Sports screens for tracer


Shaun64

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I am happy with my zero gravity d/b screen it works quite well but I like the look of the shorter sportier looking screens too,I was thinking about keeping the zero gravity screen for longer runs & touring and the shorter screen for more local runs as it's only 5 mins to change,anyone any experience with the sportier screens?.
 

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I have a small screen and it works very well. It was from Powerbronze.
 

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Do you still get the dreaded noise problem with the MRA double bubble screen? Or is the airflow onto your chest like a naked bike?
 

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Do you still get the dreaded noise problem with the MRA double bubble screen? Or is the airflow onto your chest like a naked bike?
I still get a bit of wind noise but it's reduced considerably as against the OEM.
I find the airflow is directed to my chest area when the screen's adjusted to the lowest level.
However, I have the screen set to its highest level most of the time for the following reason.

Fiddling about with various screen settings I discovered that by having the screen set at the highest level the airflow just catches the top of my helmet and, there is some noise.
Ducking or crouching down a bit almost eliminates that, plus, by accident I discovered a bonus of sorts.

I mostly wear a peaked helmet these days (I have a Givi X-01 adventure and a Shoei Hornet.) and I've found that when riding in rain. sat in a relaxed, fairly upright position, if I tip my head slightly up or down I get kind of a 'sweet-spot' in the air flow and no matter how hard it's raining, the water's driven off my visor with amazing effect.
I've tried it with my none-peaked helmet and it doesn't work.
So, I'm guessing it's the way that the air-flow from the screen at its highest setting, is reacting with the way the peak deals with the air flow that's directed at it from the screen.

I believe there's nowt though, that substitutes for a nice big 'touring' screen.
I bought myself a 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650 a couple of years back, just to keep mucky winter miles off my main ride and it had this BIG screen which I though looked horrendous.
I changed my mind though.
I bought the bike from a lad in Bath and rode it back home to Shantonagh in Ireland, in January.
It pissed down on both sides of the water and that big old screen was a total blessing.
That, and the very small faring kept just about all of the rain off my upper body.
 

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I had a Givi screen on my Transalp and a Suzuki vario screen on my 650 V-Strom and both did the same as your MRA - windflow hit the visor in just the right place to shift any water when it rained. I never wiped the visor for the couple of years I had each of those bikes. Didn't get any noise on them like the Tracer though.
The Powerbronze touring screen I have on the Tracer nearly shifts the rain but still gets a bit noisy. I think the screen is too close to me so might try moving it forward like a few others on here have done to see if that makes any difference.
 

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is this mra double bubble touring screen
Yes. Well, that's what it's advertised as by the manufacturer.
To be honest, even though I'm getting on a bit, I'm not too hard to please.
I'll put up with a bit of wind noise (I always wear ear-plugs anyway) to a degree for the sake of 'appearances'
I think this ''Touring Screen'' by MRA compliments the bike and it's streets ahead of the OEM in respect of deflecting wind blast.
I've got better 'protection' though on a KLR that I own but, it's feckkin' ugly.
I've done a good few thousand miles on my Tracer with this screen, all around Ireland and a long old European tour this year and, for me, the MRA Double Bubble did the job well.
 

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Made a slight adjustment to the standard screen by putting a rubber tap washer under the top screw making the screen more verticle and a thicker washer on the top rubber pad. Has made a slight difference to buffeting around the helmet.
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