I installed Yamaha's touring windshield on my 2016 ES to eliminate a loud buffeting on my "quiet" Schuberth C-3 Pro helmet. The results were favorable. Here's the rundown. I am (or was when I was younger) 6'-0" with 32" inseam and ride using the stock bar position - no risers. The stock windscreen in the full-up position, at highway speed, resulted in a lot of buffeting, requiring ear plugs to bring the noise down to an acceptable level, and a tolerance of the jerkiness from the effects of turbulent air on the helmet.
I replaced the stock windscreen with a Yamaha touring windscreen which is 4" taller and 1/2" wider than the stock - so says Yamaha. First of all, it looks great and the "FJR" etching on the left edge is classy. Enough of the superfluous stuff, what about the ride? On a scale of 1 to 10, with five being equal to the stock windscreen, 1 as totally unacceptable, and 10 being "the bomb", I would rate the touring windscreen as a 9 1/2. The additional height eliminated almost all of the buffeting at highway speed and I found that by following the air streams around the shield and back to my helmet, any remaining buffeting probably comes from the sides of the screen, and that was just a wee bit. If I inched my face forward just a bit, I couldn't detect buffeting and all I could hear was the droning of the engine - which is why I'm going to still use earplugs. In the full-down position, the air coming over the top hit me at about the collarbone level, so I can still get a little cooling air into my jacket, but there is a trade-off with the smaller, stock screen.
I'm sure wider screens will offer even greater wind and rain protection, and the purpose of my post is not to start that debate, but if you want to retain the lines of the FJR and still get improved performance while out on the road, you may want to consider the Yamaha touring windscreen.
...Don
I replaced the stock windscreen with a Yamaha touring windscreen which is 4" taller and 1/2" wider than the stock - so says Yamaha. First of all, it looks great and the "FJR" etching on the left edge is classy. Enough of the superfluous stuff, what about the ride? On a scale of 1 to 10, with five being equal to the stock windscreen, 1 as totally unacceptable, and 10 being "the bomb", I would rate the touring windscreen as a 9 1/2. The additional height eliminated almost all of the buffeting at highway speed and I found that by following the air streams around the shield and back to my helmet, any remaining buffeting probably comes from the sides of the screen, and that was just a wee bit. If I inched my face forward just a bit, I couldn't detect buffeting and all I could hear was the droning of the engine - which is why I'm going to still use earplugs. In the full-down position, the air coming over the top hit me at about the collarbone level, so I can still get a little cooling air into my jacket, but there is a trade-off with the smaller, stock screen.
I'm sure wider screens will offer even greater wind and rain protection, and the purpose of my post is not to start that debate, but if you want to retain the lines of the FJR and still get improved performance while out on the road, you may want to consider the Yamaha touring windscreen.
...Don
