RhadamYgg wrote:So, as I indicated in a couple of posts I sat on a few bikes.
The best for me position wise was a Honda 919. The best everything else wise and almost as good was the Interceptor - except for price.
919 has no fairing at all. The Interceptor is fully faired.
In the beginning of riding - I had issues with wind - now - not so much.
So, for practicality - anyone ridden similar bikes faired/non-faired and can state as objectively as possible - how much more significant is the wind?
RhadamYgg
Ive owned faired and non faired sporties, cruiser dont count cause they dont go much over 60 do they ??????
anyhoooo, my thoughts are, the unfaired on a calm day ist gut, but, on a head or head/cross wind will take some wrestling, I was just never able to sit and relax on the unfaired, but, I loved it and got used to it.
The faired is much easier to handle, chuck a double bubble on it, and ya can just sit there like as if the bike isnt moving, and as someone already pointed out, nasty full cross winds on a faired bike can take a lot of steering corrections to navigate through.
Also, as mentioned, i did find I got colder quicker on the unfaired, but again, i threw a double bubble on it, and that made a 70% diff to the positive in both wind drag and temp.
If the bike I wanted was unfaired, that would not stop me from buying it, it also seems to be the trend these days, sporties completely unfaired even to the point of no wind screen.
Oh and one more thing, no faired bikes will eat more petrol !!!!!!!
lots of love
Shane-o
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