sportsguy
searchgeek - author
2009 FJR
I am 6 feet tall
Inseam is 30"
Cee Baileys +4", +3" with flip
Install time:
less than 15 minutes
Install difficulty:
remember to leave the single, central, lowest plastic screw in place when removing the original screen until you remove the rest and you are gold. Seriously, about a .5 out of 10 on difficulty.
Impressions:
Overall, my first impression was "This was an expensive lesson" as I was not pleased with the low speed buffeting. After riding for a bit, and playing with positions up & down, I'm reserving judgment. This may simply be a situation where I need to learn something and adapt a bit. With the factory screen I simply left it in the lowest position and rode in the clean air around my helmet. I's pretty clear the CB will provide a great deal of cold weather wind & rain protection.
If I can remember to do it, I'll try to post up impressions a week or so from now.
I am 6 feet tall
Inseam is 30"
Cee Baileys +4", +3" with flip
Install time:
less than 15 minutes
Install difficulty:
remember to leave the single, central, lowest plastic screw in place when removing the original screen until you remove the rest and you are gold. Seriously, about a .5 out of 10 on difficulty.
Impressions:
- Can feel a bit of the back pressure other mention here - nothing bothersome even up to about 90 mph...
- Can feel a bit more air moving over my hands
- Can feel more air moving all around my back and sides - very nice when wearing a mesh jacket - very cooling
- Screen in down position puts the air blast directly across my eyes - which is bad news as speed elevates - in the lowest position, the Cee Bailey creates as much wind noise/turbulence around my head as the stock screen did in the full UP position. Very much less than impressed with this
- Moving screen to highest position creates an almost totally clean pocket of air around my head - *Borat voice >> Vary niice<<*
- Moving screen to full up position and slouching a bit and I'm looking through the top edge of the screen - mostly clear and non-distracting. Sitting up straight and I see over the top of the screen easily, without straining, and in clean air
- Selecting various positions I found several spots that managed wind turbulence very effectively - now I see why folks disable the auto-down functionality on the windshield
- Screen is high quality in it's appearance
- Thick and sturdy
- Windscreen motor arms allow screen to move a bit when presented with gusty winds (think large truck passing you in the opposite lane when you are doing 70 and they are doing 60) - so this is, IMO, livable
- Mine has a visible optical distortion across it roughly where the upward curve for the flip begins - not sure if they could avoid this, though
- Inside of screen flips up, which allows for reflections from the dash (lights) and jacket (white)
- Time for Cee Baileys to redo their hole cutting jig, I think. My holes lines up enough to mount the screen with no problems, but the holes are not all round - some were slightly elongated
- Definitely worth getting the new windscreen gasket, IMO - I ordered one, they sent me two GO CB!
- BE WARNED!!!!! Cee Bailey's windscreens, no matter the position, will do nothing to remove the stench of cow sh1t from the air
- ENJOY!!! Same lack of air scrubbing nets you the heavenly scent of every pizza shop you ride past!
Overall, my first impression was "This was an expensive lesson" as I was not pleased with the low speed buffeting. After riding for a bit, and playing with positions up & down, I'm reserving judgment. This may simply be a situation where I need to learn something and adapt a bit. With the factory screen I simply left it in the lowest position and rode in the clean air around my helmet. I's pretty clear the CB will provide a great deal of cold weather wind & rain protection.
If I can remember to do it, I'll try to post up impressions a week or so from now.
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