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Title: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Tammi on 11/03/06 at 09:08:22 Do any Savage owners here have a fly screen on their bike? If so, what are the benefits? It seems to me that with the upright riding position of a Savage, a small fly screen would just deflect wind onto the chest. So, fly screens are only for sport bikes, where riders crouch over the tank when riding. Am I right, or am I missing something here? Cheers. Tammi |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Savage_Rob on 11/03/06 at 10:23:51 I have one I bought on eBay a while back but I almost never use it. If you keep it closer to vertical it tends to reduce the amount of wind you get hit with. Personally, I think it would only be useful in reducing some fatigue but still allowing a good amount of wind during hot summer months. It's pretty useless for keeping road yuck off of you and won't help reduce wind chill very much in the winter. I much prefer a full windshield for utility or none at all for best appearance. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by SavageDude on 11/03/06 at 11:51:27 I have one on right now :D I love it because it keeps the wind off my chest at high speed (70+ mph). The deflection hits at about the neck. Other than that it doesn't keep debries on the road from hitting you. Personally, I don't like full windscreen. It's overtaken the look of Savage's front end. But it's different strokes for different folks. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by vroom1776 on 11/03/06 at 12:38:00 I had a maybe 1' tall oen that helped me keep a loose grip at 70 mph. Not there now... ::) OTOH, it reminds me that I miss my stock savage... again: ::) & :P gotta get that engine back in... must ride the savage |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by red2k1 on 11/03/06 at 13:34:18 I tried a fly screen for while, but chose to stay with a full windshield on the small side. I like the look of a fly screen, but from a functional viewpoint I found it to be useless. I have found no downside to a small full windshield. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Paladin on 11/03/06 at 13:50:29 As others have said, the flyscreen blocks some of the wind pressure at freeway speed. Above freeway speed, or at freeway speed into a 20-30 mph headwind, the flyscreen is useless unless you crouch down behind it but the seat/bars are not set up for cafe racing style. p.s. it is also a handy helmet holder when parked, or when tooling in the moonlight at 30-35 mph. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by barry68v10 on 11/03/06 at 14:50:33 I just recently put a windscreen on my bike which is only 14" high and 14" wide. It's perfect! It blocks the wind off my chest yet I can see over it. It's skinny enough that at first when I installed it my wife didn't notice it. When it's warm, it allows plenty of airflow. I stay back from traffic (live in the DC metro area) so road grim hasn't been an issue so far. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by azjay on 11/04/06 at 06:38:58 i'm guessing "fly screen" means a little windshield ??? i have a spitfire on my HD and on debby's savage. i like them alot! when set up right, you look across the top of them and they deflect almost all the bugs over your head(except the big juicy ones), and take the pressure off your chest at hiway speeds, without reacting to the wind too much, and affecting steering feel/control. debby's HD has a full size windshield, it is nice to hide behind at 5:30am when it is cool out, BUT i do NOT like looking through it, i can feel it input into the steering, although not alot, i haven't ridden it in heavy wind yet, i'll let you know when i do. my neighbor has an HD with a full size windshield, and was up at laughlin a couple years ago in heavy wind, he said it wasn't much fun, kinda like holding a 700lb sheet of plywood :-[ |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by mickthelimey on 11/04/06 at 07:59:22 Hi Tammi, I have a "National Cycle,Plexistare 2" on my savage ,I love it,helps with MPG as well. Very important though is to keep it as clean as you can,there are commercial cleaners out there but I use a soft sponge and dish soap (warm water) and then believe it or not I use Meguiar's cleaner wax, you can hardly tell you have one on,except it's a heck of allot less tiring ,and draft free. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Tammi on 11/06/06 at 06:37:00 azjay wrote:
Very little. Here's an example: http://www.webbikeworld.com/r3/motorcycle-fly-screen/ P.S. Thanks for the input, everyone! Cheers. Tammi |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Bikemom28 on 11/06/06 at 07:01:47 I agree with you savage it does take away the look of the suzuki savage. It doesn't look like it would give any protection unless your really short sitting on the bike. :) |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by PerrydaSavage on 11/06/06 at 07:15:41 I have one on my Savage (Nat. Cycle brand) and like it a lot ... relieves wind pressure to the chest and slipstream tends to toss most bugs over my head! Plus because it is small, t does not take away from the overall look of the Bike! |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by TVRacer on 11/06/06 at 07:35:55 I surely would like to see some pictures of your flyscreens :) Tom |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Paladin on 11/06/06 at 12:28:26 http://www.dslretorts.com/Paladin/images/leatherlyke2.jpg |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by PerrydaSavage on 11/06/06 at 13:04:30 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/PerrydaSavage/Holyroodcropped.jpg Here's a pic from a couple of years ago. BTW I bought mine on e-bay after seeing pics of Paladins ;D |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Bugscraper on 11/06/06 at 22:49:46 IMO the thing to do is go with apes and put a chopper windshield on that clamps to the handlebars. Good compromise between full shield & flyscreen. These were very popular in the 70's. I think they still sell 'em; but if not, you can cut your own, and get it the heighth you want. Doesn't take away from the look; looks kinda cool, in fact. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Tammi on 11/07/06 at 13:37:30 Bugscraper wrote:
Please don't take this personally, but I don't think ape hangers look cool at all. I think they make riders look, well, like apes hanging from trees. ;D Having said that, of course, I'll add that your ride is your ride, and you should continue to modify it as you see fit and ignore comments from busybodies like me! Cheers. Tammi |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Paladin on 11/07/06 at 19:27:48 Tammi wrote:
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by Bugscraper on 11/08/06 at 15:38:53 Tammi wrote:
------------------------------------------------------------------- Depends on how high they are. I would agree with you on the super high ones that can also be a handling hazzard. And yeah, it's more of a guy thing. BTW, are apes better than dogs? (8^>) Edit: Added the YaBB to close the quote. |
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Title: Re: Benefits of a fly screen? Post by TVRacer on 11/09/06 at 09:07:23 Paladin and Perry, Thanks for the photos! Very nice! Tom |
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