DOES IT WORK ? Made from 3mm acrylic , the Puig windshield is 155mm higher than the original . It doesn ’ t sound like much , and it doesn ’ t look like much either . That said , it actually works pretty well . At 100km / h I ’ m no longer pulling on the bars to hold my body against the wind . The windblast is now directed upwards to the bottom of my neck area , taking the brunt of the wind off my torso . This also leaves my helmet in clear air so there ’ s no buffeting at all . I ’ m pretty happy with it even though I originally thought it wouldn ’ t have enough of an effect . It ’ d have been nice to be slightly higher , but it ’ s
Model : Puig SM700 windshield Price : $ 192 Info : puig . com
good enough . Over Labour Weekend I did a 1000km round trip to Franz Josef taking in the vast straights of the West Coast , the Rainbow Road and the Porika 4WD track . It ’ s high enough to make the long straights bearable and low enough to not be at all in the way vision-wise when off-road . And ... it didn ’ t cost $ 1500 . It ’ ll do until I decide if I want to go down the tower route eventually .
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