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Bugsy
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Posted: 25 May 2019 at 20:01 |
I prefer riding a naked bike (ooer) so have removed the small standard screen over the clocks. I am out in the lake district tomorrow with rain forecast and I have begun to wonder if the clocks are waterproof enough on their own or actually benefit from the limited cover the screen would provide. Any one got a view on this or experience of water ingress?
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Brian UK
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I think those clocks need all the help they can get.
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GUZZIPETE
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The two Breva 750's I've owned so far didn't have problems with water getting in the clocks.
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Ben.
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Emergency supply of cling-film in the toolkit?
Bon voyage.
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Bugsy
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Thanks everyone, mixed advice then, so I will play safe for now. Screen on.
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Bugsy
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Hmmm, don't like the turbulance. Cutting down a screen would help but I don't want to butcher a perfectly good one. Any one got a damaged one I could purchase to, um, modify?
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Mike H
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This prefer to ride a nekid bike, purely aesthetic reasons?
Maybe just put the screen back on and leave it at that. Necessity being the mother of whatsitsname. |
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Bugsy
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No, not aesthetic problem, just find the extra noise (even from such a small screen) is a nuisance and to be honest, I don't get any significant benefit from it. The instruments might, hence my initial question.
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Mike H
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OK yes I think the clocks would benefit from having the screen, at least they shouldn't get full force horizontal raindrops. |
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Bugsy
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Did you have the screen in place GP?
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nab301
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I ran my Breva through the summer last year without a screen but fitted a small flyscreen for winter and found like you that turbulence is horrendous (and on any naked bike i've owned with a screen fitted)
The clocks haven't leaked so far ( less than 2 years) i think an MRA screen like the one in the link below might be the answer but I'm not prepared to gamble a wad of cash without a road test!
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Nigel
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Mike H
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All very interesting, I've always insisted on having a screen or fairing of some description on all my bikes for many years yet don't seem to get this turbulence that you speak of, or, I do in fact, but I've so gotten used to it that I don't recognise it as such. |
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GUZZIPETE
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I prefer a screen myself, though the standard screen on the Breva is more cosmetic than effective. Getting the height right is critical in my experience. I fitted a tall screen sourced from Guzzibits on one Breva, and had to fit an extender as all the turbulence was concentrated just in the wrong place around the head and face.
I have the genuine Guzzi screens fitted to my Tontis', and they are much better. They might look bit of a barn door, but they work well, help prevent you getting covered in flies in the summer, and make a couple of degrees or so difference to windchill in the winter.
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Mike H
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Okay, I grant you a short "cosmetic" screen could be a problem. |
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