Farkle Attack 2009

[ka5ysy]

Ok... more stuff added / changed on my RR. See report and photos here:


http://www.dualsportridersoflouisiana.c ... stcount=88


Doug

[xprof]

Thank you, Doug. Very useful, as I will be doing the same thing in the next couple of months. I took my R out for a hundred-plus miles today, ran it up to 100mph a few times, cruised at 75/80. The CalSci worked quite well. What a bike!

[deilenberger]

Doug,

Looks very good. The lights look great in Jame's brackets. I did speak with his son Brian, and the business will continue. I've got to get in touch with him about the caliper mount brackets his dad was designing.

[ka5ysy]

Doug,

Looks very good. The lights look great in Jame's brackets. I did speak with his son Brian, and the business will continue. I've got to get in touch with him about the caliper mount brackets his dad was designing.

Don, I talked to Brian on Friday and he told me that they are available now.

[ScottSuff]

Thanks for the detailed post. I just ordered some GS handguards wondering if I'd figure out the mod install. Now if I can fab the extension!

[ka5ysy]

Thanks for the detailed post. I just ordered some GS handguards wondering if I'd figure out the mod install. Now if I can fab the extension!

The small extension bracket is easy to fabricate. The piece of aluminum bar stock is one of those things that you find in any hardware store around the bar stock and threaded rods. I did a quick eyeball measurement and verified the length I would need then used a hacksaw to cut what I needed in the rough shape. A little trimming with the grinder wheel and then touch up with the Dremel tool got to the final size. The bend was put in with a vice clamp and a couple of taps with a hammer and adjusted to final shape. The matte or brushed finish was done with some fine grit sandpaper and then holding the new bracket between the two parts of the handguard I marked the holes with a sharpie marker for drilling. Total fabrication time was about 15 minutes.

[ka5ysy]

I have gotten a chance to do some extended rides with tne new hand guards in place on the bike, with the "tall" BMW shields.

Remember that you can order medium and tall shields in addition to the standard "low" versions. Interesting thing I noticed immediately with the tall shields is that there is a considerably greater wind noise being generated. This appears to be a result of a "stall burble" (pilots will understand this) due to the air separating from the top of the shield and forming an eddy current behind the shield which generates a lot of noise. The original GS guards that I replaced had the tall shield plus an aftermarket extension that did not make a lot of noise. I suspect that the difference is that the angle of the new version tall shield is too vertical and results in the stall burble.

I put the standard shields on this afternoon and took a ride, and the result was no noise at highway speeds. Of particular interest to me was where the airflow was over my gloves, and it is clearing my hands, so I will probably stay with the low shields in place.

Recommendation: stay with the low shields if you are going to do any high speed cruising. They are quite sufficient.