New Screens your thoughts

[Spud]

http://www.bikehps.com/acatalog/Madstad_Screens_and_Brackets_for_Triumph_Tiger_955_2001-2006.html

cheers Spud 

[chairhead]

So glad I only use a Triumph sports screen...

[rocco]

My thought is that i cant imagine HPS selling too many of these @ £216.72!!! 

[Spud]

The metal work is about £80 so why is the plastic bit so expensive ? any thought on the shape

cheers Spud 

[Bixxer Bob]

I worry about how much strain some screens put on the cowl.....

[JTT]

Looks like a pricey version of a Palmer 

[aesdj]

Is it just me or does that look hideous.

[Bixxer Bob]

Is it just me or does that look hideous.

[matts23]

The price for a Madstad is cheaper here than for a Palmer.  I think the price difference is just where they are made and where you want to buy them.  I am giving thought to buying one.  The pictures on that website don't show very much of it.  I like this setup because instead of just the brackets screwing on in the factory screen holes, this one has a solid aluminum plate that is the shape of the factory screen.  The brackets then bolt to the plate.  I think the palmer brackets would cause a ton of flex in my fairing.  I wish that the fairings on the US bikes didn't have the deep cutout in them.  I really makes them alot weaker.  I don't think either screen setup is very good looking, but to be honest, girlies don't win any beauty contests anyway.  I am just the right height that any non-adjustable screen still makes for buffeting.

[Chris Canning]

If you need a large slab of plastic stuck on the front of your tiger you've got the wrong bike.

[Bixxer Bob]

If you need a large slab of plastic stuck on the front of your tiger you've got the wrong bike.

i have a slightly taller screen, but nothing like some of 'em.  I don't really get the quest for still air 

[Chris Canning]

I understand the quest for still air,but go and buy an FJR/RT/GT, I've had too many warm trips where we have stopped on the side of the road weighing up the pro's and con's of actually taking the screen off and ditching it and that's a standard one never mind that monstrosity.

[JTT]

If you need a large slab of plastic stuck on the front of your tiger you've got the wrong bike.

i have a slightly taller screen, but nothing like some of 'em.  I don't really get the quest for still air 

I think for most it's more about clean/still air.  Head in a paint shaker thing kind of gets old after 400miles or so.  I wear a helmet, shield and ear plugs, so for me I'd just like clean air.  I have no desire to be able to ride 80mph and smoke a cigarette.  If it comes to that I'll buy a mid life crisis soft top sports car 

[Chris Canning]

Well I'm not sure if I'm lucky or just spend more time thinking about it,but the Tiger aero dynamics is a helmet thing,I too wear plugs in fact I couldn't ride 50 yards down the road without plugs on any bike,but I/we have never had the slightest problem since the day we bought the tiger in 2001 we then had Arai RX7's we both changed to an Arai Corsair in 2005 ish and during that time did our 1000 miler with not the slightest problem,in 2012 went to an Arai RX7GP and while the helmet looks similar something is clearly different(I know there is because I spoke to Arai) because there is some buffeting,I still have my Corsair and have done a helmet change to compare and it stops so I know it's the helmet not the screen.

Of course there is an argument that it's cheaper disappearing up your ass changing screens than it is helmets!! and while despite having a garage full of bikes and in the last 18 months made a effort to replace the 955(and failed) the one thing that puts the fear of god into me on my tiger is a windy day I/we have had a couple of horrendous experiences on the Tiger,I only see minus's putting a large ugly piece of plastic on the bike,although maybe sat behind it on a January's winters day with it pissing down with rain and doing 50 mph it might have it's advantages 

[chairhead]

Tiger aero dynamics is a helmet thing

For you maybe  ,

I have two helmets and they are both the same, I also wear ear plugs, when I bought the Tiger it had a high screen on it which was shit, I cut it down and it was still shit, I then rode without a screen, that was great but looked odd, I eventually got my hands on the sports screen and I've been very happy since that day.

I'm just guessing here but I reckon for many Tiger riders its going to be a combination of factors i.e. screen, helmet, riders height etc.

Of course there is an argument that it's cheaper disappearing up your ass changing screens than it is helmets!!

I was lucky that day as the  was shining from mine, you're lucky you have room for all those helmets.