I like the stock wind screen set to the top position. The wind stream hits the top of my helmet, and I can ride with my visor open. I use the low seat, and am 5'9" 29" inseam.
Well, confirming my comment above about trip usage, I left home the other day headed east and made it 40 miles with the Yam touring screen before the wind noise started to bother me. Since I'm out for a week or more I returned to home base and mounted the Parabellum 22. Much quieter. Whew! Now 600 miles down the road in Twin Falls, it was the right move. Lots of big headwinds and I would have been miserable with the shorter screen. It's also cool out, and the extra protection is a godsend. So Yam touring is now for local use only for me. Parabellum is the comfort king.jrb_nw said:5'9 here. Bought Yam Touring but it didn't offer enough protection during winter so I got the Parabellum 22 medium. As others mentioned it has to go in the high position or interferes with the turn signals. Great protection and very quiet but a bit high so I'm going to send it back to have an inch lopped off the top. Charley at Parabellum told me it should be mounted high to allow airflow underneath it to reduce buffeting. It will be my winter/long trip screen.
Surprisingly, I remounted the Yamaha Touring screen, also in the upper position, and now I love it! Perfect amount of protection for me, looks great and just high enough to cut the wind noise, espec since I use ear plugs for any freeway use. It is a really good compromise for those of us in the 5'9 range, IMHO. Really I was pleasantly surprised.
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The wasp bracket has the long arms (well not that long 1.5-2 inch).fredz43 said:Hi Greg,
I also have the Wasp bracket with MRA Vario and in cooler weather have been running a 22 inch Parabellum and both work well for me. I am curious as to why you dislike the Wasp bracket and what features of the Madstadt bracket do you find better? I haven't seen the Madstadt for the S10.
I am 5'11" with a 30 inch inseam.
Thanks.
Thanks for the feedback, Greg. I also have the deflectors and manage to be able to adjust my Wasp bracket, but as you say, it sure couldn't be done on the fly. My son has a Madstadt on his Wee Strom, I'll check out the construction the next time we ride together.greg the pole said:The wasp bracket has the long arms (well not that long 1.5-2 inch).
I run the side deflectors on my bike.
when the windscreen is at a shallow angle its tought to actually loosen and adjust the arms (part of it has to do with the deflectors being in the way).
The madstadd can be adjusted on the fly, the wasp, not so much.
The madstadd has turn wheels which do not get in the way, and the fit and finish is a bit better imo.
might go out to the local hardware store, and see if i can install some kind of turn wheels on the wasp bracket. Otherwise no gripes with it.
I've had both, I'm very happy with the Touratech. The madstad with the stock screen didn't help at all, and when I put my Cal-Sci XL on it, it would never stay in the position I wanted. If you do the get the Touratech, I'd make sure you have the 4 knobs as tight as possible because they can come loose and fall out with vibration. Once I got my cranked down enough though, they haven't moved in 3000 miles with plenty of washboard and potholed roads.dualsportchic said:Anyone have any advice about madstad vs touratech adjustable brackets? I am probably going with the parabellum windshield.
jackfis said:hello, the new Givi Airflow is another option you should look into. I am 6'2" and the shield goes up to my nose level so vision is not impaired as you can see the road just above the top, you do not want a shield too high that forces you to see the road thru the shield (hard in rain or in bug infected area). I used to have the MRA Vario but it was a tiny bit too short requiring my helmet visor to be cleaned often. The Airflow is just the right height and bonus it can be lowered in 3 seconds by unsnapping the 2inside levers and lowering the top portion down the 2 guide ramps. great design if going off road... once lowered the Airflow is almost half the original height !