Help with wind hitting passanger (wife)

[bobder41]

I have a 2011 RSVS and my wife rides on back a lot. When I get the bike up to 65+ she starts getting hit with a great deal of buffeting from the wind.

 

We are planning a 600 mile trip that will have us on high speed country roads and interstate that she will diffidently get the buffeting.

 

I currently have the stock windshield on the bike. Is there a taller windshield available or a way to reduce the buffeting hitting her?

 

Thanks in advance.

Bob

[Aussie Annie]

Check threads on Gold and silver Vendors. You have the choice of baggershield or clearview.

I have had the vented Clearview and loved it. Other members can let you know about Baggershield

[chabicheka]

Let her Ride the bike and you be the passenger. Problem solved.

 

[ragtop69gs]

F4 tall and wide shield should do it. Or you could get a shorter wife !

Edited February 8, 2013 by ragtop69gs

[cecdoo]

Had same problem, got the tallest and widest Clearveiw shield, problem solved:thumbsup:

Oh, and get the vent!!

 

Craig

[rougeray]

Check this site out.

 

http://clearviewshields.com/shop/product.php?id=65

[DarkLeftArm]

This is what I got for the exact problem you have.

http://www.f4customs.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=GLNTD-HVN57KAPANP&Product_Code=F4-YRSV-17_5-W-VENT-C&Category_Code=YRSV

 

Great reports from the stern of U.S.S. Stratolounger.

[DarkLeftArm]

actually it was this one:

http://www.f4customs.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=GLNTD-HVN57KAPANP&Product_Code=F4-YRSV-19_5-W-VENT-C&Category_Code=YRSV

 

Just like the one above, but 2" taller. No looking over this bad boy. Thats why I got the vent. I like some breeze.

[MidlifeVenture]

LIke the tall stock windshield in the colder months but with the stock windshield hight I am 6'3" and when the shield fogs I struggle to see how do you deal with that with a taller shield? I keep thinking of cutting it down never thought about how it would effect my wife. She hates the freeway speeds so it may not.

[bongobobny]

Yuop! Tallest Clearview or F4 you can find. That and a nice full face helmet for the wife and youi will be good to go...

[DanOh]

Had same problem, got the tallest and widest Clearveiw shield, problem solved:thumbsup:

Oh, and get the vent!!

 

Craig

 

+1 on the vented Clearview XL. My wife is 5'9, bad wind buffeting for her with stock shield. Upgraded to the Clearview XL and she is happy. So the first day after trading in my 2002 RSV for a 2012 I ordered the same shield. Both times I purchased one of their discounted shields with a blemish. Each time saved a bunch and couldn't see the defects they were talking about.

 

Good luck.

[bobder41]

Thanks all for you help will order one with the vent

Bob

[motorcycle_1300]

grow a little taller and break wind for her. get her her own bike with windshield. I break wind for my wife all the time.

 

all kidding aside is the wind going over the top and hitting her or comming in from the side. there is a product called dragon wings primarily for goldwings but they can deflect air further off to the side and give a smoother quieter ride. also on my FJR1300, I had a tall cal scientific shiels with a vent near the bottom which caused a positive pressure behind the shield instead of a low pressure area and cut down a lot on buffeting. My goldwing has a vent in the shield which I can open or close at will seems to cut buffeting when open as well, same idea as the FJR positive pressure bubble behind the shield deflects a lot of turbulence

 

Al

[ediddy]

My wife had the same complaint. I got the xlarge clearview with the vent but she still got a little bit of buffeting. Got the xxlarge clearview and she doesn't get any buffeting now. Have had the clearview for 7 years now.

[Guest tx2sturgis]

I sure like the 'Freudian' slip in the title:

 

Pass-anger (wife).

 

[beltfed50]

tallest, widest F4...or you could:

 

[van avery]

You might look into a Laminar lip if you don't want to replace the windshield. Don't know how well they work.

http://www.laminarlip.com/products.php

[spear]

grow a little taller and break wind for her. get her her own bike with windshield. I break wind for my wife all the time.

 

I bet on a group ride, you are the rear guard.

[TDunc]

F4 tall and wide shield should do it. Or you could get a shorter wife !

 

 

Exactly what I did... Buffeting went away and I and my wife are much happier.

 

Do a search for F4 as I have posted some info about them.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=67298&highlight=windshield

[dacheedah]

Is she wearing a brain bucket?? Taller wider great for highway, baggershield might be a good alternative if u ride in town alot