Background:
I just bought a new helmet (scorpion ex-700, neon green). It's the first new, correctly fitting helmet ive ever owned. It does an amazing job of keeping quiet and remaining in place, even that time i took it up to 90-100mph on a closed course.
An interesting thing I read on webbike world's (very comprehensive) reviews of several helmets, is that they consistently mentioned that the helmet being reviewed was quieter on NAKED bikes than it was on faired bikes, because they are dealing with 'virgin airflow' that i presume is more similar to wind tunnel conditions than 'messy aiflow' coming off anything besides a major touring sized windscreen.
I just took my S2R (with stock mini-windshield) on a 120mi hwy ride and was shocked to find that when I dipped my head even slightly to get "covered" by the windshield, the noise and buffeting was terrible. Now that my helmet fits and doesn't squash into my nose at high speeds, i'm wondering if I'd be better off without the windscreen?
or maybe if I got the poorducrider windscreen stays i'd get a 'cleaner' path cut thru the wind?
any ideas?
I just bought a new helmet (scorpion ex-700, neon green). It's the first new, correctly fitting helmet ive ever owned. It does an amazing job of keeping quiet and remaining in place, even that time i took it up to 90-100mph on a closed course.
An interesting thing I read on webbike world's (very comprehensive) reviews of several helmets, is that they consistently mentioned that the helmet being reviewed was quieter on NAKED bikes than it was on faired bikes, because they are dealing with 'virgin airflow' that i presume is more similar to wind tunnel conditions than 'messy aiflow' coming off anything besides a major touring sized windscreen.
I just took my S2R (with stock mini-windshield) on a 120mi hwy ride and was shocked to find that when I dipped my head even slightly to get "covered" by the windshield, the noise and buffeting was terrible. Now that my helmet fits and doesn't squash into my nose at high speeds, i'm wondering if I'd be better off without the windscreen?
or maybe if I got the poorducrider windscreen stays i'd get a 'cleaner' path cut thru the wind?
any ideas?