Cool...I thought about it because they say not to "over tighten" but give no torque specs so when is it "too tight"?
Probably 1/2 to 1 turn less that than it was tightened. At least in my case, it normally is.
TOMP, if you can, post a pic of your windscreen...I want to see what you did. I still have my VStream and if I ever have to go back to it I want to see what can be done to make it quieter.Unsure which Laminar Lip # this is, as I have purchased many. You can call them and if the V-Stream isn't listed in their files, you can take measurements and give them to them and they can match what they have that will work. They have done it for me before. Mine works well, but a wider one may work better.
Did you use "Loctite" on the screws when you installed the windscreen...just asking?No I did not . I emailed Page at aerflow with pictures never got a reply . I put the stock shield with a laminar lip and am happy with it . The aeroflow was great but it decreased my mpg a few and at its tallest height in flexed alot in headwinds and at speed .
No I did not . I emailed Page at aerflow with pictures never got a reply . I put the stock shield with a laminar lip and am happy with it . The aeroflow was great but it decreased my mpg a few and at its tallest height in flexed alot in headwinds and at speed .
My V-Stream and Lip combo flexes in cross winds. I'm not as concerned about the screen coming apart as I am the flexing causing damage to the supports, especially the attaching bars on the top of the screen. One is cracked at the top screw hole, but was that way when I bought the bike, with a stock screen on it. Unsure how it cracked, but I do keep an eye on it, and so far hasn't gotten worse.
I've ended up going back to the V-Stream. The Aeroflow is quieter than the V-Stream but the V-Stream is much more "aerodynamic". I get better fuel economy with the V-Stream and confirmed that by testing the 2 over a period of time riding the same route, same conditions (I'm in SO Cal so conditions are usually warm and sunny and they don't change), with the same amount of fuel in the tank each time. I'd ride with one windshield for a couple of tanks of fuel and run until I was just about empty then I would switch the windscreens and do it again. I could get to 200 miles on a tank with the Aeroflow but not much over that (maybe 210). I was able to stretch out 235 miles with the V-Stream and could have gone to 245 but it would have been close.