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Originally Posted by
klonkie
Hi there
Has anyone got the Kappa larger windshield? If so, do you know where I can get one?
The other day I was happily riding along at 75mph. I got a thought and stood up slightly to test the wind over my helmit. To my suprise it was a LOT quieter than siting behind the screen. I then started wondering if getting used to the noise
is really the only option. I always thought that that is just the way riding the Tene has to be. But surely a bigger screen would be less noisy. I don't want to be death by the age of 50! (and yes, I never ride without my earplugs)
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A vertical rally screen pretty much dictates that you are going to get some turbulence noise.
Your options to change it would be either something huge (you'll still get some noise) or if you really want quiet I guess removing the screen altogether but then you'll get much more wind blast.
The other, cheaper option I'd suggest is something like a Tuarag handlebar bag from Hein Gericke for �10 as is gets rid of a lot of the turbulence.
I've done 23.5k miles on my Tenere (almost all motorway) in the last year. Always wear ear-plugs and usually listening to music. I'm using the Tuarag bag setup myself and I'm pretty happy with it, I can still hear the engine over wind/music noise at 70-80 sometimes so it's pretty effective. The wind noise was not that much different when I rode a TDM 900 by comparison (but noiser than a Fazer 600 or something with a much more angled screen).