Sorry guys for the delay in reporting back but I was waiting for a descent ride to come up and also I've been flat out everywhere else. I also have some pics on my camera which I'll download shortly but I'm at work now so it'll have to wait.
So, what are my impressions? In short and I don't say this lightly, very impressive. I should add before I go further that my reason initially for buying one is that my clearview screen had by default become too short due to a prob with my initial rear springs not being heavy duty enough when I ordered the clearview. Hence once the new shock springs were put on, it jacked up the rear and subsequently the screen became lower in comparison to before.
Anyway, on my first ride the thing that struck me straight away was not how well the lip went to compliment my clearview, but how different my bike felt regarding stability on the road. I'm not sure why but I did read this from the website but it stuck out like the proverbial and I wasn't even thinking about it at the time. In fact on my ride down the south coast (Aussie talk) from Canberra it was blowing a gale and I genuinely know that before having "the lip", there would have been times some of the winds gusts would have pushed me around more than it did. Again, it's hard to explain but what I can say is, I reckon I've finally got my suspension dialed in now and it didn't feel like that before. So the lip has just accentuated and improved how well my bike handles because the air foil effect places downward pressure on the front wheel and with it better handling.
Now regarding how it works to improve riding as a wind shield, well in short it works that well that I'll almost definitely be keeping it on and in fact I may even get the nylon nuts and bolts Laminar offer so that I can make it a permanent fixture.
This is because the air flow above my head is now at least 4 to 6 inches, although I should add the laminar now sits approx 2 inches higher than my clearview, so I would have expected that increase anyway but like many of the testimonials have mentioned, it actually now deflects even further than that.
Of course it doesn't mean that I now sit in some sort of bubble, void of any wind whatsoever cos obviously without lowers I still feel the wind coming up from below, but as far as the lip doing it's job, I have nothing but praise.
So yes I am particularly happy with this purchase and believe it performs even better than if I had just bought a screen 2 inches higher. For instance last night I had to ride home in a slight drizzle where again a little bit of protection from the elements was greatly appreciated. Well to verify again this thing works nicely in conjuntion with my clearview, when I took off my wet weather gear the only part of me that was wet was just above my boots and up to my knees. Everything else was dry as a bone.
As far as how the lip goes at 80mph+ speeds as asked etc? Well on my ride yesterday a good deal of it was at between 70 to 80mph and some of that was with headwinds. Anyway, I believe the lip not only helped with the protection from them by deflecting it over my head as mentioned, but I also think it helped eliminate some of the tiredness I have felt in the past after battling these elements.
The only other doubt that members may have might be how the lips sticks to you current screen. Well I found it was an easy procedure to fix the lip onto my clearview and it's also easy to take off and adjust. As far as how effective the 3M Dual Lock is in staying fixed and secure, well I think my ride the other day answered pretty well how good this system works.
At least I'm confident it's not going to come off unless I pull it off.
So to conclude, I personally have been very much impressed with how the laminar lip has performed but not just as intended as an addition to my clearview shield. No, it's much better than that.
My findings do pretty much back up just about everything of what the website mentions, meaning for $84US plus postage you get a great additon to your current shield which enhances stability as well as give much better protection from headwind and whatever elements are out there to smack you around. You can't ask much more than that?
