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Er ...are some of us getting soft ...
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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I had the Williams rear wind stop on the Roadster.
It worked really well and SWMBO loved it ...result!
No such luxury on the 4/4 tho!
Neil
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on a modern soft top car there will be a mesh or perspex screen between the two roll hoops or head rests to minimise forward flowing draughts. Is there any equivalent offered for the trad or is that the reason for the flying jacket?
Howard it's called a hood and you put it up when you are wimping out  
Keith
2013 narrow bodied + 4 Ruby.
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Needs to Get Out More!
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Er ...are some of us getting soft ... Yesterday was Yorkshire Day thanks.
Giles. Mogless in Paris.
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Serious question - on a Plus 8 I rode in recently there was a howling gale at 50 mph and even on a summer evening it was freezing.
Were the side screens fitted ? This makes a massive difference if it's a bit nippy. No.
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Dirk
1993 Morgan +4 (Connaught Green)
2009 Mini Cooper D
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I can testify that they work on my 96 Plus 8. I bought a black mesh one for MIni Coopers. Size is perfect. Windows on, deflector up on a motorway makes quite a difference.
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I have one that came with my car. Previoys owner had it fitted. (Richard Thorne I think fitted). It came off when I had the rollbar fitted as brackets were in the way. I have not fiddled with it to refit as not easy due to rollbar(Librands). It did reduce wind a bit when tried but not hugely succesful. The airflow seemed to come down in front of it after looping over from the windscreen.
Maybe a wrapover type on the rollbar would help. A bit like a smal "shelf" to catch the downdraught and a rear drop down behind the Rollbar, forming a type of targa effect.
Got me thinking now. On the Plus 8 the wind in the cockpit comes from behind, on a damp road moisture and road crud end up on the interior mirror, the inside of the windscreen and the dashboard. The amount is enough to make it impossible to drive hood down in the wet, even if the pilot is not wet, because I can't see through the filth on the inside of the screen. A solution is needed! I'm thinking of using the roll bar as a mount and cutting a Lexan sheet to fit onto the back face of it, using small riv-nuts and let into the roll bar and thumb screws. Possibly a metal strip on the lower edge to make sure it cannot bend. A quick web search suggests in 8mm polycarbonate about £60, half the price in 8mm Perspex. I think this is looking viable!
Peter,
66, 2016 Porsche Boxster S
No longer driving Tarka, the 2014 Plus 8...
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