HaulinAshe
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CeeBailey +4w x +2h with flip windshield on 2007.
I’ll take this opportunity to brag about the quality of the CB shield. The material is indeed aircraft grade and thicker than most. Optical clarity is superb. There are no surface aberrations or optical distortions of any kind. All the edges are ground uniformly. The only problem I can report is a slight misalignment of the two outer bottom mounting holes, which in my opinion, need to be moved about 2mm each.
Cheap it’s not. Delivered price as ordered direct from CB was close to $200. But IMO you will be hard-pressed to find a better quality shield.
Pictures at bottom of this post.
Test ride report:
60 mph – 1/3 up position, very quiet ride, my favorite height.
* Noise level similar to having the window “cracked open” on the cager.
* No noticeable buffeting, no noticeable backpressure.
* Minimal airflow over the hands similar to having handguards. Even fingertips felt no wind.
* 15-20 mph surface winds; headings 045 & 315; the wind pushes with very manageable buffeting to the bike. Nothing drastic or sudden. Headings 090 & 270, wind pushes the high-velocity airstream coming off the sides of the shield into the arm bends (elbows) and against the torso side. Air is strong but very clean. No swirling or nasty turbulence, just definite pressure from the added force of high-velocity air flow being redirected.
80 mph – fully retracted position.
* Expected wind noise and pressure on the top half of my helmet. I’m 5’10” (178cm) in height.
* Removed a glove and tested air stream position. High-velocity air stream is extremely clean and touches the helmet just at the top of my face shield.
* At this shield height there is very little backpressure. I know this because there is minimal air flow going down the helmet face and my ride jacket barely balloons forward.
80 mph – 1/3 up position, very quiet ride, again my favorite height.
* Similar to fully-retracted except there is virtually no wind noise in the helmet. Ear plugs are in no way necessary. MP3 player sounds great a medium volume setting.
* Crosswind effect from 045 & 315 headings is slightly reduced as compared to 60 mph test.
80 mph – full up position.
* Similar to 1/3 up position in that everything is quiet. I expected an increase in air flow across my hands and fingertips but surprisingly found none. The bottom part of the shield seems to work equally well with guarding the hands at all positions.
* Backpressure is somewhat increased. Ride gear balloons forward with slight force, but still no discernable force on the back of the helmet.
* Gas mileage decrease of approximately 3 mpg over the fully-retracted position due to the increased drag.
* No noticeable change in crosswind performance.
110 mph (speaking in theory of course)– fully retracted position.
* All air stream edges are very clean. I leaned out to each side, raised and lowered my head height to position my body both in and out of the high-velocity stream. The air was amazingly clean with no buffeting or noticeable turbulence on the sides or the top stream.
* Helmet lift was an issue, but always has been on the old, 2003 model HJC that I tested with. Sorry, new helmet not yet ready for testing!
* No noticeable back pressure from against the tank to halfway back on the passenger seat.
Note: All tests were performed with a Yamaha top case in place, 65F temps and sea-level altitude. Air density was “medium” with humidity in the 40% range.
I’ll take this opportunity to brag about the quality of the CB shield. The material is indeed aircraft grade and thicker than most. Optical clarity is superb. There are no surface aberrations or optical distortions of any kind. All the edges are ground uniformly. The only problem I can report is a slight misalignment of the two outer bottom mounting holes, which in my opinion, need to be moved about 2mm each.
Cheap it’s not. Delivered price as ordered direct from CB was close to $200. But IMO you will be hard-pressed to find a better quality shield.
Pictures at bottom of this post.
Test ride report:
60 mph – 1/3 up position, very quiet ride, my favorite height.
* Noise level similar to having the window “cracked open” on the cager.
* No noticeable buffeting, no noticeable backpressure.
* Minimal airflow over the hands similar to having handguards. Even fingertips felt no wind.
* 15-20 mph surface winds; headings 045 & 315; the wind pushes with very manageable buffeting to the bike. Nothing drastic or sudden. Headings 090 & 270, wind pushes the high-velocity airstream coming off the sides of the shield into the arm bends (elbows) and against the torso side. Air is strong but very clean. No swirling or nasty turbulence, just definite pressure from the added force of high-velocity air flow being redirected.
80 mph – fully retracted position.
* Expected wind noise and pressure on the top half of my helmet. I’m 5’10” (178cm) in height.
* Removed a glove and tested air stream position. High-velocity air stream is extremely clean and touches the helmet just at the top of my face shield.
* At this shield height there is very little backpressure. I know this because there is minimal air flow going down the helmet face and my ride jacket barely balloons forward.
80 mph – 1/3 up position, very quiet ride, again my favorite height.
* Similar to fully-retracted except there is virtually no wind noise in the helmet. Ear plugs are in no way necessary. MP3 player sounds great a medium volume setting.
* Crosswind effect from 045 & 315 headings is slightly reduced as compared to 60 mph test.
80 mph – full up position.
* Similar to 1/3 up position in that everything is quiet. I expected an increase in air flow across my hands and fingertips but surprisingly found none. The bottom part of the shield seems to work equally well with guarding the hands at all positions.
* Backpressure is somewhat increased. Ride gear balloons forward with slight force, but still no discernable force on the back of the helmet.
* Gas mileage decrease of approximately 3 mpg over the fully-retracted position due to the increased drag.
* No noticeable change in crosswind performance.
110 mph (speaking in theory of course)– fully retracted position.
* All air stream edges are very clean. I leaned out to each side, raised and lowered my head height to position my body both in and out of the high-velocity stream. The air was amazingly clean with no buffeting or noticeable turbulence on the sides or the top stream.
* Helmet lift was an issue, but always has been on the old, 2003 model HJC that I tested with. Sorry, new helmet not yet ready for testing!
* No noticeable back pressure from against the tank to halfway back on the passenger seat.
Note: All tests were performed with a Yamaha top case in place, 65F temps and sea-level altitude. Air density was “medium” with humidity in the 40% range.
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