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Has anyone dealt with a BMW touring shield that has the mounting holes drilled off center? When mounted on the bike it looks slanted to the left. I know that BMW is not noted for legendary quality, but this seams out of character.
I'm considering switching to a Cee Bailey touring shield. Has anyone had both a BMW touring shield and the Cee Bailly touring shield? I'm wondering if noise or buffeting is any less with the Cee Bailey.

Yeah, mine's like that. At first I thought it just appeared warped because of the assymetry of the gauges...the speedo being larger than the tach, but it is actually twisted at the top. I bought it on E-bay from a bike shop in NJ for about half price and I think it was a return they took back when the original buyer saw it was warped. But it doesn't make any difference in how it works, and it does fit evenly around the headlight, it's just a little crooked on top, so I don't worry about it. I keeps the wind off my chest, but is rather loud because the air hits my helmet at eye level. I'm 6'1"

I have the Cee Bailly 21" screen on the bike. Have had it on the bike for 700 miles. The Cee Bailly is not as wide as the BMW touring screen and has no curves I thought the extra height would help with the wind noise, it really made no difference. Perhaps if I had gone to the 23" model it would have. I'm 5'10" and like to ride sitting as straight up as possible.
I have had the touring screen on the bike for three years and I think I prefer it over the Cee Bailly, which I have considered selling.
I guess it is just personal preference as I'm experenceing the same wind noise with either.

JCG

Have you tried loosening all four mounting bolts and all four well nuts and seeing if you can straighten the position of the windshield. I put mine on a few years ago, but I sort of remember having to fiddle with the position before tightening everything.

Thanks for the reply. You probably saved me some money. I had it in my head that the Cee Bailey was somehow better. Since I bought my R new last spring, I'll just go back to the dealer and try to get a shield that is drilled straight. It does suprise me that BMW would even sell something that is obviously not drilled correctly even if it does not hurt the performance of the screen.
So far its turned out to be one fun bike.

One thing I did with my BMW touring shield was add an o-ring under the shield at the two top mounting screws. This tends to raise it up slightly and this seems to move the air just above my face shield. I don't notice a big change but it appears to help some. May just be my imagination

I'm 6'1" and my bike has a set of bar backs and a Sargent seat. So I ride in a little more upright position.


Dwayne

I had a touring shield and it was lopsided also. The brackets were off and the shield leaned to the left. To change the topic somewhat, I changed to the sport screen this year, didn't re-arrange the brackets, & so much better. No buffetting and the "clean air" constantly reminds me that I am on a motorcycle. The problem I had, @ 6'2", with the touring screen was when I got above 65-70 mph, the helmet would want to lift off of my noggin. With the sport it just gently pushes it back into place. My 2 cents worth

The touring screen on my R also looked crooked. Dont know if it was the mounts or an illusion. Rode a friends R and his was they same way, so I just figured an illusion or all are that way. Didnt like the touring screen though after having tried the sport screen. Sold the touring one and use just the sport screen now, its quieter and no buffeting with it.

I'll chime in with those advocating using the sport screen instead of the touring screen. With the big screen I had to wear hearing protection on every ride on account of wind noise, no such problems with the sport screen. There is a little less wind protection but overall riding comfort is vastly improved and in my opinion, the little screen looks better on the bike.

tkm

My brackets are the cause of my windshield looking "un-square". I've seen several this same way at rallys.

I loosened all bolts and did make adjustments but with little results. It doesn't bother me alot it's just knowing the brackets were welded incorrectly, then I think the windsheild was drilled to match the brackets.

I also used the sport shield and didn't think much of it. I got a Givi 755 that makes a better difference, IMO, the brackets are square and with handguards it's like a short touring shield. I'm 5'7".

I am another who has switched from the touring to the sport screen, and life is much better. Sometimes smaller is better.

tkm wrote:I'll chime in with those advocating using the sport screen instead of the touring screen. With the big screen I had to wear hearing protection on every ride on account of wind noise, no such problems with the sport screen. There is a little less wind protection but overall riding comfort is vastly improved and in my opinion, the little screen looks better on the bike.

tkm

I think it all depends on the individual and one's height. At 5'10", I find the touring shield better for comfort. When I bought my Roadster, I had the sport shield installed by the dealer thinking that it looked great. Well, it looked great but I found my ears ringing after even moderately long rides. I switched to the touring shield after 6 months of ownership. It goes to show that for naked bikes finding the right windscreen for yourself takes trial and error.

I have found that the addition of a Laminer Lip helps a lot on the Touring shield. It knocked down the wind noise a bunch, and the wind now hits the top of my helmet. Since I like to sit upright (my wrists just can't handle leaning on them all day any more, hence the addition of barbacks also), getting the wind off my chest is a must. The Lip might be the answer for some board members. It works for me.
Don

Owldaddy,

Where did you get your laminar lip? Any pictures or info on how it attaches. I have the touring windshield, but still get noise and buffeting about mid-helmet.

awagnon wrote:Owldaddy,

Where did you get your laminar lip? Any pictures or info on how it attaches. I have the touring windshield, but still get noise and buffeting about mid-helmet.

http://www.laminarlip.com/r1150r.php

It attaches to the touring shield with four quarter-sized circles of 3M duallock, which is like a really strong velcro. There is no damage to the touring shield.

Has anyone noticed that the top bolts holding the touring screen on are really difficult to access. You have to get a hex wrench on them, but there is no room to fit the hex wrench in there because of the metal plate in the way. It is annoying. I had to cut a hex wrench down to a little nub to get on the bolt.

cmann,

i've noticed that as well...it's a horrible PITA to get them tight...what's worse is that those triple clamp bolts shake loose really easily on mine for some reason...
has anyone figured out how to get those suckers to stay put?

Mine shakes loose too! I try to tighten it down, but it won't stay tight.

Casey

use a T-handled ball end hex wrench. I just put on the screen a couple of weeks ago and remembered somebody else saying this. Worked like a charm.

I am going to try adding a rubber o-seal like somebody else suggested in a prior post.

I finally had to use blue LockTite on the top windshield bolts to keep them from vibrating loose, no matter how tight I got them.