Windscreen
#1
03-31-2011, 03:23 AM
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado Springs...moving to Marysville, CA this summer
Posts: 2
Windscreen
Does anyone have the windshield from turbocity.com?
I commute 15 miles each way on the bike and it's quite windy...I was wondering if turbocity's windshield is worth the $200 + shipping.
I commute 15 miles each way on the bike and it's quite windy...I was wondering if turbocity's windshield is worth the $200 + shipping.
#2
04-29-2011, 04:18 AM
I have the windscreen from turbo city. I like it very much, takes alot of the noise and wind off of your chest and face. I recently modified it to move the air up higher. It was not designed to take the wind over your helmet, so I put a one inch spacer on the top of the bracket, and a 1/4 inch spacer (home depot) on the bottom bracket. This gets the wind up over my visor, by changing the angle of the shield. It is a solid unit, and is made very well.
I may look to get one that is a few inches higher to create a quite zone that a few more inches would afford. I rode 230 miles the past two days, and without the shield I would not have been able to ride(was at 8500'/colorado) in comfort
without it. For me it is the best mod, as I am not a fan of the wind, cold, bugs,
etc.
I may look to get one that is a few inches higher to create a quite zone that a few more inches would afford. I rode 230 miles the past two days, and without the shield I would not have been able to ride(was at 8500'/colorado) in comfort
without it. For me it is the best mod, as I am not a fan of the wind, cold, bugs,
etc.
#3
04-29-2011, 08:38 AM
I have the windscreen from turbo city. I like it very much, takes alot of the noise and wind off of your chest and face. I recently modified it to move the air up higher. It was not designed to take the wind over your helmet, so I put a one inch spacer on the top of the bracket, and a 1/4 inch spacer (home depot) on the bottom bracket. This gets the wind up over my visor, by changing the angle of the shield. It is a solid unit, and is made very well.
I may look to get one that is a few inches higher to create a quite zone that a few more inches would afford. I rode 230 miles the past two days, and without the shield I would not have been able to ride(was at 8500'/colorado) in comfort
without it. For me it is the best mod, as I am not a fan of the wind, cold, bugs,
etc.
I may look to get one that is a few inches higher to create a quite zone that a few more inches would afford. I rode 230 miles the past two days, and without the shield I would not have been able to ride(was at 8500'/colorado) in comfort
without it. For me it is the best mod, as I am not a fan of the wind, cold, bugs,
etc.
#4
04-30-2011, 12:57 PM
Yesterday I modified the shield with a piece of plex glass and tape, raising the shield 1.25 inches. I need to test it out to see how it performs, before I remove the tapes. etc., and get a picture for you. Yesterday the wind was blowing 30 mph or so, which is another reason to have the shield, it can really blow in the spring time in Colorado. Yesterday I tried to test it out in the wind (head wind) so I had a relative speed of 50 mph, plus a head wind of 30 mile per hour for the total wind speed factor of 80 mph. Not so bad with the shield, not fun at all without it.
#5
04-30-2011, 06:58 PM
shield
Took a few pictures today, but not sure how to load them here. I can e-mail them to you if you like and perhaps you can post them. the pictures at turbo cities web site are pretty accurate.
Today I test drove the shield at a 1.25 inch rise and the air flow seemed even better, I may drill it out and then I would have two alternative locations to place the shield. The spacers allow you to tilt the shield to fine tune how the air flows.
Jim
Today I test drove the shield at a 1.25 inch rise and the air flow seemed even better, I may drill it out and then I would have two alternative locations to place the shield. The spacers allow you to tilt the shield to fine tune how the air flows.
Jim
#7
05-01-2011, 03:02 PM
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Colorado Springs...moving to Marysville, CA this summer
Posts: 2
#8
05-02-2011, 03:21 AM
Took a few pictures today, but not sure how to load them here. I can e-mail them to you if you like and perhaps you can post them. the pictures at turbo cities web site are pretty accurate.
Today I test drove the shield at a 1.25 inch rise and the air flow seemed even better, I may drill it out and then I would have two alternative locations to place the shield. The spacers allow you to tilt the shield to fine tune how the air flows.
Jim
Today I test drove the shield at a 1.25 inch rise and the air flow seemed even better, I may drill it out and then I would have two alternative locations to place the shield. The spacers allow you to tilt the shield to fine tune how the air flows.
Jim
#10
05-04-2011, 11:14 AM
Does it block the wind and make coffee and donuts? Here's mine:
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...klx250s-34123/
https://www.kawasakiforums.com/forum...klx250s-34123/
Last edited by tngw1500se; 05-04-2011 at 11:47 AM.