Laminar windshield extensions

[B.D.F.]

I was at Twisted Throttle with a friend a couple of months ago and he bought one of them and had it mounted on his 2010 C-14 while we waited (OK, we heckled the guy putting it on but close enough). I just saw him tonight but he wasn't on his bike. I can get a hold of him and find get more info. and probably photos. His was the bolt on style but my overall opinion was that it was a very nice, useful and clever deal. I have the MRA visor on my C-14 but it is on a CalSci XL, and it is the older, seven- position adjustable; this new type is quite a lot more adjustable both in overall height but also in angle.

Yep, adjustable without tools but I don't think you could adjust one while riding. There are finger twist- locks that turn 90 degrees to lock / unlock, and once unlocked the screen can be turned maybe 60 degrees of pure rotation or the entire deflector raised or lowered. I mention the adjustment while riding because I can adjust my visor while riding just by grabbing it and moving / rotating it (both movements are coordinated and not separable) while riding. Of course the original electric adjustment is always available but I am talking about just the visor.

I liked it enough that I was looking to see if the holes in the arms of the new one would line up with the holes already in my windshield- no go. And they are rather expensive although pretty nice at the same time.

Let me know if you want more info.- Twisted Throttle is not too far from me so we might be able to do something about a look- see, in a remote, continent away sort of way. 

Brian

Oh neat!  I don't think I have ever seen that one before...  mounts without drilling, comes with a one way and two way adjustable arms.  Not cheap but very interesting.  With this I could add it to my existing shield and make additional adjustments quickly if it is too low or tall.  And it could be moved to a shorty shield later for flexibility in the warmer months, too.

1) Has anyone on the forums used this Twistedthrottle MRA X-Screen Tour before at all?
2) Was it on a Concours 14?
3) 1st gen or 2nd gen?
4) Bolt on or clamp on model?
5) Are they adjustable without tools?  (Can't tell from the instructions)
6) Have any pictures you can share (of it mounted on a C14)?
7) What did you think?  Pluses, minuses.

This might be the solution I have been looking/waiting for....

[maxtog]

I was at Twisted Throttle with a friend a couple of months ago and he bought one of them [...]Let me know if you want more info.- Twisted Throttle is not too far from me so we might be able to do something about a look- see, in a remote, continent away sort of way. 

Thanks for the info.  I am pretty much convinced now and will whip out the credit card and order it today.

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UPDATE:  It is on order!  Clear touring clamp-on model.  I will post reviews at some point when it is installed and I have had a chance to use it for a while.

[flitemdic]

Max, if it helps at this late point, I've had both the MRAVario and a Laminar Lip.

My Vario was first gen.  It sucked.  Especially for the $$ I spent on it when it was "the thing" and new.  You just couldn't adjust it very well, and at 6'4", that was pretty much the whole point with the bike I was using for touring at the time, which is the second question- it was on a CBR1100XX.  In the thinking about it, the angle on the windshield I was running probably contributed to it's lack of effectiveness, but even with a "double bubble" I wasn't impressed.  The one I had was mounted with bolt and Velcro IIRC.  It adjusted with a tool.

The Laminar lip also sucked until I modified it.  The lip is actually a better piece of kit if you are taller.  You can place the velcro in such a way as to make it suit you.  However, it has no adjustment at all, so you best like it where you put it.  Ultimately, I drilled two holes on each side with matching holes in the windshield, and bolted that sucker down.  The biggest problem I had with the lip, prior to modification, was that at +++5 over limit, it mashed down against the windshield because the mounting tape stretched out- it was actually quite something to watch happen.  Not only the "speed run" problem, but the long distance, miles-under-the-tires days, (which I do a lot of), would cause it to do the same thing.  After bolting it down, 7 years ago, it is still on the bike today, and works beautifully- and in that I eventually went to butterfly bolts with it, it pops right off for around town.

For whatever reason, the velcro adjusters on the MRA-Vario didn't have the deforming problem, but that was probably because the real stress was on the bolt on area.

Personally, I will probably go with this generation MRA eventually, as I haven't found a screen that didn't make the bike look like the Marvin the Martian, or didn't buffet my giant cranium around- and I'm certainly not screwing around with the amount of back pressure the Laminar would put on the windshield mechanism.  I'm already waiting for something to break at anything over 75mph, (which, by the bye, is legal in certain places down here.   

Good luck with the purchase.


EDIT:  I missed the update- let us know how it goes.

[phoneman]

  I made about a 100 mile ride today.  Weather here today was about 50 F and cloudy/overcast.

  I really could not tell if there was any improvement.  I tried it with the main shield high-low-and all points in between.  With the deflector in all positions.

  I think at this point I'll have a really nice summer shield after I send it back to CeeBaily and have them cut about 6 or 8 inches off.

  I guess I'll try the MRA Xcreen next.  I'll put it on my CeeBailey euro and see what happens.

  I rode the Wee about 50-60 miles with the Madstad and it was great.  If I can get the Connie that buffet free I'll be a happy man.

[maxtog]

  I think at this point I'll have a really nice summer shield after I send it back to CeeBaily and have them cut about 6 or 8 inches off.

  I guess I'll try the MRA Xcreen next.  I'll put it on my CeeBailey euro and see what happens.

That is part of my master plan- to have a short summer shield, too.  Then move the MRAX from the large to the small shield once a year or something.  The adjustable extension would give additional coverage options for each.

[VirginiaJim]

Thanks for the info.  I am pretty much convinced now and will whip out the credit card and order it today.

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UPDATE:  It is on order!  Clear touring clamp-on model.  I will post reviews at some point when it is installed and I have had a chance to use it for a while.

Which will be this spring when it warms up?  About the time I install my Canyon Cages?

[maxtog]

Which will be this spring when it warms up?  About the time I install my Canyon Cages?

I should have it in a few days, but I don't ride much in winter, so it will take a while to form an opinion.  Meanwhile, my ECU has just been mailed...

[gPink]

I should have it in a few days, but I don't ride much in winter, so it will take a while to form an opinion. Meanwhile, my ECU has just been mailed...

whoo hooo    Baby steps Max.   

[MGvaleri]

The extension to the windshield if not attached to the windshield will make you sway the whole.


MGvalerio.

[phoneman]

  Max--- you got that windshield extension bolted up yet ?

  I'm patiently ( not really ) waiting to see how this works out.

[maxtog]

  Max--- you got that windshield extension bolted up yet ?

  I'm patiently ( not really ) waiting to see how this works out.

I got it a few days ago.  The cats like to sit on the box.  It has been in the 20's, AND there is no ECU on the bike... so I have not had much motivation to do anything with it yet.

[B.D.F.]

You got the clamp on version, right? Well, you could clamp it on and take a photo for everybody....  Turn the box over and the cats will never know the difference.

Brian

I got it a few days ago.  The cats like to sit on the box.  It has been in the 20's, AND there is no ECU on the bike... so I have not had much motivation to do anything with it yet.

[phoneman]

  No ecu ?

  Just put the bike in neutral and hang on to your best buddy's truck door handle while he pulls you down the road.  You should be able to get a feel for it. 

  A little contribution would be appreciated.

  Just kidding of course. 

  And don't ask how I know about the " hanging on the door handle " thing.

  It's amazing I survived my younger years.

[maxtog]

I got it a few days ago.  The cats like to sit on the box.  It has been in the 20's, AND there is no ECU on the bike... so I have not had much motivation to do anything with it yet.

Assembled, mounted, tested, photoed, and reviewed now:  http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=16222.0