[Bill Lumberg]

I got the information from the owner.

I hope something has changed, as their product is excellent. But I think they’re selling remaining stock.

I don't see where these screens are being discontinued. Nothing like that is mentioned on their webpage. It does appear, however, that they're only making clear shields now, no more tinted ones.

 

[spectreman]

As a new owner, I'd say that's a shame if true because here's a product that actually does what it says it does.

 

[hornbendr2]

The Vstream works well for me. Sure. It's not perfect but I can live with. Just don't feel like spending more $$ to try to find the optimal solution or adding more plastic bits. It is a motorcycle. If I don't want air blowing up my Kilt then I'll drive 4 wheels.

 

[BillDownUnder]

I finally received the Aeroflow Screen. Standard size, tinted, cheaper because of imperfections (which I cannot find).
Air flow is better that the screens it replaces. No buffeting, instead a steady airflow near the shoulders, which I prefer. Around the helmet is quite bearable, no different to fairing screens on other bikes have owned.

 

[spectreman]

I finally received the Aeroflow Screen. Standard size, tinted, cheaper because of imperfections (which I cannot find).
Air flow is better that the screens it replaces. No buffeting, instead a steady airflow near the shoulders, which I prefer. Around the helmet is quite bearable, no different to fairing screens on other bikes have owned.

Glad to hear it worked out for you and my advice was sound. Did you go w/the smallest screen or upsize?
Lee

 

[BillDownUnder]

Smallest.

 

[DesertBike]

Now I know why Aeroflow only has the standard-height available in clear.

I've been using an ugly combo of a Yamaha Touring shield + Laminar lip for the last 2 winters. I have a CalSci "Shorty" on the bike in warmer weather.

The ugly combo looks kinda ridiculous. I can get the top edge a little over my line of vision. It's ...mostly, satisfactory, but I still catch a bit more buffeting to my helmet than I'd like.

If I lower the windshield all the way, I get a face-full of noisy, violent buffeting.

Would be interesting to try an Aeroflow Tall to see if it makes any difference. Guess I'll keep an eye out for one for sale.

 

[RaYzerman]

You might want to try this if you have a Gen3 in particular. The friend who bought my '14 FJR installed a dash shelf, which interfered with the windshield (a V-Stream). I had shimmed windshields before, but out of necessity, we shimmed the entire w/s bracket up 1/2". This did not change the windshield angle but let a lot more air up the back side of it. Amazing difference, I think you could try that with any windshield and reduce buffetting.

Back in the day when I had my '07, I had the Rifle and their tuning blocks. This tilted it back quite a bit, raised the entire thing, in particular the front edge about an inch. The increased airflow up the back side of the windshield was definitely an improvement for buffetting. Rifle no longer making m/c windshields AFAIK.

 

[DesertBike]

Thanks, I'll give that a shot. May have some suitable shimming material sitting around, sounds easy to try.

 

[RaYzerman]

To start just need a bunch of washers and some longer bolts/screws. I used 1/2" plastic material and drilled a hole in it.

 

[BillDownUnder]

I did just that, I tilted it back a little by using a number of washers. Not generally visible.

 

[RodP]

I just make a lip from a bit of perspex and bolt it on with an air gap like the Laminar Lip principle. Bend to shape with a heat gun, round off the corners and all edges. $10 bucks and works great. After having a KTM 1290 for a few rides I had to do something to stop buffetting. The solution was found by a few experimental pieces which led me to the idea that width is important. Like the batwing Harleys. So on the FJR the latest lip is wider than the screen and directs air past my shoulders and helmet. Sort of like the Ninja 1000 with the little side deflectors only not weird looking.

 

[wgharper]

Ordered my vstream tall touring shield from Revzilla yesterday. Looking forward to trying it out on those unseasonably warm days we'll inevitably have here in Virginia this winter. I like the idea of the laminar lip and may give that a go for my stock screen as a summer option.

 

[DesertBike]

I just make a lip from a bit of perspex and bolt it on with an air gap like the Laminar Lip principle. Bend to shape with a heat gun, round off the corners and all edges. $10 bucks and works great. After having a KTM 1290 for a few rides I had to do something to stop buffetting. The solution was found by a few experimental pieces which led me to the idea that width is important. Like the batwing Harleys. So on the FJR the latest lip is wider than the screen and directs air past my shoulders and helmet. Sort of like the Ninja 1000 with the little side deflectors only not weird looking.

This seems to be a recurring issue, with some of the modern bikes with pointy fairings.

The pointy fairing may generate, or at least allows, turbulence around the sides and back, right into the rider. Seems worst if you're 6 feet or over.

I suspect that if you're 5'6", this turbulence goes up and over your shoulders, so it isn't a problem.

At least, I think that is what was happening on my 2019 Suzuki Vstrom DL650.

Buddy recently got a 2018 KTM 1290 Adventure S. He is also over 6 feet. I think he's having the same problem you are with yours, and I was with my Vstrom, with regard to buffeting.

Puig offers these side deflectors for the KTMs:

Puig Upper Deflectors KTM 1090 Adventure / 1290 Super Adventure | 5% ($10.84) Off! - RevZilla

US$200+ for a couple bits of bent plastic seems silly. I could make an equivalent thing for under $50, though they wouldn't be as pretty. high-strength Velcro is adequate to hold them to the bodywork.

Suzuki Vstrom owners came up with more or less the same solution, for the newer Vstroms with pointy fairings (2017+ DL650 or 2014+ DL1000). I made a set of these side deflectors for my 2019 Vstrom DL650. They were almost magical in how well they worked. They did look rough however.


Regarding alternate windshields for the FJR: I could get a California Scientific that is much taller than even the Yamaha Touring - 18" from top set of screws to top edge of shield (not sure what that dimension is on the Yamaha Touring, except it's shorter).

CalSci uses the same shape/cross section as the stock windshield. Vstream and Aeroflow appear to both use a markedly different shape, much bigger bulge in the middle. This creates a "scoop" at the front that I suspect does much the same as raising a stock windshield off the bracket through shims.

 

[RaYzerman]

Madstadt has been making windshield brackets for years, simply they create more room under the windshield, and also give you the ability to tilt it. If you use their windshield instead of stock (VStrom in particular)..... vast improvement. For your FJR, cheapest easiest thing you can do is shim the windshield off the fairing and get the air flowing up the back edge of it.......
My comment on CalSci for the FJR, piece of junk.

 

[DesertBike]

Yep, had a Madstad bracket on the 2007 DL1000.

 

[Mosalar]

My comment on CalSci for the FJR, piece of junk.

You said it. I ordered a calsci and the fit was horrible, so much so that you could not use the plastic screws to hold it on. They included SS button head screws to use, problem being that you can't put the trim pcs back on top of the screen. Then came the edges, they were raw and would cut you in a hearbeat. I called to discuss the issues and get a return number. Mark is an absolute assh0le and actually started trying to blame Yamaha. Long story short, I'm out the return shipping because they don't hold true to their promises.

 

[DesertBike]

Yikes. Sounds like CalSci has gone down the toilet.

I had a couple of CalSci windscreens for my first Vstrom, years ago. Edges were finished neatly, fit was perfect on both.

Then again, I didn't need to send anything back either time, so maybe their "customer service" has always been like that. Often, you don't find out what a company is really like, until you have a problem.

That said, the CalSci windshields for the FJR appear to be nothing special. If the tinted "Shorty" one I have is any indication, their larger windshields are basically taller/larger versions of the OEM ones, no special profile or curves like the Vstream or Aeroflow.

Re: shimming the bracket. I got as far as taking off the "beauty covers" on the windshield. Somehow there's a crack growing from one of the 6 holes. Lovely. But, I expect I can drill the end to stop the crack from getting longer. The area will be hidden by the beauty covers once all is reassembled.

Does anyone know what size & thread those screws are? I mean the largeish ones that hold the windshield bracket to the raising/lowering arms. Part #9 in the "Cowling 1" parts diagram:

Yamaha Motorcycle 2015 OEM Parts Diagram for Cowling 1 | Partzilla.com

Eyeball suggests M6x1.0, perhaps 10-15mm stock length, but would be nice to verify so I can hit the hardware store on my way home today. Haven't yet got around to taking mine off to measure them. Those are the four I'll need to replace with longer, to raise the windshield bracket with respect to the fairing.

 

[Whooshka]

M5 X 20 mm

 

[RaYzerman]

The plastic screws are M5, the ones for the bracket are definitely M6, but I don't have one handy so can't verify the pitch.