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Guzzidad:
    I picked up a used Bobber in real nice condition and it came with a Dart fly screen that doesn't do much but keep the speedometer clean. I wonder how a Memphis Shades Bat Wing Fairing would look on this bike and how effective it would be.

kingoffleece:
Welcome to windscreen roulette.  What works for one many not for another.  Good luck.
Personally, and always with a full face, I never rode behind a bat wing that didn't buffet like crazy.  I'd never purchase one.

Kev m:
The BEST windshields I ever had (on an unfaired bike) were massive.

It was either the giant touring windshield that I ran on my Jackal in winter only because it was so fugly or the tinted, recurved, vented, taller and wider than stock Road King windshield I purchased from Clearview.

Anything else was a compromise.

So I got used to wearing a 3/4 helmet with a full face visor on my smallblocks and settling for a fly screen or Cafe style fairing. The only compromise is that I sometimes miss having no visor and will take shorter/slower rides like that from time to time.

Moparnut72:
It is amazing how screens work or don't work. I have a Dart Marlin fly screen that I bought for my Triumph T120. It caused buffeting, not severe but enough to be annoying. On a trip to Reno I took it off about half way home and threw it in a saddle bag. When I got my '26 V7 Special I thought I would put it on this bike for the winter, I figured it would look good. I only ride locally in the winter so no big deal. Well surprise, no buffeting and I have ridden on the highway. No rhyme nor reason why it is working on the Guzzi where it didn't like the Triumph.
kk

Zimmermichaels1ea:
i originally purchased a Givi 140A small windscreen for my 2023  V7 Special, but it wasn't enough screen for touring.
However, mounted on my 2021 V9 Bobber, the screen IMHO, is pretty near perfect!

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