When I decided to buy my VFR I new I was buying used and there would be some wear and tear.
MY bike at 14,000kms when I bought it looked virtually new with brand new Pilot road 4s.
When people see it they think I just bought it brand new.
Previous owner kept it clean but after I got my hands on it I raised it a level and detailed the bike to concours level of
cleanliness. Now that the bike looks flawless I now I want it even more perfect and want to change out my windscreen (Surface scratched from cleaning with abrasive towels etc) to a brand new OEM or Zero Gravity SER series. LOL.
OEM is $180 Can and sport SR series in $135
Is anybody sporting a ZG SR series shield on their VFR How is the fit and quality. It does not look as thick as the OEM.
I know I'm obsessive but i want the bike as perfect as I can get it. To me its new.
I have one on my 5 Gen and it fits well and looks good, however the thickness of the plastic appears to be a bit thin but no issues with fitment or failure. I bought mine from their eBay outlet store, not sure if these are "seconds", imperfection items, closeouts or what have you but you do save some money and I have no issues with the one I bought.
I have a ZG screen on my 6th gen. Fit seems fine to me and about as solid as oem. Photos are in my gallery.
@Cogswell. The ZG screen you have seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. I have the 08 800 ABS and currently experiencing terrible buffeting with my height being 6"2. Would you have the product specific name available? Thanks and much appreciated
I tried installing a ZG screen ~5 years ago and at that time many people were having trouble with fitment (breaking tabs) during installation. Same thing happened for me (they replaced it and I sold it). I went with a Puig screen and love it (no fitment issues and does a decent job of wind management). The ZG screen is more of a smoke color and the Puig is more of a dark ink color. Just my $0.02.
I tried installing a ZG screen ~5 years ago and at that time many people were having trouble with fitment (breaking tabs) during installation. Same thing happened for me (they replaced it and I sold it). I went with a Puig screen and love it (no fitment issues and does a decent job of wind management). The ZG screen is more of a smoke color and the Puig is more of a dark ink color. Just my $0.02.
I have a ZG Double Bubble on my 5th Gen and am 6'2". The wind does hit me in the helmet when I am sitting all the way up, but it isn't very noticeable unless I am at freeway speeds and even then it doesn't bother me much. I try to avoid riding slab if at all possible, but usually I just get a little lower and that solves it. For what it is worth, I am used to riding naked bikes however, so my tolerance for buffeting may differ a bit. I would be curious if a touring screen really made much difference for me, but probably not enough to buy one to find out.
Team VFR, I have tried a bunch of the aftermarket screens. MRA vario-touring. Spoiler screen. Finally tried the Zero Gravity touring screen and it is by far the best. I'm 6'2. The air flow management is so much better with this I wish I ordered it out of the gate. And it looks nice on the bike too. 🙂 Highly recommended. No issues on quality or thickness either.