, day-out. Perhaps all the previous years, doing just that, had seen my neck and arm muscles adapt to suit—also hips, knees and ankles.

Back to the rider-triangle. The balls of my feet need to be right below or just behind my 4ss—seat position, close to the gas tank (centre of gravity). Handles; straight, drag or with a slight rise so that the wind at 140 kph (85 mph) puts a cushion of air under my chest and takes the load off my arms. Earplugs and a quality full-face helmet. Very little noise, zero buffeting, and I can hear the phone and GPS clearly on Bluetooth.

The last ten years have seen me acquire some feet-forward rides and bikes with larger, taller farings and shields - mostly to ensure that my wife keeps on riding with me regularly. I must have gone through ten shields on my 1190 Adventure before finding two that work for different applications. Two on the Goldwing, two on the Indian Vintage and three (as well as other pieces) on the Cross Country. And each of those ended up only being the best compromise, nothing close to two-thumbs-up.

When I ride alone, though, it will be on a naked. A naked with a shield is 'a naked with a shield'. My only beef with the R now is the mid-controls. I hope to see some aftermarket improvements in that department soon. I had the same issue with my VMAX till Sato Racing brought out their rear-sets. But that is me.

 

[JPHDT]

I only had one efficient windscreen: MADSTAT mounted on a CVO Road-Glide HD 2013. But it was not nice looking....
Windscreen on motorbike is like shoes, when it is nice looking it is not comfortable, and when it is comfortable it is not nice to look at.
And you can apply this to many other cases....

 

[maurice]

I have been riding motorcycles for almost fifty years now. I almost exclusively spent the first twenty on nakeds. That was all we had. The only exceptions were fibreglass 'fairings' grafted onto select models with homemade brackets to resemble something cool eyeballed in a magazine. Those mostly failed; simply cracking apart, rattling incessantly or featuring bits flopping in the wind. All of them eventually landed in the bin. They generally looked pretty from the front, acceptable from the side and cr4p from the rider's end.

I actually bought a couple with mini OEM fairings and superbikes with full fairings during the next twenty years. Aftermarket fairings had also improved and offered mini-dashes with spots to mount gauges and switches. Those fairing did not stay on long either, as I would soon chop the bikes back to nakeds or streetfighters. By then, I had realised that if the rider-triangle is set up properly, I could ride nakeds day-in, day-out. Perhaps all the previous years, doing just that, had seen my neck and arm muscles adapt to suit—also hips, knees and ankles.

Back to the rider-triangle. The balls of my feet need to be right below or just behind my 4ss—seat position, close to the gas tank (centre of gravity). Handles; straight, drag or with a slight rise so that the wind at 140 kph (85 mph) puts a cushion of air under my chest and takes the load off my arms. Earplugs and a quality full-face helmet. Very little noise, zero buffeting, and I can hear the phone and GPS clearly on Bluetooth.

The last ten years have seen me acquire some feet-forward rides and bikes with larger, taller farings and shields - mostly to ensure that my wife keeps on riding with me regularly. I must have gone through ten shields on my 1190 Adventure before finding two that work for different applications. Two on the Goldwing, two on the Indian Vintage and three (as well as other pieces) on the Cross Country. And each of those ended up only being the best compromise, nothing close to two-thumbs-up.

When I ride alone, though, it will be on a naked. A naked with a shield is 'a naked with a shield'. My only beef with the R now is the mid-controls. I hope to see some aftermarket improvements in that department soon. I had the same issue with my VMAX till Sato Racing brought out their rear-sets. But that is me.

Interesting. I enjoyed that. One question: how did you hear your phone, gps clearly with ear plugs? I gave up blue tooth for a more quiet ride, using wired ear buds for music.

 

[Zutt]

Yesterday I wore my ear plugs for the first time (on the R3) and went for a 2 hour. What a huge difference it made! It was very quiet with slight wind noise. The wind on my chest is not issue. I could hear the beautiful engine sound and intoxicating decel sounds for the first time! Phone sounded so much clearer.
With that I have now ended my search for a wind screen. I didn't want to ruin the look of the bike and a fugly sale in the front, and now I don't need to.
If I need less wind on the chest I still have the OEM which I may use in colder weather.
With the ear plugs yesterday, I got home feeling like I bought a new bike!

 

[Zutt]

Interesting. I enjoyed that. One question: how did you hear your phone, gps clearly with ear plugs? I gave up blue tooth for a more quiet ride, using wired ear buds for music.

Yesterday, my phone and music through the comm system were very clear. It was bliss inside the helmet. I could hear the car engine sounds idling next to me on traffic lights.
I've always had same result with the ear plugs while on my Indian, but with the huuuge sail of a wind shield it had and FF helmet I stopped wearing them, but when I did, it was always better for sound, music, communication and traffic noise.

 

[maurice]

Zutt, with ear plugs you hear your blue tooth music through helmet? With my wired ear buds for machinists I only hear, when song stops, very slight wind noise.