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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Guzzidad on December 13, 2025, 10:34:03 PM
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
(https://i.ibb.co/PzW0XZrx/Screenshot-2025-12-28-151339.png) (https://ibb.co/PzW0XZrx)
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Looks ideal!
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Congratulations on the V9 Bobber.
Hopefully the Givi 140A screen will solve your issue.
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A little background on my Bobber purchase. I started riding Guzzi's in the early 80's. My first was an 850T. Then an 89 LeMans, 1100 Sport, Norge, and a few others. Never did I think I would be happy with a small block. But then a friend of mine let me ride his chrome tank Anniversary model. Took me by surprise. And I have to face the fact that I'm getting a little older now and just don't have the strength I used to have to push a 600# bike around. Two years ago the Local Harley shop took a 2020 V7 Racer in on trade. I had no choice. I had to save it from the ape hanger crowd. It's been a lot of fun. Takes me back to my youth when I was riding old Nortons and Triumphs. It's a lot more comfortable than it looks, but it does have a slight forward lean and the back of my neck was getting tired holding the weight of the helmet up. I wanted a more upright seating position and I saw this Bobber for sale. It's the same weight as the Racer but with a slightly bigger engine. Honestly, it feels like a big block. This might be the bike I ride into the sunset.
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I bought BadChads Roamer a nd I have the same impression,it feel like an EV to ride but lighter.Looking forward to warm weather.
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My history is similar,just bought a Roamer and it feel like an EV but lighter,50 mpg plenty of power.
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Congratulations on your new to you V9 Bobber Guzzidad.
The more YouTube videos I watch on the V9 Bobber the more I like it. I’d love to see it come back into the lineup with a few modifications.
Maybe they could bring it back as the V10 bobber using a variation of the V100 engine.
Then again, I’m also a bit curious to see what the next version of the California, the Eldorado or the Ambassador will be.