Faired v naked

[mudcow007]

so, with the weather being nice yesterday decided to go on an extended trip home along motorways an stuff (never been on one before on a bike),

my bike has no fairings/ screen or nowt

at 70 ish i was struggling to hold on, basically getting battered by the wind, I was basically lying on the tank with my face right next to the clocks

below 70 it was reet.

the bike did come with a screen (in a box of bits n' bobs) do they make that much of a difference or do i just need the mtfu?

[DrSnoosnoo]

The screen can make the air hit you in the chest less. It'll hit you in the head though

At illegal speeds I can tuck in behind all my fairings and it's quite pleasant, no noise, no wind buffeting ... but it's not too comfortable being 6ft 2 crouching over the little zzr6.


Put it on and give it a go and see how it works for you.
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[pinkyfloyd]

I put a screen on my XJ6N and I get another 15 or so mph of comfort out of it. Starts to get uncomfy around the 90mph area now.

Fit the screen. It does help.
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[mudcow007]

cheers will give it a whirl

[krarkol]

You pansy! It was only ever a struggle when doing 90mph or above on a private road on the bandit!
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[mudcow007]

[Matt B]

You need something like this:

https://www.advrider.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=278450&stc=1&d=1311558393

You would be waaaaay cooler than all of us then..... Honest
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[mudcow007]

so much win!!!

[Mario_Kempes]

I've never understood this chat about naked bikes being such a hassle to ride on motorways etc. At sustained legal speeds it's no hassle at all IMO and only really becomes a bit much 85 mph+.

All my opinion, obviously.

Never actually had a faired bike. Probably get one soon and find out just how spoiled the faired fairies are.

[krarkol]

[pinkyfloyd]

[dydey90]

[Dave500]

Get a MRA screen buddy the ones with the adjustable part at the top and your sorted! And it could be a bit on MTFU or get used to it lol
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What did you expect?????
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[GeorgeB.]

Me and the missus did around 100 miles pretty much constantly at 90ish (private road, going back and forth again and again) on my little unfaired CB, didn't mind it massively unpleasant.

And i'm not exactly small nor aerodynamic. Man up!
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[krarkol]

It's awesome, joys of having a bike

Does sound to me like a lack of neck muscles, or a lid that isn't very good at speed.

I have a shark vision r which wasn't too bad, apparently the speed r is a lot better as it is designed for naked bikes so will probably be a lot better
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[-Monty-]

On the way back from the BCF EuroJolly I did about 500 miles of mostly motorway riding on my unfaired/unscreened CB5 and found it completely fine. This was doing between 80-90 most of the way (obviously, private road/no kitten were killed etc).

Saying that, I've never had a faired bike. Maybe when I eventually do try one I will think the CB was a massive pain for wind blast.
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[RhynoCZ]

I had both and I can say, naked is always better, if you keep your head down at speed.

On the zxr there are some positions where it's alright, but you don't get there quite often and there are so much turbulences around the fairings. It'd might get better when I get more used to the bike, but so far it's not so good. The CB-1 had 2 positions, upright and chin on the tank, both worked well.
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[JP7]

I used to have an FZ6, with an added screen. The screen made quite a big difference, but at motorway speeds I used to get a lot of buffeting. It wasn't a massive problem for me, but after a while it did used to tire me out a bit.

I've now got a faired bike, which I much prefer.

[barrkel]

I found 130kph was reaching the upper limit for comfortable motorway cruising on the ER6f - that's 80mph on a faired bike, but with a fairly upright seating position and a not terribly effective fairing.

But the difference is night and day when compared with my VFR's screen. I can cruise happily enough at 200kph (~125 mph) on it.

On my scooter, flat out on the motorway (~80mph), the wind does get to be a bit much after an hour or two - but that's bolt upright, and no wind protection at all from much above bellybutton height.

Most of my motorway miles are covering distance when touring, not in this country.
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