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[manitou]

I just followed hat I thought I saw in lecram's pic. It's slightly in the way of the frunk zipper  (front trunk??), but seems ok so far.

[francesco]

As we are having almost a real winter in the Bay Area this year, with low temp and rain, I decided to get the same SlipStreamer Doug S has.
However, I can't figure out how to deal with the lower mounts. If I attach the clamps to the fork tubes I have the problem of hitting the pointy part of the plastics.

The lower mounting points on my screen are the headlight mounting bolts, which line up quite well, albeit at the end of the adjustment range. The only problem I had was that I needed fender washers for the lower mounts, which was easily solved by a trip to the hardware store.

Doug, could you clarify how and where you attached your clamps? Did you replace the headline mounting bolts with the bolts supporting the windscreen?

[Doug S]

Doug, could you clarify how and where you attached your clamps? Did you replace the headline mounting bolts with the bolts supporting the windscreen?

No, I just slipped the mounting tabs underneath the headlight mounting bolts, added a fender washer because the slot in the tab was pretty wide, and used the stock bolt. There's plenty of thread engagement, especially since I made sure to use thread locking compound.

[francesco]

Do you have a close-up picture, by any chance? I'm not sure I understand what you mean with "mounting tabs". In my installation kit the rods supporting the windscreen are locked in the bolts that lock the clamps around the fork tube. I'll post a picture when I get home.

[Doug S]

I think we have different windshields. Someone (Richard maybe?) mentioned that he had a Slipstreamer that had fork-mounted bottom supports too. Mine doesn't, it just has two slotted tabs that slide under the headlight mounting bolts.

[francesco]

I think I solved the mystery...
The windscreen should be the same (it's the SlipStreamer III S-03 from amazon you posted: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WK36BS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00), but they probably shipped it with the wrong installation kit.
This is the one I received:
http://slipstreamer.com/hardware/ss-28-sport-fairing/

while the correct one should be (can you confirm this is what you have?):
http://slipstreamer.com/hardware/slipstreamer-turbo-s-08-replacement-hardware/
that in fact has the mounting tabs you described.

[Doug S]

The second one definitely looks like the one I've got. Handlebar mounting stalks with a double bend in them, and tabs instead of fork clips.

[modeselector]

Today I received my MRA windscreen. I did a testdrive and it works great. Depending on the position of the small screen, the wind is making more or less noise around the head. But it keeps the wind from chest and shoulders. Even at topspeed it's pretty (relatively) comfortable and I find it isn't looking too bad.

Would like to see a picture a bit further back of this set up.

[LeftieBiker]

   Has anyone tried this windshield? It looks like a more bottom-cropped version of the Turbo Slipstream mentioned  here...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Slipstreamer-Turbo-S-05-Windshield-Clear-S-05-C-/221907615829?hash=item33aab98055:g:8rYAAOSwo6lWFd6p

   Looking back in the topic a third time, I see that this is actually the same windshield used by one of the riders here. I'd like to know, in that case, if a 5'9" rider would have to perform the same cutting mods to get a good fit?

[Justin Andrews]

Anyone taken measurements as to how these fairings are affecting power usage at various speeds?

[BrianTRice@gmail.com]

Zero posted their hinted-at touring screen to the accessories website.


It notably does not resemble any of MRA's product line for naked bikes, so I'm going to suppose that this really has been designed specifically for Zero riding geometry (of course, personal rider height varies!).

[Testpilot1]

Got my Long Awaited DSP on thursday,today it was MRA Screen + Ducati Hypermotard Handguards day :-)

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[wijnand71]

Nice pics, personally, this screen look better than the one's in the Zero web shop. How is the drivers experience? And can you say something about mileage?