When I bought the R1200R in January I retired my 1981 Kawasaki KZ1100 from touring. It turns out the BMW Sport Shield fits the Kawasaki pretty well. I wasn't crazy about the looks of the Givi A760 I had on the BMW so I tried the Memphis Shades Pop Top (http://www.memphisshades.com/metric-sha ... ds/pop-top) from the Kawasaki on the BMW. It works about the same as the Givi - air hits about my chin and is pretty clean. Not much air comes under or around it so I don't get the buffeting on my chest either (I'm 5'10' with 32" inseam). It worked well for a recent trip around Lake Michigan and I like the looks a lot better than the Givi. The only problem for anyone considering the Memphis Shades is that I had to make a bracket for the Givi to move the headlight up and out about 1.75." I left that bracket on for the Memphis Shades, so I can't say how the fit would be for the stock headlight placement. It would have to be tilted more vertically for the stock headlight placement, which might cause some buffeting from what I've seen on this forum.
The brackets supporting the Memphis Shades were meant to be temporary just to see if the shield would work before I made aluminum brackets. They work so well that I haven't gotten around to making nicer brackets. Don't tell anyone but they're underground sprinkler tubing and cable lugs. I'm expecting to be stopped by the farkle police any day now.
Last edited by lynnboyd on Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:20 am, edited 1 time in total.
