Plus with fairings?

[Deadly Silent Ninja]

For the technical-minded: what kind of gains could we expect if we added some basic racing fairings to the Enertia Plus?

I was thinking that, with the Federal tax incentive making it less than $10K, it could be an option if it could go a little faster and farther away with one charge. The fairings would make it look a little less like a scooter, too.

Anyone with some photoshop skills would like to give it a try and give us a visual?

[Richard230]

The only thing I can contribute is that my Zero seems to go farther when I have its Slipstreamer SpitFire, chest-high windshield installed, compared with when I am riding "naked".   

I have no facts to back up my observation.

[FreepZ]

I have no facts to back up my observation.

Yeah. It would be interesting to put the bike in a wind tunnel and do some testing. Alas, I have no access to a wind tunnel.

Nevertheless, I would expect that your observations are correct. A windshield that can push the air to your shoulders is going to have less resistance than your torso leaning over the handlebars. I know that I get better mileage from my bike when I hide in the wind shadow of my windshield compared to when I catch the wind with my chest. (Heck, when I'm getting off the highway and I want to slow down, I just sit up straight and slow down with my torso "air brake"!