GRiSO Fairing

GRiSO Capo Posts : 766 Join date : 2015-01-13 Age : 67

It’s going to take something that big to do you some good on wind deflection.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 766 Join date : 2015-01-13 Age : 67

Beetle,
Something larger. This parabellum scout fairing has an 8" plexi-glass windshield. I'm 5' 11" and the wind hits me at about shoulder height. Just to give you some perspective.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

I'm going to take the "cardboard" special for a run today. We shall see.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 740 Join date : 2019-08-17 Age : 70

beetle wrote:: I'm going to take the "cardboard" special for a run today. We shall see.

Take a knife and some duct tape.........

Montanarolo Posts : 24 Join date : 2019-05-06 Age : 60

rick pope wrote:: Take a knife and some duct tape.........

I think he’s going for a ride, not an abduction! Shocked

L'Innominato Posts : 3426 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 65

beetle wrote:: This?

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Yeah, that looks good. Glad to see you're persisting in finding a good airflow solution - that fairing suits the bike so well.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

rick pope wrote:: Take a knife and some duct tape.........

I took your advice. I rode up and down my regular test road at various speeds. I trimmed the cardboard screen 4 times until I got it to this:

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But in the end, I settled for this:

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 766 Join date : 2015-01-13 Age : 67

I can’t imagine Beetle “settling”. Both options look good.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1108 Join date : 2017-08-06 Age : 70

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

I've got the Dart Marlin on the way as well. I think the screen angle on the Stryker was to low.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 959 Join date : 2014-01-08 Age : 68

I found the dart Marlin looked good, but offered absolutely no protection from the wind, which is why I gave it Clancy. Then I got an Emgo Venom which , while not as good looking as the Dart, does offer some protection.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 286 Join date : 2014-10-06

If after all the iteration you'll settle on a windscreen and decide you don't want the original GRiSO one chuck my way !

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

Next!

Dart Marlin arrived today. I immediately took Molly's post to mind and offset the top by 10mm.

Result: Fail.

I'll try it without the offset, but I noted quite a bit of vibration in the screen. Hmm.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 1329 Join date : 2015-08-09 Age : 60

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how about one of these babies.... exceptional wind protection... I did a short 8000k in 9 days behind it back in th day Very Happy

its sitting in my shed, complete with all brackets and the original instruction 'leaflet' Razz

can look like this...
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L'Innominato Posts : 3426 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 65

beetle wrote:: ...I noted quite a bit of vibration in the screen. Hmm.

Mark, can you borrow the struts you made for the Stryker to stiffen it up? That's what I did with a couple of GIVI variations on the old GRiSO Rosso. Made a huge difference.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

I am still playing with the Marlin. I took it for a run mounted in the normal position, and found it OK at below cruise, but a bit noisy at cruise. I then added some 15mm spacers to the top to change the angle. This seems to work well at cruise. It occurred to me that the sticky-uppy brake & clutch reservoirs were causing some turbulence, so I have taken (freakin' expensive) steps to reduce this. I also added a brace to the rather flexible screen brackets to (hopefully) reduce vibration.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

Bloody! I can't help myself.

I'm back to playing with the Stryker fairing. This time I tilted it a bit to increase the angle. I still think it will look OK.

Original on left.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

I've decided to go with: no fairing or screen.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 735 Join date : 2014-04-23 Age : 77

beetle wrote:: I've decided to go with: no fairing or screen.

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For how long? Don't you have bugs in Oz?

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

Screens only seem to keep bugs off the instruments. Instead of cleaning the bugs off the screen, I’ll just have to clean them if the instruments.

Or, I could change my mind and put the bug screen back on. I need to do something about the headlight and the mess of wiring in there. It distracts me.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 1329 Join date : 2015-08-09 Age : 60

and get a neck brace...

GRiSO Capo Posts : 10200 Join date : 2013-09-30

No neck brace required. I have a fine, sturdy neck.

Surely you do too, Pat. There’s not a fairing available that could keep your noggin out of the wind.

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 1329 Join date : 2015-08-09 Age : 60

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Grignapoco Posts : 168 Join date : 2018-01-13 Age : 42

i was thinking about fairing for a while, but i rather have a laminar flow around the helmet than some fucked up turbulance over my helmet ... like on my KTM 990 Adv. I didn't change the handle bars so the wind load on my chest is not so bad, maybe its worse when sitting more straigth up.

and as for bugs ... just extra protein Razz

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