I don't know why they did it but they weren't thinking - especially for a company located in a cold environment! At 45 degrees the air blasts thru there and freezes the rider. It's like not having a windshield at all in the cold. I took it off and installed the optional windshield with adjustable vents. Now the bike is almost perfect (except for BRP Connect.)
The can-am e-support site is a computer based web site and can not answer questions or I could not get it to answer my question only refer me to a preprogrammed data base.
Jim
Still don't understand why the op doesn't contact Can Am ? Their info is in the owners manual. There isn't a soul on this board that can answer the question unless said person is in the design engineering dept that is charged with windshield design.
Yes...in Texas we are happy for any air movement in the cockpit!
In fact i have purchased the adjustable air deflectors for this bike... waiting on the first 3000 mile service to have the dealer install them. Our ride this morning put me up to 2300 miles on the clock...would have been a lot more but we have been enveloped in a phenomenal monsoon season here for the past month.. only very short rides between rain storms. FINALLY...sunshine and no rain!
2021 RT Ltd, Marsala Red/Black, Dark New course heading Mr Sulu: 2nd star to the right and straight on til morning...
It wasn’t that the rain hits you coming through the vents.... it was the swollen creeks with the high water over the low water crossings...lots of that here in the Texas Hill Country.
2021 RT Ltd, Marsala Red/Black, Dark New course heading Mr Sulu: 2nd star to the right and straight on til morning...
You do realize they serve a purpose. They prevent a vacuum from forming behind the screen. If they are covered, all the crap that is air born will come right around the backside of the screen. Take a good look at some of the Harley screens on the FLH's. There are deceased bugs on the inside of the screens. The vents also help keep the screen de misted. The air flow acts like the defogger in a car.
You do realize they serve a purpose. They prevent a vacuum from forming behind the screen. If they are covered, all the crap that is air born will come right around the backside of the screen. Take a good look at some of the Harley screens on the FLH's. There are deceased bugs on the inside of the screens. The vents also help keep the screen de misted. The air flow acts like the defogger in a car.
Yes, that's why mine are open and the newer design is superior vs the older design, sounds like the OP doesn't like it where they are for what ever reason. Cover them up and then he can feel the difference. My 2018 would suck in the exhaust to the point Id have to lower the screen to wash out the riders compartment.(Just some times with the fumes) (not good designing on BRP's part)
I'm sure you cover the openings and you'll get your head buffeted by the choppy air flow due to a vacuum effect behind the wind screen-2018 was terrible at highway speeds.
Yeah, I don't know about superior design. I have the optional tall windshield. There is no discernable difference with the vents open/closed except the air moves thru the cockpit with it open.