tall riders

[Perk1975]

I broke another bracket on my windscreen. (2005 BMW 1200RT) Yes I have a Cee Baily windscreen so I know I am putting extra stress on it. But as a tall rider it is really the only way I can get a nice clean pocket of air. What do others do? I replaced the top brackets with high strength ones, but this time the bottom bracket broke.

I will get high get high strength ones for those as well

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But I am concerned about what will break next. So I am thinking I may need to find another solution.

 

Maybe upgrade helments to something super quiet and install a helment sound system? Something like the the schuberth CP2 with the SRC sound system?? That along with a new bluetooth gps/sat radio?

 

Thoughts from other tall riders?

 

 

[Perk1975]

obviously if I upgraded helmet etc. I would go back to the stock windscreen.

 

[terryofperry]

Call Charly at Parabellum and talk to him.

 

Terry

[Perk1975]

Thanks I sent a note to him via his website to ask if his have had better luck with not breaking the brackets.

[tallman]

Have you tried a Laminar Lip?

 

What is your goal?

No air, like barn door?

 

Sometimes clean air from a lower screen works well.

[Perk1975]

I don't mind some air. With the cee baily's up only an inch or two I was able to ride at hwy speeds with my visor open but not looking through the wind screen. It was quite nice, but that may be a bit too much too ask.

[tallman]

I saw more than a few bracket issues w/CBis tall screens.

I have avoided using that approach.

Check out the Laminar Lip.

It allows you to use a shorter screen and moves the air higher.

 

Otherwise I'd say go for a low screen and enjopy the clean air.

Best wishes.

[Tri750]

You don't mention what helmets you currently use, or how tall you are.

I'm 6' 4" and have ridden the 1200RT quite a bit. It may be the design of the screen your using. I sold the Cee Baily until the Z Technik came out.

 

Take a look at the Z Technik site. The tall screen for the RT is "only" 2 inches taller than stock at 28" but the screen gets very wide at the top 26" in fact. It also has a slight upturn giving it a bigger push thru the air.

They also have a "test ride" program to make sure your happy with it.

http://shop.nationalcycle.com/perl/cycle/results2.html?search_model=bm-066

 

On my old crusty 1100RT I have the medium Z Technik screen with a Shoei 3/4 helmet and it's almost car-like. I currently use the Scala G9 for GPS app, iTunes, and take the occasional call from my iPhone.

For rider-passenger, I use Autocom and a wire for iTunes.

 

As mentioned, The Laminar Lip is a good product to push the wind up and over as well. Sold a bunch of them.

[Perk1975]

Sorry, I am 6'4" as well. As for helment, I had a Scorpion but the mechanism has fallen apart on it so I am currently using my old HJC. I never needed a really quiet helment with the CB windscreen. I do a lot of hwy riding in trafic (riding to work)so the air is rarely clean.

 

My thought is to go back to the old screen with a laminar lip and a new helment. And eventually a new gps/radio set up. I will probably do it in steps. First the lower bracket, and laminar lip.

 

Thanks for the input everyone.

[Over]

I have a. Cee Bailey higher and wider and it's on my second RT 1200, have done around 20,000 miles and have it just high enough to stop buffeting.

 

I can rider with outer visor up and inner visor down, Schuberth C3 but following an incident with a wasp which got into the helmet I often have outer visor down at speeds over 30mph

[Perk1975]

Over, have you broken any brackets? I am at 40k with the cee bialys and just broke my third one.

[lkraus]

I have not heard of anyone breaking brackets after installing a machined replacement such as Beemerboneyard sells.

[Over]

No broken brackets. I asked the UK seller of Cee Bailey and a few others ( also called BMW sport touring )

 

He said he has never had any broken brackets either...

[Perk1975]

My top brackets broke twice so I replaced them and they have been fine since. The issue now is the bottom bracket has broken. I am going to replace it with a stronger one but I am a bit concerned that something else will break (whatever the next weekest point is)