Windshield Air Vent

[tech787]

Has anyone heard of adding an air vent to a standard Memphis Shades or National cycles windshield? If so, does it do any good for buffeting?

[sandy]

I've not added one but I ordered a Clearview shield with one. It helps a lot in hot weather and has no effect on buffeting.

[WintrSol]

Whether it affects buffeting probably depends on how tall your shield is. The top of my Clearview shield is about 1.5-2 inches below eye level, and closing the vent creates a small increase in turbulence hitting my helmet, but not enough to create discomfort, just enough to feel. This is for calm air, or straight on headwinds; in crosswinds, no effect noticed. The Clearview has a slight recurve that pushes the air higher over your head, so the effect of the vent may be different with shields that don't.

[psckam]

The pop out vent that were on Vetter Fairings are still available.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Do you have fork mounted deflectors ? They helped a bunch with buffeting for me.

[tech787]

Thanks for the response, I do have Memphis Shades fork mounted lowers, they seem to make a difference. Don't really have any problems, just wondering if anyone ever tried the Goldwing type air vents on a standard type windshield.