Aftermarket screens

[rapide]

I’ve just bought a new to me bike which has a solid black double bubble aftermarket screen. To my eyes it looks cheap and nasty.

Looking at replacements the options seem to be MRA, Zero Gravity or Puig. Is one company regarded as a market leader/ better quality than another? The Akrapovic of the screen market as it were (other quality exhausts are available)

Any other options?

[Wombat3]

rapide said:

I’ve just bought a new to me bike which has a solid black double bubble aftermarket screen. To my eyes it looks cheap and nasty.

Looking at replacements the options seem to be MRA, Zero Gravity or Puig. Is one company regarded as a market leader/ better quality than another? The Akrapovic of the screen market as it were (other quality exhausts are available)

Any other options?

Depends on what the bike is....


www.motea.com "Select your bike" & see what they have

[Rubin215]

Akrapovic don't make screens...

[dc2rr07]

Rubin215 said:

Akrapovic don't make screens...

He never said they did

[SAS Tom]

I’ve always thought of MRA as the best, no real idea why. Always been happy with them but then again I don’t think I’ve ever had an issue with any brand.

[Ed.]

I had a Puig on my Dorsoduro which was fine. I bought a Givi screen for 990smt but it started to crack around the boot holes so went back to the standard screen.

[RemaL]

I have a Zero Gravity on my H2. Found it to be of good quality, price and fitted well.

I was happy with it and wanted a higher screen in light smoke

[Prof Prolapse]

Limited experience of other products but have an MRA vario on the Uganda Twin and it's pretty good.

More self-assembly than I'd like for £100 with some cheap bolts provided, you also have to install a rubber border yourself and crimp it on with pliers, which is a bit cheeky, but ultimately it was still easy to fit, the plastic has kept it's finish over 4,000 miles, and the adjuster still has the right amount of resistance.

Crucially it actually works, doesn't look terrible (I don't think they every look good) and the adjuster lets me move the "eddy currents" over my head, rather than in my face.

I'd get another one basically.

[Stone Cold]

I’ve always gone Zero Gravity, good quality imo and various options available on most bikes, not just DB or Std

[MajorMajor76]

I've had a number of Givi screens and they have always looked good, fitted perfectly and done the job I've needed (i.e. keep the wind off my head and shoulders) them to. I had an MRA on a CBF600 and that was also good quality but wasn't as effective as I wanted. It does seem to be bike-specific as to which manufacturer's screen is the best solution, though.

[SBDJ]

I've had two Puig screens crack now on the ZX10R

[Mr OCD]

Had MRA on the R1, but after smashing it I’ve gone back to OE and prefer it tbh.

[Dog Star]

rapide said:

I’ve just bought a new to me bike which has a solid black double bubble aftermarket screen. To my eyes it looks cheap and nasty.

I've yet to see a double bubble screen that doesn't make me want to barf.
I have a theory that it's just something that people do to their new bikes when they first get them to utterly wreck them, along with any other anodised R&G tat and so-called "crash protection". They just can't help themselves.

Please. Stop.

[Kneedragger95]

Dog Star said:

I've yet to see a double bubble screen that doesn't make me want to barf.
I have a theory that it's just something that people do to their new bikes when they first get them to utterly wreck them, along with any other anodised R&G tat and so-called "crash protection". They just can't help themselves.

Please. Stop.

Agreed, especially the blue shte screens that everyone seems to put on GSXR's.

All I'd really changed on a bike is a tail tidy and exhaust, maybe the tyres but that's it.

[rapide]

Some very helpful responses, thanks all. OEM shape Zero Gravity screen ordered.