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Cav47 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:06 pm I love my Cee Baileys, but know that the company is no longer producing moto shields. I have a Yamaha touring, but never mounted it. I am following Don for a good alternative in the future. CB’s exodus has left a void in our world.

raYzerman wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 10:26 pm And here I was wondering why he wanted to replace all the fairings.......

NTXFJR wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:14 pm Got the popcorn out on this one. Always nice to have other options in the wake of CB's exodus.

dcarver wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:30 pm Dropped Naomi (2013) off at Rifle Fairing this morning for fitment. Gary Patel has dropped all employees except for Dennis. Gary is now the 'production' guy.

Will keep thread posted as time rolls on and R&D completes to prototype stages.

rbentnail wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:37 pm

dcarver wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:30 pm Dropped Naomi (2013) off at Rifle Fairing this morning for fitment. Gary Patel has dropped all employees except for Dennis. Gary is now the 'production' guy.

Will keep thread posted as time rolls on and R&D completes to prototype stages.

Following. Tell them I'd like a barn door with a flip, like the Gen2 CB. Wondering too- they got a windtunnel or going by just looks?

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:46 pm For Gen3, Yammy added ventilation under and behind the windshield and while not the full Rifle concept, it helps to get air running up the back surface. No tuning blocks needed... if you want to experiment, you can shim the motor bracket (the windshield mounts to it)... I used 1/8" washers... one at the upper screw, two at the bottom, and more recently, 1/2" at both.... so have at it regardless of what windshield you are using, it does make a difference (as we all know Rifle did). You will need 4 longer screws for the bracket if you go more than 1/4".
I settled on a V-Stream tall, a bit floppy at the top at first, but the shimming took care of that. I have shimmed all my bikes since the FJR too, and it does make a difference. Well, testing a new shield on the Versys 1000, more of a challenge to shim that, but I can see it happening after I get a few more test rides in.

Cav47 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 11:27 pm Mild thread drift.

I have experienced that type of pounding and turbulence. That was mostly a mystery but revealed itself to be more of an effect of what was behind me. The top case created some type of trailing vacuum. When I put my camping bag on behind me on the passenger seat, it was immediately cured. The shield stabilized, the reverberation quelled. It was magic. I am no aerodynamic engineer, but my anecdotal evidence solved a similar problem that some of you to described.

Good luck on finding your solutions.

rbentnail wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:31 pm

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:46 pm For Gen3, Yammy added ventilation under and behind the windshield and while not the full Rifle concept, it helps to get air running up the back surface. No tuning blocks needed... if you want to experiment, you can shim the motor bracket (the windshield mounts to it)... I used 1/8" washers... one at the upper screw, two at the bottom, and more recently, 1/2" at both.... so have at it regardless of what windshield you are using, it does make a difference (as we all know Rifle did). You will need 4 longer screws for the bracket if you go more than 1/4".
I settled on a V-Stream tall, a bit floppy at the top at first, but the shimming took care of that. I have shimmed all my bikes since the FJR too, and it does make a difference. Well, testing a new shield on the Versys 1000, more of a challenge to shim that, but I can see it happening after I get a few more test rides in.

IMHO this is the worst idea ever! With the medium Vstream shimmed 1/8 & 1/4" as suggested, and the screen all the way up, the top of my helmet gets hammered so badly that my vision is blurred to the point that I can't read street names. How do you stand that shit?