Wind baffles and roll bars
Wind baffles and roll bars
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V8S

Original Poster:

8,582 posts

266 months

Friday 18th April 2008
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I can't help thinking that my rollbar here would be an ideal frame to have a collapsible fabric mesh wind baffle like you see on many a modern convertible.

I wondered (and don't hold out much hope) if someone else had had the same idea and done something about it or knows of a supplier of such a thing.

I was thinking a fine black mesh cut to shape and strapped to the two uprights and the horizontal with strong velcro, or some kind of clip that's easily removed but will hold it tight enough to not flap about.

Feel free to tell me to stop being a tt, but on long journeys or when the wind is a little bit nippy but you want the roof down, I reckon it'd be a good idea.

V8ish

370 posts

228 months

Friday 18th April 2008
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V8S said:
stop being a tt...
No honestly, I know what you mean but I reckon thats where the targa style roof comes in, you have a soft top for spring (roof panels off only) and one for summer (roof off, back down).

Longers

4,505 posts

257 months

Friday 18th April 2008
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Personally something like this http://www.pistonheads.com/shop/asp/product.asp?pr...
plus a good jacket and a pair of gloves from a cycling shop (warm but with a good grip on them) keep me really cosy no matter how cold it gets.
V8ish said:
thats where the targa style roof comes in
Maybe it's cos I'm a bit taller but I find that I get a real buffeting effect on my head with the rear section up so I'll stick with the hat & gloves wink


V8S

Original Poster:

8,582 posts

266 months

Friday 18th April 2008
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I find that the targa up isn't that much better and is like a parachute slowing me down.

As for hats, I'm really looking for a solution that means my passengers are more comfortable without having to don special clothing on those iffy days when a slightly nippy wind can be the difference between having the roof down and being given 'the look' when I suggest it and having to go for a quieter life with the roof up.

ketvrin

3,504 posts

238 months

Friday 18th April 2008
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yer a bunch of soft Southerners... in December I start wearing a shirt over my string vest and take it off again in March...

wusses...

ask Gentleman Geoff what a roof panel is and he wont know what you are on about...

wink

hehehehehehe

Gentleman Geoff

1,058 posts

241 months

Saturday 19th April 2008
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ketvrin said:
yer a bunch of soft Southerners... in December I start wearing a shirt over my string vest and take it off again in March...

wusses...

ask Gentleman Geoff what a roof panel is and he wont know what you are on about...

wink

hehehehehehe
An excellent post Kevin, from someone else who takes trips over Hartside to Melmerby and back... 'just for the hell of it'!!

rofl