Rolling with a windshield now.
It's weird. I guess I'm just used to feeling the force of wind against my upper body,
and to the engine noise disappearing at around 40 MPH (which is good, because the
roads I tend to travel have a 40 MPH speed limit).
But with a windshield, the motor noise doesn't disappear. In fact, it has a slightly
higher pitch. And it sounds more metallic. I think that's partly because the high-pitched
whine (the sound you hear when you hit the start button, but before you actually fire
the motor) doesn't disappear like it used to.
In some ways, it's like getting used to the bike all over again.
It also seems the windshield makes one go faster. I mean, aside from the aerodynamic
properties: because I can still hear the engine and am not feeling the force of the
wind on my body, I can't tell whether I've hit 40 or not. While out riding
yesterday, I found I was actually doing nearly 50 when I looked down at my speedometer.
Oops!
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