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[Rattlebattle]

In June I shall be going to Ireland on my C5 for a week. It should be ideal once there (I’ve been several times before on more powerful bikes), but getting to the ferry port some 200+ miles away on main roads will be a drag. I have already geared it up one tooth to raise the comfortable cruising speed a bit, with some success, but I now find that after a few miles at 65mph (indicated) I get a pain between my shoulders blades. I put this down to the wind pressure from the sit up and beg riding position. I can sustain 80mph on my Thruxton for hours. That has a small but effective flyscreen. My question is: has anyone with a C5 found a satisfactory screen and, if so, which one? Thanks.

[Leon Novello]

Usually the adjustment is to set the height just below eye level so you don`t have to look through the screen as well as your visor, important at night or in the rain. Adjust the tilt angle by trial and error so wind and rain go over your head at reasonable speeds. There are also proprietary brands with a double upper screen with an air gap to deflect air over the rider`s head. Correct fitting will ensure that you will arrive with dirt and bugs on the screen instead of your face and jacket.

[Haggis]

Not tried a screen, yet.
See if this helps you any?

https://youtu.be/4kHELG7C5gA

[Alan R]

Hi guys-------on page 128 of our hosts catalogue you will find this small screen at only £58.90........... I've used one on a Classic 500 Iron engine Bullet and one on a Moto Guzzi 1100i California....In both cases it was set up as recommended by Leon and in both cases it gave a very good performance all round.......As you can see it's designed to rest on the casquette but I added a couple of small, rubber mounted angle brackets at the bottom corners and this stopped any tendency for fluttering at high speed ( that's above 50 mph )....

[beamish]

I am with Alan on this one. I have had the same windshield on my old Classic, a Honda 500 twin and now my EFI Classic. I have not added any additional supports, and have found it completely satisfactory. Good luck with the Irish run. I first went there as a child, and later on my BSA Gold Flash in 1969. Now, happily my son, his Irish wife and children have lived in Dublin for some years. An excellent excuse to rediscover the delights of Ireland.

[Alan R]

Hi guys--Hi Beamish, yes...it's all to do with the Craic, so it is !!.........Joyce and I took a week touring the Irish Republic on our 1100i Cali. and had a Ball !!....Come to think about it the Cali didn't have those corner brackets fitted so it might have been our old Bullet friend}----vibration !! that was the problem at the time.....In either case the screen behaved faultlessly and kept the bulk of the Atlantic rain off my chest whilst riding up the West coast from the Ring of Kerry to the Cliffs of Moher...Incidentally it was during that part of the week that we encountered a real "Mrs. Doyle"...During Breakfast time she encouraged us to have some more Black Pudding and Bacon and eggs accompanied with her trademark phrase}------"Ah, g'wan....g'wan,.....g,wan!!".......So we did !! (Burp !!)

[Rattlebattle]

Thanks chaps; I had wondered which was the best of the options in our host's catalogue. As it looks as if the bottom of the screen should be far enough back not to interfere with the kittle bracket I have fitted for the clock I think I'll go with that one. It also looks like it'll accommodate my Garmin satnav mount too. Can't wait to get back to Ireland. I have a relatives who live in the south of France and have enjoyed riding down there while my wife flies or uses the TGV. I must say though that it's a bit far for the RE (and possibly my Thruxton) and that the prospect of riding either on the autoroutes doesn't appeal. Over the years I have done France to death and so it was refreshing to revisit Ireland three years ago on my then Sprint GT with my friend on his VFR. They were a bit much for some of the minor roads and, although the Thruxton would definitely be better for getting there, I reckon the C5 will be perfect once there. My friend is under no illusion about the pace (lack of) that I'll be setting. Then again he nearly fell off laughing when I overtook a Blackbird last year - a case of someone having at least 100bhp they don't need.....Thanks for your help.

[Leon Novello]

A couple of positions to mount the sat/nav. Behind the screen will keep it out of most of the rain, or on the handlebar for riding in Australia where it is dryer,-----most of the time.

[Rattlebattle]

Thanks; if that's the screen referred to above (which I have ordered and should get later today), it looks like I won't need to reposition my Garmin satnav mount. There will be one sacrifice though: I have an el cheapo video camera, the mount for which also attaches to the handlebar. With the Amal choke lever on there too (I have the carb conversion) I doubt that they'll be enough room. I'm not too bothered though because the plastic mount snapped with the vibration last week - fortunately I managed to catch the camera before it fell into the road. It comes with lots of alternative mountings and I'm sure I'll find somewhere suitable to relocate it. No, not the bin; it's actually pretty good and captures decent HD images, albeit in slo-mo on the C5....I like the way it blurs then smooths out with every gear change. No need for post capture editing.

[Leon Novello]

Some cameras are mounted on the helmet, so you get the head movements at stop signs, looking left, looking to the right and looking to the left again, riveting viewing.