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I had a Laminar lip on my Bandit and it did a great job of killing the turbulence. The difference in the noise level inside my helmet was much reduced. While my Goldwing started out with great wind protection and only a little helmet noise, it was enough to get on my nerves when I rode 7 hours to Memphis in May. At that point, I decided to give a Laminar Lip a try on my Wing. I finally got around to ordering on last week and I received it today. My 1100 has a stock shield on it.
My initial install has the top of the lip about an inch or so above the top of the shield. I chose to start there because that was perfect on my Bandit. With the shield in its highest position, the airflow was perfect. Just a slight breeze on my neck, no turbulence and could have heard myself whisper inside my helmet. Unfortunately, it required me to look through the lip and I prefer to look over the shield/lip.
My next step was to lower the shield while keeping the lip attached in the same spot. I was able to look over the lip mostly but its effectiveness was reduced. Still an improvement in noise level, but not as good.
Tomorrow night I plan to lower the lip on the windshield to see how that works out. I will also get some pictures then.
I had a Laminar lip on my Bandit and it did a great job of killing the turbulence. The difference in the noise level inside my helmet was much reduced. While my Goldwing started out with great wind protection and only a little helmet noise, it was enough to get on my nerves when I rode 7 hours to Memphis in May. At that point, I decided to give a Laminar Lip a try on my Wing. I finally got around to ordering on last week and I received it today. My 1100 has a stock shield on it.
My initial install has the top of the lip about an inch or so above the top of the shield. I chose to start there because that was perfect on my Bandit. With the shield in its highest position, the airflow was perfect. Just a slight breeze on my neck, no turbulence and could have heard myself whisper inside my helmet. Unfortunately, it required me to look through the lip and I prefer to look over the shield/lip.
My next step was to lower the shield while keeping the lip attached in the same spot. I was able to look over the lip mostly but its effectiveness was reduced. Still an improvement in noise level, but not as good.
Tomorrow night I plan to lower the lip on the windshield to see how that works out. I will also get some pictures then.