the stock windscreen is trash.
As you say, you have the original Puig and Givi. or the aliexpress version (questionable quality, questionable cut, but comes in many colors!)
I'm 180 cm tall (5.9 ft?) and I am very comfortable with the givi.
and the difference between the 2 is that givi is a little wider, but the puig is taller.
but in summary yes, you gain comfort by changing the windscreen
Yes I'm kind of on a search myself. Limited options. I would never buy anything off AliExpress, just on principle. "Just like Givi, only
cheaper!"
I've added the MRA X-Screen "Sport" adjustable spoiler to the stock screen, with pretty good success. However my Versys has become my do-it-all bike, and so for example on my 600-mile day on the freeway to get to Deals Gap, I found that set up lacking. Based on a recommendation, I am now using the Givi screen, but it is noticeably more flexible than the stock screen. At least for me, the lip at the top caused more turbulence on top my helmet, than it eliminated, so I eliminated the lip. (Actually not all of it, just the top 1.5 inches or so.) Works better now! But, it still depends on your speed, direction of travel vs prevailing winds, type of surrounding traffic etc., so there can still be some "roar" from the wind. I have moderate hearing loss already, with annoying tinnitus, so I'd like it quieter if at all possible. (This is with a Shoe GT-Air full face helmet and
always using 33 db soft foam ear plugs.) Since the Givi already has so much flex, it wouldn't be prudent to add the MRA spoiler to
that.
I know there is the Madstad, which I've already used on a couple of other bikes and was pretty happy with it, but I really don't want to add all of that contraption to the front of my attractive little Versys. And of course Cal-Sci offers a very sturdy shield, but I don't believe it is cut to allow handguards, PLUS, another Versys owner has gone through a couple of them and believes that the curvature of the screen is wrong, where it meets the mounting holes, causing it to crack.
What to do, what to do? I know from past experience with my V-Strom that buying and trying various windshields can be an expensive rabbit-hole to go down...
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