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Bartlioni

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KTM Touring Windscreen - Worth the bother? You decide.
« on: August 21, 2014, 08:52:39 pm »
This is my final upgrade for the year, which is a lie I tell myself every time I throw money at something new and cool for my bike.  Earlier today I installed the KTM Touring Windscreen onto my 2014 Enduro R. After three weeks on backorder it finally showed up.  Installation was easy.  You have to drill four 9mm holes and I have a drill press.  But wait a minute!  Deez is what's left of America.  We don't got no stinkin' 9mm drill bits around here!  Try Canada.  I worked it out.  Use a 23/64 drill bit that comes standard with most bit kits and you'll be just fine.  That's one tick below a 3/8 bit.  It looks very cool on the bike and hides those cables that roll over the top of your digital display nicely.  (Smoked black tint)  But if you want to be able to gaze off to the sides of the tranquil highway at nature, rolling along without a care in the world such as that ugly fat cicada locking in on you and busting you upside the forehead, then this windscreen isn't going to make you happy.  I can't say its totally worthless from a functional perspective because it does a respectable job of reducing wind pressure against your chest given its meager size.  But most importantly, it looks cool and it only cost 65 smucks.  Very cool with the trick folding Touratach mirrors I installed a few days ago.  Its a keeper.  But next time I want to gaze off at nature while tooling down the tranquil highway, I think I'll take the Harley.  Them Cadi-dids can hurt ya' ma'an.  Be well and enjoy the greatest motorcycle of all time.
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Re: KTM Touring Windscreen - Worth the bother? You decide.
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 09:01:04 pm »
Done the same to mine a couple of weeks ago. Glad I did. Takes some of the 70 and 80 mph wind off your chest. I don't feel like a parachute now at higher speeds. Definatley helps the looks of the front end.

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Re: KTM Touring Windscreen - Worth the bother? You decide.
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2014, 11:22:50 am »
I hear you brother.  Now that I've been riding with it for a couple of weeks I've come to the conclusion that it is a gotta-have.  The reduced wind pressure on the chest is actually very good and greatly reduces rider fatigue.  And it does look very sexy.  I bought myself a Shoei RF-1200 helmet (dedicated to the cadi-dids), and my warp jumps are clean and comfortable.  I'll wait until I install a steering damper before I go up much over 100mph, but with a 16-tooth front sprocket and my K-60 tires I think I'll be ready to see if that rumor of 115mph is true or not.  Be well and remember:  I'm out there.
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Re: KTM Touring Windscreen - Worth the bother? You decide.
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2014, 01:19:32 pm »
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Re: KTM Touring Windscreen - Worth the bother? You decide.
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2014, 07:09:08 am »
How about buffeting at highway speed, does it beat your helmet around?

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Re: KTM Touring Windscreen - Worth the bother? You decide.
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2014, 12:47:31 pm »
None.  No buffeting either in the chest area or the helmet.  Even wearing a half-helmet.  The airflow isn't interrupted in the helmet area.  Just the chest area mostly around the belly.
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