Excellent job on the cut down. What did you use, a blade or router?
Using 2 different windscreens on X300.
1. For reference I am 5' 11" with a 31/32" inseam. The OEM windscreen at 50 plus created tiresome buffeting/noise that would really annoy me, and I always wear earplugs. After many searches I found a photo on ADV Rider of a cut down shorter OEM windscreen. The poster was similar to my height/inseam. I decided to give it a try. I taped, measured and cut the windscreen to 9.25" from top to bottom centered between the two lower mounting holes. Very happy with the results. wind hits mid chest and cools my upper body with my mesh jacket or other jackets with vents open or zipper dropped partially down. The facial buffeting is much better. Its not silent but the harsh annoying part is mostly gone. I will use this for the hot summer months.
2. For cooler or cold weather I am using a National City V-stream Mid-height with a puig size medium clip on. The clip on gets me mostly out of the air while still allowing me to look over and not thru the screens. The national city is thick and solid. It doesn't really move even at highway speed. I can ride with the visor cracked when cold for defogging but don't get blasted by heavy airflow. I usually crack the visor when i stop when really cold and sometimes forget to close it because the wind is manged so well by the screen.
3. Both screens work with my sw motech accessory mount. I have the OEM wind deflectors and they clear the National city screen without touching at full steering lock. PS --when I called national city to check about OEM wind deflector clearance they did not think there would be enough clearance but there is.
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2. For cooler or cold weather I am using a National City V-stream Mid-height with a puig size medium clip on. The clip on gets me mostly out of the air while still allowing me to look over and not thru the screens. The national city is thick and solid. It doesn't really move even at highway speed. I can ride with the visor cracked when cold for defogging but don't get blasted by heavy airflow. I usually crack the visor when i stop when really cold and sometimes forget to close it because the wind is manged so well by the screen.
3. Both screens work with my sw motech accessory mount. I have the OEM wind deflectors and they clear the National city screen without touching at full steering lock. PS --when I called national city to check about OEM wind deflector clearance they did not think there would be enough clearance but there is.
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Update:
Since that post, regarding the National City windscreen: Bought it / tried it / hated it / returned it.
That design is much more vertical than the Givi D4121ST that I'm currently using. The National City screen, in my experience, creates significant turbulence and buffeting coming just over the top. Riding at freeway speeds, my vision was constantly blurred from the continuous buffeting. No way I'm putting up with that, for any length of time.
I suppose I could've added a spoiler to the top, but why should someone spend even more money, on top of a significant purchase price, to get something to maybe work right. The other choice would've been to return it and buy the tallest of their versions, (I had bought the medium height, of the three models), which I'm sure would've done a better job of reducing turbulence and buffeting. But then I'd be looking through the windshield, rather than over the top, which is the way I and many other riders prefer. Adding a spoiler to the top of the medium screen would've had a similar result.
The current Givi windscreen is pretty good already, so any improvement would've been incremental. However, I do have some hearing loss and tinnitus, so I'm always on the look-out for ways to protect what hearing I have left. (And yes, I do wear NRR 32 soft foam earplugs and full-face helmet when riding, regardless.) Depending on wind conditions and the bike's speed, mostly on the freeway, there can still be some wind roar with the Givi, but those are variables that one often has to just put up with, in certain circumstances. (I'm thinking of that long, long day of riding coming up in August, westbound on I-80 into Nebraska...)
As always, that's just my experience, and "Your Mileage May Vary."
Too bad it didn't work out. You never know until you try. Screens results are very personal and have many variables. I'm currently using the cut down oem. Working good for cooling to the chest and much less helmet buffeting.Update:
Since that post, regarding the National City windscreen: Bought it / tried it / hated it / returned it.
That design is much more vertical than the Givi D4121ST that I'm currently using. The National City screen, in my experience, creates significant turbulence and buffeting coming just over the top. Riding at freeway speeds, my vision was constantly blurred from the continuous buffeting. No way I'm putting up with that, for any length of time.
I suppose I could've added a spoiler to the top, but why should someone spend even more money, on top of a significant purchase price, to get something to maybe work right. The other choice would've been to return it and buy the tallest of their versions, (I had bought the medium height, of the three models), which I'm sure would've done a better job of reducing turbulence and buffeting. But then I'd be looking through the windshield, rather than over the top, which is the way I and many other riders prefer. Adding a spoiler to the top of the medium screen would've had a similar result.
The current Givi windscreen is pretty good already, so any improvement would've been incremental. However, I do have some hearing loss and tinnitus, so I'm always on the look-out for ways to protect what hearing I have left. (And yes, I do wear NRR 32 soft foam earplugs and full-face helmet when riding, regardless.) Depending on wind conditions and the bike's speed, mostly on the freeway, there can still be some wind roar with the Givi, but those are variables that one often has to just put up with, in certain circumstances. (I'm thinking of that long, long day of riding coming up in August, westbound on I-80 into Nebraska...)
As always, that's just my experience, and "Your Mileage May Vary."
EDIT: Nevermind, I found the information above. I'm recovering from outpatient surgery yesterday and taking a HD prescription pain med. Let's go with that excuse.
I have an extra screen I plan to cut down. Do you mind sharing the height you cut your screen to? Also, what is your height?
Thanks!
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