I was given the idea by this post by Pomm001 
who has done the same sort of thing....
On my second 1150 GSA and I'd forgotten just how much turbulence whacks one in the head when 'at speed'
Now the idea of Tobinators or an MRA screen is to allow a bit more air underneath the screen which reduces the turbulence. One problem with the Tobinators (IMHO) is the fact that the screen tends to wobble about a bit more...
so, with the kind donation of a test screen by Paul (Oblertone
) my plan was hatched.
Firstly Screen as standard on the floor
Then add a strip of masking tape along the bottom and 'mould it to fit the countours'
then by whatever means ( I used a marker pen fastened to a bit of bent wire- draw a line around 30mm from the edge following the contours
Tools I used - Black and decker 'dremel' type tool with a metal cutter- and glasses ( still managed to get bits of hot plastic in my eye so well worth the precaution)
Use the cutter to follow the line, and the result looks like this
Take off the tape and use some coarse emery paper or similar to smooth edges
First cut measured at 35mm and put on the bike
Took the bike out and its not perfect but definately better than standard for me at 5'9 and a bit
So then I decided to cut a little off the right hand bulge to even up the spaces under the screen either side
Result as below
I don't reckon as a prototype that looks bad
Out for another quick ride and again I got the impression it was a little better than before....
So as its a test screen I decided to take even more off the bottom- the only thing to be wary of is getting too close to the mounting holes, as I think eventually it could weaken the screen if you overdo it
I chopped another inch off it
Took it out for a test ride - music from the ipod clear for approximately 10 -20mph higher speed than before ( not scientific) and it does seem to reduce the buffeting....
Could be a cheap or even no cost mod I can't guarantee it will work for you but I'm going to get to work ( carefully) on my good screen
who has done the same sort of thing....On my second 1150 GSA and I'd forgotten just how much turbulence whacks one in the head when 'at speed'
Now the idea of Tobinators or an MRA screen is to allow a bit more air underneath the screen which reduces the turbulence. One problem with the Tobinators (IMHO) is the fact that the screen tends to wobble about a bit more...
so, with the kind donation of a test screen by Paul (Oblertone
) my plan was hatched.Firstly Screen as standard on the floor
Then add a strip of masking tape along the bottom and 'mould it to fit the countours'
then by whatever means ( I used a marker pen fastened to a bit of bent wire- draw a line around 30mm from the edge following the contours
Tools I used - Black and decker 'dremel' type tool with a metal cutter- and glasses ( still managed to get bits of hot plastic in my eye so well worth the precaution)
Use the cutter to follow the line, and the result looks like this
Take off the tape and use some coarse emery paper or similar to smooth edges
First cut measured at 35mm and put on the bike
Took the bike out and its not perfect but definately better than standard for me at 5'9 and a bit
So then I decided to cut a little off the right hand bulge to even up the spaces under the screen either side
Result as below
I don't reckon as a prototype that looks bad
Out for another quick ride and again I got the impression it was a little better than before....
So as its a test screen I decided to take even more off the bottom- the only thing to be wary of is getting too close to the mounting holes, as I think eventually it could weaken the screen if you overdo it
I chopped another inch off it
Took it out for a test ride - music from the ipod clear for approximately 10 -20mph higher speed than before ( not scientific) and it does seem to reduce the buffeting....
Could be a cheap or even no cost mod
I can't guarantee it will work for you but I'm going to get to work ( carefully) on my good screen 
Looks a bit too technical 
