Thinking of fitting a headlight fairing

[Fastmongrel]

Early next year I am thinking of taking the Hawk on a tour of the WWI Western battlefields and Commonwealth war cemeteries. It will mean 3 long days riding and I was thinking a small screen might help with the wind blast.

Has anyone fitted a headlight or handlebar screen, did it help reduce the windblast and did it affect the handling.

Thinking of something like this

https://pyramid-plastics.co.uk/collections/screens/products/puig-retrovision-semi-fairing-black-with-clear-screen#

[bk94si]

That looks like a nice one. I have never noticed a change in handling and they are nice for re-directing the windblast. Wind hits me in the faceshield instead of the chest where I don't really notice it much.

[Captain 80s]

I think that one looks pretty nice and would go with the Hawk styling pretty decently. I installed what is pretty much a bug deflector for the gauges, but I have never really felt reasonably sized headlight mounted cowls affect handling. If they do, then the winds are bad enough you probably have bigger things to worry about.

[Talon]

I live at least 60 miles from the nearest decent, twisty road so I end up superslabbing it to the nearest twisties. I have fitted various screens from R6s, R1s, and CBRs to keep my neck from giving out. All have made a difference as far as reducing neck strain and making the commute easier. They haven't looked pretty, but they served a purpose. Additionally, I have not noticed a detrement in handling.

That Puig fairing, like a lot of Puig products, looks nice and would suit the Hawk nicely.

[Fastmongrel]

That looks like a nice one. I have never noticed a change in handling and they are nice for re-directing the windblast. Wind hits me in the faceshield instead of the chest where I don't really notice it much.

What fairing do you have on the bike in your signature photo.

[bk94si]

What fairing do you have on the bike in your signature photo.

Puig. Pretty nice but the mounting system is not great.

https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/puig-vision-universal-windscreen?sku_id=1172085

[bk94si]

I should probably clarify that comment a bit. The mounting works. It just looks like it is made of scrap metal and painted a non-matching color (white if I remember correctly)

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Early next year I am thinking of taking the Hawk on a tour of the WWI Western battlefields and Commonwealth war cemeteries. It will mean 3 long days riding and I was thinking a small screen might help with the wind blast.

Has anyone fitted a headlight or handlebar screen, did it help reduce the windblast and did it affect the handling.

Thinking of something like this

https://pyramid-plastics.co.uk/collections/screens/products/puig-retrovision-semi-fairing-black-with-clear-screen#

I've had a multitude of different front and top fairings on race hawks. I can't say I've felt any real handling difference but it is nicer in a tuck with a top fairing.

When I mount lowers, I can almost never get them to not drag. Even belly pans are hard to not drag. But that's another topic all together.

[Fastmongrel]

When I mount lowers, I can almost never get them to not drag. Even belly pans are hard to not drag. But that's another topic all together.

The only way I will drag a fairing lower is about one millisecond after I have fallen off

[ParcNHawk]

The best feature of a small fairing is concentrating the windblast into a laminar flow of air that you can tuck into and blow the rain off your visor at speed.

[Fastmongrel]

The best feature of a small fairing is concentrating the windblast into a laminar flow of air that you can tuck into and blow the rain off your visor at speed.

I live in the North West of England why would I be worried about rain.

[bk94si]

I live in the North West of England why would I be worried about rain.

If you tuck in, most of the rain will go over your head.