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Re: KTM 200 Duke
This is MRA RNB windscreen, grey/smoke color, which is a perfect choice, IMO.
It is available in clear, grey/smoke, black. Black is fully black, not transparent. Dimensions are 38.5 cm (H) x 36.5 cm (W).
MRA is a German company, the world's leading manufacturer of quality windscreens.
RNB stands for Racing Naked Bike. It is made for modern naked bikes, and is supported with bars which are fitted to handlebars. All very solid.
Windscreen is made of unscratchable, unbreakable, chemicals resistant material. In short - top of the class quality.
For some photos of many other big bikes with MRA RNB windscreen and video of assembling the windscreen see this: http://www.bikehps.com/mra/racingscreen_naked.html
You can get the windscreen from JV Promoto in Mumbai.
It costs Rs 8,000, including shipping.
Contact details:
Mr. Vikas Malhotra
JV PROMOTO
Mob: 09619866133
Email: [email protected]
Website: Jvpromoto::.
The windscreen came packed up very solidly in a big box, with lots of cardboard inside. Safe shipping.
After opening there were quite a few screws and holders and clamps, but within 5 min you get hold of what is what. Diagram is provided but you'll need 3 different allen keys. Two of them are available in Duke's toolbox, but one (medium size) isn't.
Putting it all together for the first time takes few tries until you figure out how to turn every clamp and fitting, but then it's pretty straightforward and takes some 20 min.
But, once all the parts are put together it takes only few minutes to put up the windscreen or take it off.
However, you need to take out Duke's stock "windscreen", which is just unscrewing 4 allen screws.
The only little hiccup while fitting it was that the main 2 clamps that go onto the handle bars are slightly too tight. In fact, they are probably perfect, but Duke's handlebar gets bent quite closely to the middle where the clamps need to be put, so that's probably the reason the handlebar seems just slightly too wide. Little bit of tightening, and it can be sorted out, it's not a problem.
Once fitted, the screen fits very nicely. The bottom part isn't rock solid fixed, it could be lifted with a strong hand pull, however I still have to tighten those few allen screws (didn't have a right allen key) so it should hold tight. But, the bottom part is also rounded towards the inside, so I'm pretty sure it will hold well at any speed.
I only did a short ride with top speed of 100 kmh.
I just want to mention that you can adjust the angle of the windscreen. You can't really lower it more than it is in photos because the speedo gets in the way at the bottom (unless you're OK that bottom of screen is slightly separated from the bike, which actually isn't a big deal), but you can set it up higher, more vertical. In that case at higher speeds it would block more wind and raise it higher. However, it would also create more air resistance, so would probably slightly slow the bike down.
Anyway, just from the short ride - it's quite a different experience from stock Duke. There's no wind blast on the body. At all. Even if you're going 100 kmh it feels as if you're going easy and slower than without windscreen. Feels more like riding a sports bike. The bike felt more planted and safer, and the feel was of a faster sports bike.
Actually, photos don't do it a justice - the bike with the screen looks really good! My CBR250 friend said he likes it much more than a stock Duke. It looks little closer to a sports bike. Just add a fairing and you'll have a super duper looking sports bike! Duke's rear already looks like a good looking sports bike, and the bike performs like one. And when you pull ahead strongly and rev it close to 12k rpm with Kiirus ECU... Man!!!
At around 80 kmh the whole body is protected, but you get a slight wind blast starting from the top of shoulders. At 100 kmh the wind blast starts from the middle of throat. So, the whole body is protected.
I reckon at 120-130 kmh the wind blast would cut somewhere at the bottom of the helmet. Which is perfect!
I'll have a highway ride with high speeds day after tomorrow and will update about the wind blast protection, and more so about the feel and how the windscreen affects the plantedness of the bike at high speeds. Stock Duke is perfectly stable at high speeds, but it does feel too light, like it needs more weight to keep it more planted. I hope the windscreen will help this.
From a very short ride today - it looks like it's going to be a fantastic help in high speeds!
This is MRA RNB windscreen, grey/smoke color, which is a perfect choice, IMO.
It is available in clear, grey/smoke, black. Black is fully black, not transparent. Dimensions are 38.5 cm (H) x 36.5 cm (W).
MRA is a German company, the world's leading manufacturer of quality windscreens.
RNB stands for Racing Naked Bike. It is made for modern naked bikes, and is supported with bars which are fitted to handlebars. All very solid.
Windscreen is made of unscratchable, unbreakable, chemicals resistant material. In short - top of the class quality.
For some photos of many other big bikes with MRA RNB windscreen and video of assembling the windscreen see this: http://www.bikehps.com/mra/racingscreen_naked.html
You can get the windscreen from JV Promoto in Mumbai.
It costs Rs 8,000, including shipping.
Contact details:
Mr. Vikas Malhotra
JV PROMOTO
Mob: 09619866133
Email: [email protected]
Website: Jvpromoto::.
The windscreen came packed up very solidly in a big box, with lots of cardboard inside. Safe shipping.
After opening there were quite a few screws and holders and clamps, but within 5 min you get hold of what is what. Diagram is provided but you'll need 3 different allen keys. Two of them are available in Duke's toolbox, but one (medium size) isn't.
Putting it all together for the first time takes few tries until you figure out how to turn every clamp and fitting, but then it's pretty straightforward and takes some 20 min.
But, once all the parts are put together it takes only few minutes to put up the windscreen or take it off.
However, you need to take out Duke's stock "windscreen", which is just unscrewing 4 allen screws.
The only little hiccup while fitting it was that the main 2 clamps that go onto the handle bars are slightly too tight. In fact, they are probably perfect, but Duke's handlebar gets bent quite closely to the middle where the clamps need to be put, so that's probably the reason the handlebar seems just slightly too wide. Little bit of tightening, and it can be sorted out, it's not a problem.
Once fitted, the screen fits very nicely. The bottom part isn't rock solid fixed, it could be lifted with a strong hand pull, however I still have to tighten those few allen screws (didn't have a right allen key) so it should hold tight. But, the bottom part is also rounded towards the inside, so I'm pretty sure it will hold well at any speed.
I only did a short ride with top speed of 100 kmh.
I just want to mention that you can adjust the angle of the windscreen. You can't really lower it more than it is in photos because the speedo gets in the way at the bottom (unless you're OK that bottom of screen is slightly separated from the bike, which actually isn't a big deal), but you can set it up higher, more vertical. In that case at higher speeds it would block more wind and raise it higher. However, it would also create more air resistance, so would probably slightly slow the bike down.
Anyway, just from the short ride - it's quite a different experience from stock Duke. There's no wind blast on the body. At all. Even if you're going 100 kmh it feels as if you're going easy and slower than without windscreen. Feels more like riding a sports bike. The bike felt more planted and safer, and the feel was of a faster sports bike.
Actually, photos don't do it a justice - the bike with the screen looks really good! My CBR250 friend said he likes it much more than a stock Duke. It looks little closer to a sports bike. Just add a fairing and you'll have a super duper looking sports bike! Duke's rear already looks like a good looking sports bike, and the bike performs like one. And when you pull ahead strongly and rev it close to 12k rpm with Kiirus ECU... Man!!!
At around 80 kmh the whole body is protected, but you get a slight wind blast starting from the top of shoulders. At 100 kmh the wind blast starts from the middle of throat. So, the whole body is protected.
I reckon at 120-130 kmh the wind blast would cut somewhere at the bottom of the helmet. Which is perfect!
I'll have a highway ride with high speeds day after tomorrow and will update about the wind blast protection, and more so about the feel and how the windscreen affects the plantedness of the bike at high speeds. Stock Duke is perfectly stable at high speeds, but it does feel too light, like it needs more weight to keep it more planted. I hope the windscreen will help this.
From a very short ride today - it looks like it's going to be a fantastic help in high speeds!
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