Been fighting the loud wind noise since I bought my ST1100 last spring, I hate ringing ears and wearing ear plugs, not that they helped worth a damn. Bike started with a Rifle that I cut down to see better over, and all hell broke loose - very loud. I ordered a Laminar windscreen w/ lip, still too loud no matter how I placed the lip, sent it back.
I then visited Clearview since it was an hour away and tried a medium, too loud and a large - too high. I then ordered a new Rifle 22" - could just barely see over the edge, was better but still some noise - but I hate looking through a shield. I cut it down to 21" and it was too loud again. ARRGG!
I then ordered a Laminar lip for the Rifle, cut the Rifle down to 19" and installed lip with Lip Tracs (pm me if you are interested - they allow the lip to move up and down by loosening a couple hand screws) with the top edge of the lip about half an inch above the Rifle. Went for a ride today, and all I hear is the sound of the engine at highway speeds. Finally. Now I have absolutely no complaints about what has to be the best $3,000 bike on the planet.
I then visited Clearview since it was an hour away and tried a medium, too loud and a large - too high. I then ordered a new Rifle 22" - could just barely see over the edge, was better but still some noise - but I hate looking through a shield. I cut it down to 21" and it was too loud again. ARRGG!
I then ordered a Laminar lip for the Rifle, cut the Rifle down to 19" and installed lip with Lip Tracs (pm me if you are interested - they allow the lip to move up and down by loosening a couple hand screws) with the top edge of the lip about half an inch above the Rifle. Went for a ride today, and all I hear is the sound of the engine at highway speeds. Finally. Now I have absolutely no complaints about what has to be the best $3,000 bike on the planet.
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