I have only had my 2011 Spyder RT a couple of months , it only had 13,000 miles on it , just like new really ... but... a few days ago I was out riding and ran into a short light rain storm , the water came up over the Frunk , and Under the bottom of the Windshield , over the Dash , and hit me straight in the face , same as having no Windshield at all......... anyone ever had this happen ??? and Idea's what to do about it ??? I'm sure I can make something to fix this , but just wondering if there is Already something to fix this ????
That
might be due to the early version of the RT windscreen. :lecturef_smilie:
Before 2013, the RT windscreens had no vents in the bottom of the screen - you should be able to see the two holes in the bracket supporting the screen just outboard of the lower lifting arm (the arm that's prone to breaking that noboot makes a billet replacement for...
) - if your windscreen isn't vented the screen will cover those holes. :sour: . As a result of this lack of vents, the airflow deflected over & more importantly here,
under the windscreen team up to behave sorta like the airflow over an aircraft wing; the lower pressure airflow deflected over the top of the screen tends to 'suck' the air up & out of the space between the back of the windscreen & you once it clears the top of the screen, while the airflow on the underside of the screen increases in pressure & velocity so that it will carry more debris & rain etc, which it then carries well up into the space between the back of the screen & your body, so you get buffeted around the body/head a bit more and you get rain in the face!
But the newer screens have the two holes over that mounting bracket opened, which allows (more) air to flow directly into the stream of air blowing up underneath the screen, disturbing that airflow, reducing its pressure & velocity, and actually aiding in the creation of a low pressure & (seemingly) still-air bubble immediately in front of the ryder - an air stream & bubble that isn't moving fast enough or with enough pressure to carry rain up to the level of your face, instead dropping it on top of & out to the sides of the dash cowl, aided by the little wings behind/below the bottom corners of the screen!
hyea:
You can get & fit a/mkt vents that will achieve the same result as those OE Vents, they dosn't need to introduce a whole heap of airflow; you could get & fit units like the
Baker Air Wings sold by one of our Sponsors here that would let you direct air into that bubble & achieve the same result; you could (carefully) mark, tape up, & then cut those holes in your existing screen; or you could get & fit a 2013+ windscreen with the holes already in it! Regardless of how you achieve it, directing more air in to disturb the laminar air flow
underneath the windscreen will stop you getting so much rain in the face! :thumbup:
Or if you prefer, you could fit a 'laminar lip' to the top of the windscreen so that it deflects more of the airflow coming over the front of the screen up & over your head, allowing you to ryde with the windscreen in a lower position, which would also reduce the velocity & pressure of the airflow coming
under the windscreen.... but doing that
might just mean that you end up dumping even more rain & exhaust fumes, road slush etc down the back of your pillion rider's neck! :gaah:
Good Luck! :cheers:
