BIGLRY
05-21-2016, 11:01 PM
As some of you know I, like a lot of other F6B owners have gone through a few shields in our quest to get the right comfort with less buffeting or calmer air in the space between the rider and shield.
First the OEM shield sucked, it looks good, but for a guy who is 6'5" tall and 400 lbs it is more of an after thought than anything that gives any type of wind protection IMO, in fact it pushed the wind right into my chest after having my RDL saddle made which raised me even higher than the stock saddle. After putting real tall shield on which was to wobbly when pushed into the triple digits I reinstalled a 16" Clockworks flair I had bought that was just to short, I re-drilled the holes to get almost another 2" in height and that helped enough that I could live with it, but is was not perfect.
Now Taxfree makes a post about the MRA X-CREEN TOURING and how he is going cross country with it add to his shield. I pm him...wondering (thinking out side of the box of course). How did it mount and did he think it could be added to a Clockworks flair? He did not know, but he had the mounting template and when he got back from his trip he would mail me the template so I could see if it would work on the flair. A few weeks go by and the template show up in the mail, I set up against the Clockworks flair and see real fast it would have to be mounted lower than the recommended position, but that it is doable. I check out the X-CREEN TOURING at https://www.mrashop.de/com/universal-screens/x-creen-part-xcsa-xcta-/ and I find it comes in tint or clear with two mounting options, clamp or drill and bolt along with two ways to run it, first in a fixed position with only a tilt adjustment or with adjustable arms so not only can you tilt you can raise or lower it. The testimonials sure were good and it is supposed to be good at high speed lifting the air higher over your head.
I check out the prices and it is not in the cards right then so that mod went on the back burner until Russ (rdeady) put up for sale a clear MRA X-CREEN TOURING in mint condition at a price I can handle so I contact him and the deal was done, yesterday the big brown truck delivered everything. It took me about 20 min to set the template, drill the four holes and install everything(this was not the clamp on mount model). I did have to lower the mounting holes lower than recommended about 2 1/2" due to the curve of the flair, but with the adjustable arms on it would set the X-CREEN up above the flair hopefully far enough to do what I wanted.
Okay hear comes the fun part....the test ride. I gear up and head out to the 101 freeway where the traffic is running around 75 MPH and there are real stiff breezes about 30 knots coming off the Pacific ocean for a nice headwind one way and a tailwind the other. I had adjusted the X-CREEN all the way up and tilted as far back as it would go to start, after my first 3 mile run against the wind I can tell it is working fairly nice, but I stop and adjust it with a more straight up angle which is easy to do with no tools needed, it clicks at each setting so you won't move one side more than the other and it is very secure in the mounts and adjustments. This time I make a 3 mile run downwind then turn around and do one against the wind......All I can say is I am very impressed with the results, I can put my hand just even with the top of the X-CREEN and as I move it up & down I can feel how much the air has been lifted over the X-CREEN and my head. As a big smile breaks out I head to a remote area out in the countryside where there is a road I have use for many years as a test bed for high speed runs, it is about 2 miles of perfectly straight flat smooth asphalt with no intersections, trees or anything just road and flat fields of wheat or garbanzo beans on both side with no fences anywhere (I have run off into the fields before):shhh:
I kicked the 6 in the ass and hit the triple digits and to my amazement the X-CREEN was not only rock solid it had lifted the air and allowed me to turn my head without worrying about my glasses coming off which has always been an issue when running at high speed on any scoot I run.
I never did adjust it any more other than the one time, I think I will put some miles on it like it is before doing any more adjusting.
Over all I love it and think I have found the right set up for me and my F6B. The only con would be the cost as the X-CREEN is a bit pricey new IMO, but then I think in this instance you get what you pay for.:icon_biggrin:
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First the OEM shield sucked, it looks good, but for a guy who is 6'5" tall and 400 lbs it is more of an after thought than anything that gives any type of wind protection IMO, in fact it pushed the wind right into my chest after having my RDL saddle made which raised me even higher than the stock saddle. After putting real tall shield on which was to wobbly when pushed into the triple digits I reinstalled a 16" Clockworks flair I had bought that was just to short, I re-drilled the holes to get almost another 2" in height and that helped enough that I could live with it, but is was not perfect.
Now Taxfree makes a post about the MRA X-CREEN TOURING and how he is going cross country with it add to his shield. I pm him...wondering (thinking out side of the box of course). How did it mount and did he think it could be added to a Clockworks flair? He did not know, but he had the mounting template and when he got back from his trip he would mail me the template so I could see if it would work on the flair. A few weeks go by and the template show up in the mail, I set up against the Clockworks flair and see real fast it would have to be mounted lower than the recommended position, but that it is doable. I check out the X-CREEN TOURING at https://www.mrashop.de/com/universal-screens/x-creen-part-xcsa-xcta-/ and I find it comes in tint or clear with two mounting options, clamp or drill and bolt along with two ways to run it, first in a fixed position with only a tilt adjustment or with adjustable arms so not only can you tilt you can raise or lower it. The testimonials sure were good and it is supposed to be good at high speed lifting the air higher over your head.
I check out the prices and it is not in the cards right then so that mod went on the back burner until Russ (rdeady) put up for sale a clear MRA X-CREEN TOURING in mint condition at a price I can handle so I contact him and the deal was done, yesterday the big brown truck delivered everything. It took me about 20 min to set the template, drill the four holes and install everything(this was not the clamp on mount model). I did have to lower the mounting holes lower than recommended about 2 1/2" due to the curve of the flair, but with the adjustable arms on it would set the X-CREEN up above the flair hopefully far enough to do what I wanted.
Okay hear comes the fun part....the test ride. I gear up and head out to the 101 freeway where the traffic is running around 75 MPH and there are real stiff breezes about 30 knots coming off the Pacific ocean for a nice headwind one way and a tailwind the other. I had adjusted the X-CREEN all the way up and tilted as far back as it would go to start, after my first 3 mile run against the wind I can tell it is working fairly nice, but I stop and adjust it with a more straight up angle which is easy to do with no tools needed, it clicks at each setting so you won't move one side more than the other and it is very secure in the mounts and adjustments. This time I make a 3 mile run downwind then turn around and do one against the wind......All I can say is I am very impressed with the results, I can put my hand just even with the top of the X-CREEN and as I move it up & down I can feel how much the air has been lifted over the X-CREEN and my head. As a big smile breaks out I head to a remote area out in the countryside where there is a road I have use for many years as a test bed for high speed runs, it is about 2 miles of perfectly straight flat smooth asphalt with no intersections, trees or anything just road and flat fields of wheat or garbanzo beans on both side with no fences anywhere (I have run off into the fields before):shhh:
I kicked the 6 in the ass and hit the triple digits and to my amazement the X-CREEN was not only rock solid it had lifted the air and allowed me to turn my head without worrying about my glasses coming off which has always been an issue when running at high speed on any scoot I run.
I never did adjust it any more other than the one time, I think I will put some miles on it like it is before doing any more adjusting.
Over all I love it and think I have found the right set up for me and my F6B. The only con would be the cost as the X-CREEN is a bit pricey new IMO, but then I think in this instance you get what you pay for.:icon_biggrin:
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