Faired vs Naked - what is the reality with wind

[RhadamYgg]

For me - I prefer the fairing. Bracing against the wind just fatigues my muscles too much on the longer rides.

Fatigue is bad - my minimum ride is usually 1hr 10 minutes - with a mix of high speeds and stop and go traffic.

RhadamYgg

[JC Viper]

I'd rather have a naked bike and add a windscreen/ flyscreen to it. Insurance is the biggest factor for me and those little plastic fairing parts cost money to insure. Besides I've ridden on naked/ standards and faired bikes and found both were pretty much the same ride to me and much better than a cruiser.

If not a naked then a half-fairing bike would do... not much of those around are there.

[RhadamYgg]

I'd rather have a naked bike and add a windscreen/ flyscreen to it. Insurance is the biggest factor for me and those little plastic fairing parts cost money to insure. Besides I've ridden on naked/ standards and faired bikes and found both were pretty much the same ride to me and much better than a cruiser.

If not a naked then a half-fairing bike would do... not much of those around are there.

Can you add a windscreen to all naked bikes?

There is the Suzuki Bandit. Also there are sme earleir than 2009 sv650s with half-fairong.

Ahhhh. I am so confused about what I want.

As much as I like the way. 600cc sport bikes look - my wife is against me getting one.

If I'm interested insafety... I need tob get a bike with ABS... but that linits the number of bikes to choose from,

RhadamYgg

[flynrider]

Can you add a windscreen to all naked bikes?

Just about. I've used National Cycles screens on just about all of my bikes (all naked) for the past few decades. They make windshields for just about everything.

[JC Viper]

I'd rather have a naked bike and add a windscreen/ flyscreen to it. Insurance is the biggest factor for me and those little plastic fairing parts cost money to insure. Besides I've ridden on naked/ standards and faired bikes and found both were pretty much the same ride to me and much better than a cruiser.

If not a naked then a half-fairing bike would do... not much of those around are there.

Can you add a windscreen to all naked bikes?

There is the Suzuki Bandit. Also there are sme earleir than 2009 sv650s with half-fairong.

Ahhhh. I am so confused about what I want.

As much as I like the way. 600cc sport bikes look - my wife is against me getting one.

If I'm interested insafety... I need tob get a bike with ABS... but that linits the number of bikes to choose from,

RhadamYgg

They have smaller windscreens for naked bikes and screen lips to add a little more protection on the stock windscreen. Those were popular on the Kawasaki ZRX1200 (I miss those bikes).

More bikes will have ABS as an option as what is happening in Europe, just gotta wait a bit is all. Or you can get yourself a Suzuki Bandit or V-Strom with ABS or the BMW F650/ 800 which has a switchable ABS.


Some grip warmers for those pesky chilly rides.

http://www.symtec-inc.com/Products/Moto ... fault.aspx

[BRUMBEAR]

I have a buell xb12ss and have had the bike for 2 years and 15K miles and never a dull moment.There is virtually no difference in the backroads the higway ya but I see you also live in NJ and riding highways will probably not be much fun in either

[RhadamYgg]

I have a buell xb12ss and have had the bike for 2 years and 15K miles and never a dull moment.There is virtually no difference in the backroads the higway ya but I see you also live in NJ and riding highways will probably not be much fun in either

I have looked at some Buells. The new one - the CR or something - looks so weird that I actually really like it.

But I like the B-King too, go figure...

RhadamYgg

[JC Viper]

I have a buell xb12ss and have had the bike for 2 years and 15K miles and never a dull moment.There is virtually no difference in the backroads the higway ya but I see you also live in NJ and riding highways will probably not be much fun in either

I have looked at some Buells. The new one - the CR or something - looks so weird that I actually really like it.

But I like the B-King too, go figure...

RhadamYgg

Buell improved the engine a bit from the 1125R making the 1125CR (Cafe Racer) more refined. So far there are a lot of good reviews on it but it'll be expensive given that it's a Buell (it's priced close to the B-King but any bike above $10k is expensive to me).

[shane-o]

I have a buell xb12ss and have had the bike for 2 years and 15K miles and never a dull moment.There is virtually no difference in the backroads the higway ya but I see you also live in NJ and riding highways will probably not be much fun in either

I have looked at some Buells. The new one - the CR or something - looks so weird that I actually really like it.

But I like the B-King too, go figure...

RhadamYgg

If ya gunna buy a buell, why dont ya just buy a decent "ride on lawn mower" remove 2 wheels that are diagonal to each other, and ride that, it would be just as good, but with the added bonus you could mow ya lawns to when ya needed.

get the B King , now thats a krazy lookin bike, If memory serves, it has a detuned busa plant in it, and prolly wouldnt cost ya much more than the tractor for ploughing paddocks that is the Buell

Have ya looked at the Sv1000s, SuperHawk, Vmax, Hornet, Bandit, kwaka 1000z etc etc all good non/semi faired bikes

hope that helps


Shane

[Good2bking]

I ride a B-King and the only time the wind really gets unsettling is above 100 or so. I rarely do that but every once in awhile it's nice to see what the thing is capable of. Also, my riding jacket is a combo textile/leather and if I don't have the zippers in the front and back open the thing acts like a parachute, lol...