Givi Screens

Hi all

Anyone here fitted a Givi A750 or A760?

If so, are they any good?

I know a lot of these screens can be more trouble then they are worth with
buffeting, just thought these ones looked nice and may help the wind blast
at 70ish.

TIA, David

 

An ER-5

David

 

What is the point in buying a naked bike and then adding a fairing ?

What's the issue with wind blast at 70... wuss!

 

It's quite a reasonable thing to do if you want an SV650. The riding
position of the SV650S doesn't suit everyone, the naked model was
much more comfortable for me, but the wind blast was tiresome, so I
got the S model. Now, I could spend a couple of hundred dollars on
bar risers and some more on a peg relocation kit, but a much better
solution is to get the naked and add a screen, since it's far cheaper
and it's essentially the same outcome. The money you save by getting
the naked vs. the S will more than pay for a decent Givi windscreen.

70 is just about the limit. Ride 600 miles on a naked standard across
Minnesota and South Dakota at 75+ mph and then get back to me.

 

Five years and 30K miles on a Kawasaki Drifter without a screen, much of
that done on motorways at 75-95 mph. No big deal.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

You're a man's man, and no mistake.

<flutters eyelashes>

PS you didn't mention how much of that time was spent inverted.

 

Eww! Get orff!

Only the low-speed stuff, and too quickly for anyone to photograph.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

platypus says...

But look what the wind blast did to your face.

 

That's booze, junk food, old age and being a fat bastard does that. The
wind blast was much alleviated by my Arai Quantum full-face motorcycle
helmet with the visor closed.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

http://www.freewebs.com/z4p2k/platy2.jpg
or
http://www.freewebs.com/z4p2k/platy10032002.jpg

 

eric the brave says...

Anyone who drinks Scottoil when the services are out of Red Bull is
fucking weird.

 

Absolutely. Should be the other way round.

 

Pah !

Check the bikes in the sig, the XJR has done 42k, unfaired. Many trips to
the continent, last year was a 3000 mile + trip.

The same bike is off to the states for 3 months.

I get heartilly sick of all the "you can't do x MPH on an unfaired bike
bollocks.

If you don't like it, don't get one.

 

Obviously enough, bikes didn't have the option of a fairing when a
large number of us started out on bikes and I never saw it as a
problem. We also had to use shit riding kit that leaked and didn't
keep us warm for more than 10 minutes but that doesn't mean I have to
carry on in the same vein.

 

True, but ifn you want a faired bike you get one, and if you want an
unfaired none you get one of those. Not sure what your point is.

 

You could have started on one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Velocette_LE_(police).jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocette - "Over 1958/59 fairings appear
for all models."

 

YTC#1 says...

I got the point, it's about moving with the times and accepting change.
We used to have B+W tv years ago too, but life with a colour tv is so
much more enjoyable.

 

I sort of understood that, but it does not relate to why buy an unfaired
bike and then add a fairing.

 

Well I got one in the end anyway. bit buffety around town but things smooth
out as the speed increases... looks nice though.

Oh yeah, the reason I bought a naked bike instead of a faired bike was
because I wanted an ER-5 as it suits my iffy back and it was only 2.5K brand
new.

Not many faired and comfy 500's in that price range.

David

 

Yes, 'cos you are answering my query to Bonwick.