Brammo Owners Forum

I have been using the DX on most of my motorcycles for years and have found them to be a great windshield and well worth the price.  I like the fact that they can be removed in seconds when you want to ride without the windshield.  My suggestion would be to cut the cable ties and install the mounts a little further away from the control assemblies, then route the cables over and around the mounts and re-secure them with new cable ties.

Thank you Richard, I chose this windscreen largely on your recommendation.

Shinysideup, I don't see your picture--just a placeholder icon.

Good news!


After getting over my reluctance to cut the zip ties guiding wires along the handlebar (picture 1), and going ahead with attaching the clamps that seemed too narrow in diameter to fit on the handlebars (picture 2), the rest of the assembly wasn't much trouble (picture 3).

The way I initially installed it, it rests on the headlight fairing.  I don't yet know if this will cause wear marks to appear on the fairing, but after one test ride, it doesn't appear to have done any noticeable damage.

So with the screen attached, I went for a test ride of about 14 miles.


The screen was securely attached and didn't wobble or change position at speeds of up to 50 mph, despite the 1/4" gap between the halves of the clamps on the handlebar.


I was hoping that the wind would be deflected above my head so that there would be less noise around my helmet, allowing me to ride without earplugs and hear my helmet radio.  However, the screen didn't calm the air around my head.  Instead, because the screen only came up to my neck in height, what it protected was my chest, leaving everything from the top of my shoulders and above in the wind.


Although the screen fits in front of the dashboard, when I try to tuck behind the screen to be protected from the wind, it is uncomfortable fitting my head behind the screen.  Not that I'm inflexible, but I do feel like I have to compress my spine because I can't slide my rear end further back to make room for my head without running into the sudden upward curve of the seat to where the passenger would sit.  Also, with my head that low, I'm either knocking the helmet into the screen or craning my neck to look forward properly.


Initially, the windscreen was angled parallel to the forks.  I will see if tilting the windscreen more vertically will help.  If that doesn't help, maybe I can rest the bottom of the windscreen on the top of the dashboard to raise the top edge closer to my eye height, where I've had success with windscreens on cruisers and scooters.

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Nice picture, Shinysideup, and nice screen!  How much benefit are you getting from the spoiler?  Does it reduce noise, or is the main idea comfort via smooth airflow?


I'm wondering whether I should give up on achieving a quiet air pocket on a sportbike like the Empulse, and wait for Victory to produce what will hopefully be an e-cruiser, which will have the nice large windscreen and relaxed feet-forward seating I'm more used to.


Still, the Deflector isn't bad.  The airflow is smoother around my helmet, but not quiet enough to stop wearing earplugs to protect my hearing.  Instead of throwing more money at a bigger, uglier windscreen that won't solve the noise issue, I'm thinking of getting a SENA 20s for its ambient mode mic to listen to people trying to talk to me (like parking garage attendants or curious passers by) even though I'm wearing earplugs.


How have you solved the wind noise problem?

I found the spoiler to eliminate buffeting, but if your airflow is already smooth, you'll not need it.

I have a fairly quiet helmet (Schuberth C3) and already have hearing loss (age 71), so the noise doesn't bother me. I wear earplugs only on longer trips, which don't happen very often on an ebike! My screen/spoiler setup is a bit more quiet than the naked bike, however.

I'd be surprised if your range doesn't improve with the windscreen. The consensus experience so far seems to be somewhere in the ballpark of 10%, though they're mostly rough guesses. The upper torso, leaning forward on a naked bike, is just exactly wrong aerodynamically.