Sunday, May 07, 2006
Third attempt at a windscreen for my SV 1000
You may have noticed that I'm posting up a couple months worth of entries all on the same day. Somehow, I got locked out of my account and I forgot my password. The "forgot your password" feature would not work and send me a reset email. After much frustration, I gave up last night and decided to start all over with a new blog the next day. Lo and behold, the next morning, there was a reset email in my inbox this morning! It came about 3 hours after my request. So, now I'm catching up on entries.
I've been trying to find a nice windscreen for my bike that works. I have a Givi. Here's O on the his SV 1000 with the Givi:
I just don't like the Givi.
I had a National sportscreen:
It did not look good on my bike. But, it looked terrific on Jim's yellow SV 650. So, he has it now.
And, he might be getting my latest attempt at wind protection. It's a Buell screen that was adapted for the SV1000 by a guy on the SV 1000 board. Here's a picture of it on the bike:
I think it looks good. The problem is that it seems to concentrate the wind and direct the full force toward me when I'm riding.
I'll keep looking, but I'll probably have to choose function over looks with some thing like this:
I've been trying to find a nice windscreen for my bike that works. I have a Givi. Here's O on the his SV 1000 with the Givi:
I just don't like the Givi.
I had a National sportscreen:
It did not look good on my bike. But, it looked terrific on Jim's yellow SV 650. So, he has it now.
And, he might be getting my latest attempt at wind protection. It's a Buell screen that was adapted for the SV1000 by a guy on the SV 1000 board. Here's a picture of it on the bike:
I think it looks good. The problem is that it seems to concentrate the wind and direct the full force toward me when I'm riding.
I'll keep looking, but I'll probably have to choose function over looks with some thing like this:
