Smooth Airfoil Shape

●The smooth airfoil shape on the AeroFlow AeroScreen allows air to flow smoothly over both sides of the screen, and when lifted to it's optimum operating height, balances the low-pressure behind the screen, eliminating back-pressure.  We opted for a smooth, aerodynamic foil shape for our screens because we believe better protection is not achieved with gimmicks, it's created by better design.  The "hot-ticket" for some aftermarket screen manufacturers and screen buyers is a NACA shaped cut-out on the screens.  These are supposedly going to relieve "back-pressure", we feel that this type of design does not work, especially on an adjustable height screen.  The NACA shaped cut-outs we've seen would actually disrupt airflow over the screen and, based upon our testing, increase back pressure.

ST1300 AeroScreen Designed For Optimum Performance
●In addition to the smooth airfoil shape, our screen design utilizes our Patent Pending "Laminar Flow Plate" design.  The "Laminar Flow Plate" attaches to the dash, underneath the AeroScreen, with Dual-Lok.  The AeroScreen is contoured to increase airflow on the backside of the screen, the "Laminar Flow Plate" helps control this airflow.  As air from both sides of the screen merges off of the flared top and sides, it smoothes the air leaving the screen, increasing the envelope of protection for driver and passenger, providing smooth, over-the-helmet airflow for 2-up riding, while allowing the driver to look over the screen.  No turbulence, no helmet buffeting and no back-pressure.     

●The screen is also contoured so the top is at a shallower angle pushing it closer to the driver.  Since the screen operates at shallower angles than stock or other aftermarket screens, some beta-testers reported a 2 to 3 MPG increase in gas mileage.  These results have not been verified or professionally tested, and are repeated here only as beta-tester comments.

●The Fixed and Adjustable AeroScreen versions are essentially the same, but because the fixed screen mounting position for the '03 ST1300 takes away the ability to fine-tune the screen height as you ride, and places the screen at a steeper angle than that of the adjustable screen, the steeper angle tended to cut off airflow under the screen and created more low pressure and back pressure behind the screen.  

●To overcome these challenges presented by the fixed-screen ST's, a few changes needed to be made before we could offer the AeroScreen for the fixed-screen ST's.  The first solution was to form the AeroScreen lower in the molds to increase the "air-intake" at the front of the screen.  This helps to compensate for the screen's more vertical mounting position.  In addition, the fixed-screen AeroScreen will be mounted a little differently.  The stock mounting brackets are designed to provide a "low" and "high" windscreen setting.  By 1) "inverting" the stock windscreen mounting brackets, and 2) "swapping-sides" to maintain the proper hole alignment, we came up with an "intermediate" position that lowers the "High" mounting position, and a "Low-Low" position that lowers the screen from the stock "low position."  This inverting and swapping sides achieves 2 more mounting positions, which in effect results in 2-more screen heights that can be obtained to help tailor the screen to you.  Complete mounting instructions and diagrams will be provided with the Fixed-Screen ST AeroScreens explaining the different mounting positions possible. 

 

●Just remember when you order to indicate the whether you have a fixed-screen or adjustable screen ST.  We'll take care of the rest!

 

AeroScreen Dimensions, Mounted on Adjustable ST1300
●For electrically adjustable screen ST's, our screens are designed to perform best when mounted in the "low" windscreen mounting bracket position.  The Dimensions shown are for screens mounted at the "low" position on the adjustable screen ST's. Note: 03-fixed position screen specs. are different than those stated here.  Fixed-position screen specs will be available soon.