Fairing or windshield recommendations?

[Guest]

So, I finally have the GS highway worthy. I have put about 300 miles this week going to and from work. I have quickly decided I need to help make this bike a wee bit more 70m.p.h friendly. Any recommendations to either a windshield or sports style fairing? I was looking at maybe a Viper track fairing or a National Cycle Plexifairing 3 or maybe a Plexifairing 2. This bike sees around 500 to 800 miles a week of interstate driving and with no windscreen it is kicking my butt.

[Steve]

OK, please give us a clue.

"The GS is highway worthy..."

There are a couple of GSes in your signature with no clue whether they are "Past" or "current".

There was a thread recently about this same topic, shouldn't be too hard to find.

You looking for just a little bit of wind deflection or a full-on frame-mounted fairing?
Some of us have some experience with both, but need a clue to how much protection you are looking for and maybe even how much you are willing to spend.
To see some of the "wind-deflecting devices" in my stable, click on the links in my sig to see the pictures.


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[planetcaravan03]

Not sure as to why you don't see the past and current bikes in my signature as they are listed. But I am talking about the 83 GS1100GL.

As for being highway worthy I have put about 1k miles on it in the last month and it has been reliable with no breakdowns since being brought back from the dead.

I read a couple of threads on the subject.

I know I do not want some monstrosity like a WindJammer fairing. I like the look of the "cafe style" fairings. But, I am going for functionality rather than style. What I would really like is something to reduce the wind pressure off my upper body. Specifically the "updraft"(can't think of a better word) that goes right up my helmet which is full-faced.

I would rather invest in one windshield or fairing rather than multiple in a trial and error. I don't mind spending the money for a good quality wind screen.

I tried to do a quote reply and it just would not work.

Thanks

[gustovh]

I run something like this on all my bikes except one. Seems to work quite well for me.



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[Alan Schlosser]

I run the National Cycle Deflector on my 82 1100GL and I like it. Works well, but you might want to go a little bigger.

[JTGS850GL]

I have both the turbo (S-05) and the original (S-03) Slipstreamers. I like the original a little bit better.

S-03 Original:


S-05 Turbo:

[Gs1000g]

I have the national cycle deflector dx on my gs1000. It was a bear at first lots of buffeting and made the ride miserable. Now I finally have it adjusted where I get wind in the face and the wind is off the chest. I wear a riding jacket almost at all times and I found with a huge windshield, plexifairing ii and iii that I was getting hot while riding because it offered too much protection and my vents wouldn't inflate on the jacket. There are a few others that are taller than mine might explore those options just look at measurements and let us know what you end up doing