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K 1600 GTL windscreen comparison: Stock vs Ztechnik vs Wunderlich


By John Fitzgerald #184610 and Sally Fitzgerald #193604 JUNE 6,


2014, IS THE DATE I


bought my K 1600 GTLE, the first new bike I’ve ever owned. To get that bike, I traded my beloved ’05 R 1200 GS, hoping the increased comfort and wind protection would allow my wife to ride with me a little more often. Historically I had always pur- chased lightly used but well-farkled bikes, allowing the previous owner to take the loss on the initial deprecia- tion of the bike and the installation of farkles. Although we test rode a K 1600 GTL prior to purchase, it wasn’t until we put several hundred miles on it and got used to the s***t-eating grins on our faces from the shear power, per- formance and comfort that we real- ized the wind protection could be better. Always in search of motorcycling


nirvana, I began researching on the MOA forum and decided to purchase the Ztechnik VStream Z2463 wind- screen. At 5’11”, the Ztechnik VStream seemed to be the most often recom- mended windscreen for my size, while the Wunderlich product for the K 1600, though new, also seemed promising. The Ztechnik was the first windscreen I purchased for the K 1600 GTL and along with the stock screen, I have put on about 18,000 miles between them. A few months ago I was asked if I would be willing to test the new Wunderlich K 1600 GTL windscreen and compare it to both the stock and the Ztechnik. Installation of the Wunderlich windscreen took nearly two minutes


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BMW K1600 GTL stock windscreen


and involved the removing and replace- ment of four #20 Torx screws. The Wun- derlich tinted screen is a huge improvement in the looks department of my GTL. Ready to get our road test underway, we spent the next month riding more than 1,000 miles behind the Wunderlich and then culmi- nated our comparison on a beautiful, calm Saturday afternoon riding the same 100- mile loop behind each of the three screens. Our testing protocol was to start out


with the screen in its lowest position and then raising it in small steps until both Sally and I were comfortable.


In Search of Riding Comfort Sally: The stock screen was miserable for me. Even though I’m only 5’2”, John always had to set the screen to its highest setting for me to have a comfortable riding experi- ence. With the windshield lowered to a level where John could look over and not


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