Wilbers fork springs and shock arrived mid week. I had the Puig deflector for some time awaiting a 7mm drill bit for plastics - and procrastination over fear of destroying my windscreen. Shock installation happened Thursday, Puig wind deflector happened Friday, and fork springs happened Saturday. Sunday morning was spent riding and tweaking (no, not that kind. Coffee is plenty thank you).
The Puig I had for a while, not in love with but much better than stock. I could go open visor at 65 mph up. The deflector makes it full range, any speed visor up, zero to, well 75 - 80, my top speed. So
There is still some dirty air noise going on. I don't call it buffeting because I it doesn't push me around, it just audibly bongos my helmet a little from behind. The air off the mirrors is very turbulent and possibly vacuumed into my wake. I have low profile mirrors in the works. We'll see!
The Wilbers blueline shock looks great:
Ordering choices were soft, standard or sport set up. I opted for standard and it is plenty sporty with the new springs. No fork dive under hard braking, effortlessly tracks a line and, by gosh, I'm going how fast?
not kidding
It caught me off guard.
The downside: Neglected/visually deteriorated road could be a tad cushier.
The upshot: It's weighted more sport than touring.
The rimshot: Just my cuppa tea!
The Puig I had for a while, not in love with but much better than stock. I could go open visor at 65 mph up. The deflector makes it full range, any speed visor up, zero to, well 75 - 80, my top speed. So
There is still some dirty air noise going on. I don't call it buffeting because I it doesn't push me around, it just audibly bongos my helmet a little from behind. The air off the mirrors is very turbulent and possibly vacuumed into my wake. I have low profile mirrors in the works. We'll see!
The Wilbers blueline shock looks great:
Ordering choices were soft, standard or sport set up. I opted for standard and it is plenty sporty with the new springs. No fork dive under hard braking, effortlessly tracks a line and, by gosh, I'm going how fast?
not kidding
It caught me off guard.
The downside: Neglected/visually deteriorated road could be a tad cushier.
The upshot: It's weighted more sport than touring.
The rimshot: Just my cuppa tea!
