pan has 2 V cutouts either side on the screen, got one if you want photo's, remember years ago on the GS site an aircraft techy in US cut some special Vshapes in his screen to eliminate the mega buffeting on his GS.
I did last night wind mine up on the m40 for the first time, sitting @ 85-90 i came back with a headache, the noise and buffeting was worse than a GS !
Gonna have to sort something out soon.

I've done a couple of things to improve things:

(BTW, I found there's a big difference between the clean air from an empty road and having a car/lorry in front. Even a small car 300m ahead on the motorway will cause bad air/buffeting)

Rather than swap the screen i made on of these:
(copied from http://www.aerotrim.co.za/ )

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...909/Screen.jpg



I then glued a piece of metal bar under the lip of the peak of my Tour X to stop it vibrating.

I can now cruise quite happily at 80mph.

The 'screenlette' above does make a difference, but I think if I had stopped the peak of my Tour X vibrating first then I probably wouldnt need the screenlette?? Need to do a test I guess.........



Nick.

We should get together Nick and have a screen swap, you can try my home bent flip and I can try your screenette! :)

I am hoping MRA do a vario screen which should be along the designs of your excellent mod

a vario screen might be the answer, i get a headache from my screen like u do big den, so def need to sort something soon, have no screen off at the moment but it doesnt look as good!

I think a mra or vario screen is probaly the best bet for the Tenere. I'm certianly looking out for one.

Interestingly I don't usually find the buffeting that bad on the Ten, I guess I partly have got used to it.

The screen is generally ok up to 75-80, and sometimes up to 90 depending on the wind (the wind direction has a big effect on this). I've never had smooth airflow over 90mph though in the lat 6 months I've been riding it on the m/way. The engine starts to find it hard work at that point though so its strats getting quite tiring all round.

I replaced my original screen with an MRA, which helped and looked better but didn't quite give the results I was looking for, so I have attempted to make my own....not easy I might add.
I did this by laminating thin strips of wood to get the shape I wanted. The idea was to form more of a wind barrier by the air being deflected off and through the screen. I did this by making a venturi which squeezes the air out at a relatively higher speed, forming a better wind barrier.
I have been working on this for the last few weeks and had it to a stage where i could try it out this evening.
There is a big improvement, 100% better IMO. At 120km/h a little drumming can be felt by your ears (which is a little irritating), at 140 to 160 its calm with a little flutter on the top of the shoulders. The drumming may be the screen vibrating a little as its not perfect being hand made. So will have a better look at that.
Here are a few pictures of the prototype.

Wow that's some good woodwork skills you've got there. Now if only they made transparent wood!

I think the screen on the Tenere is a little bit more vertical than on the old one looking at your pictures so it's going to be hard to get a good design - and angleing the screen back a bit more is not possible because of the mounting brackets and hitting your head on it if offroad.

Anyone who has fitted a high front mudguard, has that helped reduce the wind buffeting from through fork/yolkes?

I've fitted one but it doesn't feel different. I've got the metal mule replacement screen and that's a better solution.