flyscreen test ride
I did a 20 mile test run today with the flyscreen on and really couldn't tell any difference wind resistance wise to the bike on the way it ran. well it certainly had me stumped for a while as the other exact screen was so bloody good. while on the move I placed my left hand in front of the speedometer and when compared to last time the air was dead still -this time it was swirling about - although conditions were a bit windy.
so while sitting on my ass I got to do some thinking about this
conclusion. clean air! I am not getting clean air flow over the bike to give it the advantage that screen was originally designed for. I think the problem lies in
1. the headlight peak where the air flow first hits the bike and probably swirls off in all directions into the taped meshed headlight cavity or under the headlight or whatever.
now this never happened on the first bike as i had that clean air flow right from the very start. peak was removed when I fitted tri-bar headlight and I couldn't get it back on...lol
2. so today off comes the peak and the mesh grille plus the world war 1 battle tape tape...lol
3. after that try it out again.
this screen really works and works well so I will get this figured out as I know how important clean air is to cut though any type of wind resistance but today was not my day...
if you happen to placed one of these flyscreens on your bike with the peak still attached to the headlight rim - you'd really have no idea how much better the bike would be with it removed
but now I do