Compatible with Dart Flyscreen

[Sal Paradise]

Hi Seth,

Can I use the dart flyscreen with the layflat bracket I bought from you? Any known conflicts or modifications necessary?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Sal

 

[ivar]

Sal,
here's a pic of my bike, std layflat w/ thermos cups, thrux headlight brackets , dart screen.
Earlier had stock headlight brackets, with those I had trouble keeping the headlight/dart screen stay put so then I just let the screen rest against the instruments.

 

[D9]

Sal... I ran with a Dart flyscreen briefly & a standard lay flat bracket - no fitment issues. Was not
happy with the flyscreen though... very nice product, but produced way more helmet buffeting
than going naked... the Triumph fly screen did the same thing... I kept cutting it
back experimenting, but always found the air flow smoother overall without a screen.
M-bars and rearsets helped the naked setup even more.

Ivar... nice cups! The flipped-thrux fork ears look good too!

Couple of pics... different bracket but Dart fitment should be about the same (photos courtesy of Paul S):

 

[Norvel]

D9...

Did you make the idiot light/ignition key panel for the SE in the pic above?

I have a 09' SE and really like that set up

 

[D9]

Norvel... guilty as charged. ;-)

http://www.newbonnevilleriders.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140

Several can be seen here...

http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z276/D9davidnyne/Owners Gallery I/?albumview=slideshow

 

[ivar]

Ivar... nice cups! The flipped-thrux fork ears look good too!

Thanks,
I'm thinking with those fork ears,
if one really wanted to go low on bars etc, one could use shorter spacer brackets too, to get less gap between cups and headlight.

In the pic I run superbars w/ 1" spacers under the clamps, my back don't want to go too low.

 

[D9]

Ivar - would losing the spacers under the bracket on your setup result
in the indicator lamps being obscured by the handlebar clamp...?
Wondering... also seems as if maybe the thrux fork ears move the headlamp outward slightly...
either way, looks like there's room to experiment... Can send you shorter spacers also if need be...

 

[ivar]

with the 1" spacerJim spacers I have, I'd think lowering the bracket by using shorter spacers will start to obscure the lamps. I'll look into it when time permits and snap a pic from my point of view.

Was not happy with the flyscreen though... very nice product, but produced way more helmet buffeting than going naked... the Triumph fly screen did the same thing... I kept cutting it back experimenting, but always found the air flow smoother overall without a screen.

I do not experience buffeting, but then I also usually ride with a Bagster tankbag when going longer distances. However, the windblast hits the underside of my helmet, generating a lot of noise. So, earplugs are mandatory for me on longer trips.

 

[D9]

Earplugs... a must-have!

 

[Flaco]

Well, I am always pleased on what others do to thier bikes and I would like to share what I have done to my ride...
Inexpensive BellaCorse polished headlight brackets...
Fabbed up some short 1-1/4" 12mm diameter SS stalks to replace the fugly long Lucas stems... (two wide and skinny looking)
Of course a D9 Lay Flat Single...
Oil Lamp drilled in the top steering stem nut...
A little spit and polish...
Would a set up like or similar work for a fly screen with the adjustment posibility of this option?
Just a thought...
I like to think through the options when I mod...
Retro Flaco...
Oh yeah, I have my home made handle bar 1-1/4" spacers and agree with Seth on Flyscreens and Windshields...
Helmet and ear plugs for sure...

 

[D9]

Nice pics Flaco... bike looks great... one of a kind... well done!
Oil light in stem nut ... too cool