Over the last few weeks it got a little bit cooler here in California and while I am very happy with my new Aeroflow windshield on the F800GS, there were two things missing:

1. There was still buffeting around my head coming from the side of the fairing.
2. Because I had to take off the R1200GS handguards I had installed, I get a lot of wind at my hands which get cold over time. Of course, I'm still riding with summer gloves as it just doesn't get cold enough here for warmer ones (18 degrees celsius today).

To address the first issue, I installed the Aeroguards and that took care of the remaining buffeting / noise when riding more than 50mph.

Overall I'm very pleased with the results. The wind noise is very low, no buffeting, very good protection.

The second issue was a little bit harder to address as there just wasn't enough room for the handguards as the controls without them were already touching the windshield brackets. I solved this by:

• Adjusting the handlebar so that it sits exactly in the middle.
• Swiveling the handlebar towards me (back) just a little bit.

With these modifications I wasn't touching the brackets anymore, but I still didn't have enough room to install the handguards again. To provide more room between the handlebar and the shield I added Rox Risers that can be adjusted back and forth. Installation was quite simple, needed tools are:

• Cloth to protect bike while working.
• Torx E10 socket for the BMW clamps.
• Preferably a torque wrench to get everything back together with the right amount of torque.
• 8mm hex driver for the Rox clamps

Installation and finding the right position took about 30 minutes. There is not much magic going on, you only have to find a position where:

• the risers don't hit the plastic around the ignition key when in full lock position;
• the mirrors don't hit the shield when in full lock position (adjust mirrors back for this);
• the cables and brake lines have enough play - move the controls about 1cm inwards.

The procedure wasn't all that complicated, just few simple steps and some screws to loosen and retighten.

Unfortunately the result was very mixed for me. The new position of the handlebar was higher and more towards me, which I didn't like all too much. It gave my already sore elbow some more to complain about. It worked though and I guess with the planned seat modification it would have worked out quite okay - but I'm not there yet. Another annoyance is that the levers don't clear the plastic control holder anymore and it feels a bit weird. I could probably get used to it though.

But the absolute show stopper was when I installed the handguards again. BMW did the technical master piece to create a piece of plastic that directs wind that is redirected by any decent windshield right at the drivers helmet. What a piece of junk. Buffeting was back, my glasses were rocking on my nose from 40mph up and the droning noise was back. Hmpf. So the reason why I initially installed the risers where the handguards and those are plain and pure unacceptably loud.

In the end I removed the handguards, removed the risers and put everything back together to its original state. I'll probably keep the risers and if I ever come around to fix the crappy seat with a gel pad and some memory foam, I might put them back on. But probably not before that.