New Calsci windshield for R1150R

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New Calsci windshield for R1150R

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# Vented for minimum turbulence and back pressure
# Excellent coverage of arms, sides, head
# Shape designed to compliment the lines of the R
# Made from 4.5mm thick (3/16") DOT certified impact resistant plastic.
# Laser cut for precision aerodynamics and fit
# Includes storage cover, micro-fiber cleaning towel, and mini-spray bottle of windshield cleaner.
# Requires the BMW tall touring shield bracket, #71607685197.
# $185
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Re: New Calsci windshield for R1500R

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Does your windshield fit an R1150R?

Do you have any third person user reports?
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Re: New Calsci windshield for R1500R

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I see you don't have a location posted, but i see sunshine behind the new shield. Are those big vents going to let rain pass right through to those of us who experience a lot of the stuff ? Just wondered. I had pretty much decided to buy the Cee Baileys screen once I've recovered from the latest employment outage.
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Interesting. I've been thinking about this shield too.

Windshields with holes to equalize pressure might become the next big thing. Clearview, at http://www.clearviewshields.com/ make one with a vent, but not for the R1500R or the R1150R.
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ASQTec wrote:Interesting. I've been thinking about this shield too.

Windshields with holes to equalize pressure might become the next big thing. Clearview, at http://www.clearviewshields.com/ make one with a vent, but not for the R1500R or the R1150R.
Unless there's something here I don't see, a lot of rain and cold could come through those holes. I saw an interesting fix for the negative pressure done by Ricardo Kuhn on a GS shield. He cut two small NACA ducts in the lower part of the screen. This always seemed like a neat solution.
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Unless there's something here I don't see, a lot of rain and cold could come through those holes. I saw an interesting fix for the negative pressure done by Ricardo Kuhn on a GS shield. He cut two small NACA ducts in the lower part of the screen. This always seemed like a neat solution.
http://www.chris-longhurst.com/nacavents/

I found this in support of the above mentioned vents, this guy shows how he did it on a GS, and what the results were. I wonder if this will work with the touring shield? I'm betting it will.
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marklawrence,

Are you an employee, or do you have any financial interest in Calsci?
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Judging by the e-mail address he left at the bottom of his post, [email protected], I'm thinking he is an employee.
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My two part MRA screen has a de facto duct between the two bits. Presumably to minimise any pressure difference.
Not quite big enough to get my hand in there to clean off the odd bug that gets suicidal.Does prevent any rain coming through.
Not sure that actually having holes in the lexan is a good idea in wet conditions.
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snowprick wrote:marklawrence,

Are you an employee, or do you have any financial interest in Calsci?
Quote from the CalSci website: "Our windshields are designed by Mark Lawrence and Carl Porter"
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Their website says they run (started?) this business together, and that they are a physicist and an engineer.

There is a lot of interesting stuff about motorcycles and riding them on there, if you you're interested.
BTW, Marks Blog 10/31/08 was not about motorcycles, but interesting nonetheless...
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I believe that moderators should act to prevent spamming from spoiling our excellent forum. If this goes unchecked the flood doors are open. [-X

Moderators its your call.
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snowprick wrote:I believe that moderators should act to prevent spamming from spoiling our excellent forum. If this goes unchecked the flood doors are open. [-X

Moderators its your call.
I don't know. I've been frequenting this board for 5 years now, and can't remember the "flood doors" open.

This resulted in the posting of some good information on an important topic. If anyone was truly offended, they can hit the "Report This Post Button." on top of the page.

I haven't read the "Terms of Use" for this board in a while, but I don't recall reading any vendor exclusions. If there are, then the appropriate actions should be taken.

The dude didn't exactly try to hide his identity.
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I am not offended. But, there are provisions for vendors to pay for ads here. ;)
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ASQTec wrote:
snowprick wrote:I believe that moderators should act to prevent spamming from spoiling our excellent forum. If this goes unchecked the flood doors are open. [-X

Moderators its your call.
I don't know. I've been frequenting this board for 5 years now, and can't remember the "flood doors" open.

This resulted in the posting of some good information on an important topic. If anyone was truly offended, they can hit the "Report This Post Button." on top of the page.

I haven't read the "Terms of Use" for this board in a while, but I don't recall reading any vendor exclusions. If there are, then the appropriate actions should be taken.

The dude didn't exactly try to hide his identity.
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owldaddy wrote:
Unless there's something here I don't see, a lot of rain and cold could come through those holes. I saw an interesting fix for the negative pressure done by Ricardo Kuhn on a GS shield. He cut two small NACA ducts in the lower part of the screen. This always seemed like a neat solution.
http://www.chris-longhurst.com/nacavents/

I found this in support of the above mentioned vents, this guy shows how he did it on a GS, and what the results were. I wonder if this will work with the touring shield? I'm betting it will.
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Here's the original reference. I think the small NACA ducts Ricky made on this guys windshield are pretty slick.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... ght=irisep
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Airman \ owldaddy,

Thanks for the links. I just ordered some new disks for my Dremmel. I'm thinking of trying it my Parabellum.

Maybe I'll buy these for effect! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Racing- ... 240%3A1318

I can get a couple of hoses and route the air to my air cleaner box to pick up a few extra HP.......or not. :roll:
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Those NACA ducts are designed to extract air from a flow parallel or nearly parallel to a surface. These applications are not really relevant -- even if the interior of the duct were executed properly, (and these are not.) Might as well cut holes to taste, or for design reasons. :?
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