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I tried to attach pictures of all the points I am trying to make but, for some reason the forum won't show them. Good luck. St.
I do most of my riding on my RT. I have an RS which this year now the RT has turned over 200K is going to get the milage put on it. Both fairings the RT especially don't do much for keeping cool in the hottest days.
I guess I need to either get a GS, an S, or a naked /7. LOL. St.
I wonder if the recurve option would add additional stress as well .Just to stick another of my opinions here, If you do buy a new screen be aware that the extra tall or taller the screen is, the more likely it is to fail due to cracking at the mounting screws at some point.
While I cannot say with scientific proof, I believe this is what caused my two Parablellum installations on my bike to crack the dash panel of my bike. The higher screen may have caused more stress on the system which in the case of the Parabellum installation led to flexing causing not the mounting system to break but instead my BMW dash system to break. Discussions with Parabellum were fruitless.
One of the replacement Clearview shields I ordered was taller than the Stock BMW screen, It was in fact the tallest screen Clearview makes. It fractured after several years at the mounting plates in the corners. I had better luck dealing with Clearview.
I currently have a slightly taller than stock screen on my bike and it is doing fine.
My personal belief is the taller screens are more prone to flexing and as such more prone to failure. Again, I have only my unscientific belief.
I am not interested in looking through the windscreen and my choice to go taller than stock was an attempt to reduce noise only. In MY opinion, the extra length does not make any difference. It was not worth the bother to go taller.
If you are so inclined to look through your screen, of course, that is a different situation. St.
The recurve on the Clearview windshields is not very dramatic, and so I tend to doubt that it really adds much leverage to what’s borne by the windshield mounting hardware. I would guess that any additional height/length of the shield (for the taller options) adds considerably more leverage than the recurve, but I have no engineering credential, or measurement data, to support my guess. FWIW, my RT’s dashboard and attachment hardware has held up well for the 7 or 8 years (20K miles), without any maintenance or replacements since it’s installation, apart from regular cleanings & polishings.