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Setup for touring and winter riding. Check it out. I'm in Central New Jersey. https://motorcycles.autotrader.com/motorcycles/2013/honda/nc700x/201378128

That's exactly what the deflectors did for me too.

If you're going to ride in a lot of rain, I've been using the Oxford handlebar muffs for the last 3 months very successfully. Very few gloves will stay waterproof over a few hours riding in rain. Plus it makes the heated grips much more effective.

To add my 2cents, I upgraded my Madstad by adding the side deflectors because I could never completely get rid of a drumming type of buffet around the head and neck and too much air was hitting my lower torso from under the shield. The deflectors have corrected both issues 100%. I don't quite...

Welcome from Allentown.

I already have 3 cars (all used) and didn't want to buy a 4th. But the major benefit is, as geesantoz said, the time savings. Motorcycling to NYC is faster and cheaper than a car and faster than the bus. It would be faster still if lane splitting was legal in NJ and NY.

My vote is defective tire. If this was caused by a user modification, whatever did it would be obvious if it grooved that tire so severely. The only other possibility I can think of is a long sharp piece of road debris that somehow reached up to the side of the tire and sliced it. But I think...

I'll probably use a metal strap and just bend that. It's just that that U-bracket looked so elegant.

If that's the case, what tool do I need to make such a nice bend in a length of thick aluminum like that. I'm assuming it's aluminum.

exactly right.

I agree with you. The combination of a Madstad Adventure screen, Barkbuster Storm hand guards and the stock mirror was causing all my turbulence. I could feel it just by tracing the turbulence with my hands from underneath the screen up through the hand guards and the mirror and hitting me in...

Mark, where did you get that aluminum (?) U-shaped bracket. I looked for something similar in Home Depot and on-line, but no luck.

Same here. Barkbuster Storms, 22" Madstad Adventure screen and 2" Rox risers. No clearance issues with the screen set to 55 degrees. However, I had to tilt the handlebars back a little to get this clearance.

Just to close the loop, as others suspected, I didn't notice any mpg improvement after tightening the chain a little more. I can't explain why it improved the first time.

The Madstad is the way to go if you want the quietest ride. I've had one for about a year now and was generally happy with it, but still got some buffeting and a lot of wind hitting my lower torso. I just added the side deflectors (weren't available when I originally bought it), which improved...