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Offline Guzzidad

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V9 Bobber
« on: December 13, 2025, 10:34:03 PM »
    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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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2025, 06:03:14 AM »
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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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2025, 07:32:01 AM »
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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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2025, 10:04:56 AM »
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.
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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2025, 03:22:11 PM »
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!



« Last Edit: December 28, 2025, 03:23:34 PM by Zimmermichaels1ea »

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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2025, 04:19:03 PM »
Looks ideal!
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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2025, 12:11:25 PM »
Congratulations on the V9 Bobber.

Hopefully the Givi 140A screen will solve your issue.

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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2025, 07:29:21 PM »
   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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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2025, 08:33:35 PM »
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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Re: V9 Bobber
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2025, 08:41:15 PM »
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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