A few questions:
1) How tall are you?
2) What kind of helmet are you using? (Open face, full face, MX with a peak, etc)
3) At what speed are you noticing the lift?
I'm 6' and have a Shoei Hornet. I have the stock windshield in the highest position, and don't notice any issues at all riding around town (80-90 km/h tops) unless I tilt my head back enough for the peak to catch the wind.
Not 100% shure what is buffeting,
If it's wind turbulence around the helmet (up, down, side to side, rolling around the helmet in all axis, it ain't that
But what I experience is the helmet/head is being pulled up, not sideways, not front to rear, but really up
If I lean foward, it stops
So, you're tall, have a full face helmet (no peak to catch the air, etc), and bending down under the airflow prevents the problem. Sounds like the air off the windshield is catching you just below the bottom edge of the helmet. If that's the case, then raising the shield is worth trying.
I have a fairly high raised wind shield and generally don't have this problem except for the first time a week ago. I was being bounce all over the road by 30+ mph crosswind gusts. With each big gust it felt like my helmet was being pulled straight up off my head. BTW my Cymax II is quite "snug". Bending forward did reduce this effect. :interesting:
@ Dorian
Last time it happen, it was a rather windy day
@ DaveC
No peak on my helmet, and it's a full face
@ DaveC and Rumbo75
I will experiment this week-end
I just wanted to have a few comments to give me the heads up ...
Ciao
LOP
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