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Silverback

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on: November 19, 2023, 11:08:00 pm
How effective is the wind screen on the super meteor?   Does it cause undue wind buffeting in your helmet?  Or does it just provide calm air on your torso?
I have always thought wind screens should push air up above your  helmet otherwise what good are they.  The couple of wind screens I have tried in my classic 500 give me a head ache from 5he buffeting.  When I take the screen off the air flow seems much calmer and mild.
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Reply #1 on: November 20, 2023, 07:57:10 pm
How effective is the wind screen on the super meteor?   Does it cause undue wind buffeting in your helmet?  Or does it just provide calm air on your torso?
I have always thought wind screens should push air up above your  helmet otherwise what good are they.  The couple of wind screens I have tried in my classic 500 give me a head ache from 5he buffeting.  When I take the screen off the air flow seems much calmer and mild.

Can't comment on the SM screen's effectiveness, but you can likely improve on directing the air flow higher and away from your helmet by installing a "Laminar Lip" near the top of the OEM screen. Ideally, you will get maximum protection with just an OEM screen when it is high enough that your line of eyesight straight ahead in your normal riding position falls just over the top of the screen.
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Reply #2 on: November 20, 2023, 08:48:54 pm
Great info thanks


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Reply #3 on: November 24, 2023, 12:11:24 pm
I run a dart classic on mine. It feels great and less bugs on the jacket, but it greatly increased wind noise. I wear earplugs now, before the screen install my schuberth was nice and quiet, now i cant hear the pipes.