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I had a standard windshield and cut it down so I could see the ground in front of me at 40' no problem. Helped the buffeting a little bit.
I then added the fork baffle and I didn't notice any difference in wind buffeting.
I then added the deflectors on the side of the forks. Helped a little bit more.
When I ride now I still get some wind buffeting. On a long ride without the windshield I get really tired and my neck just hurts bad. So I put the windshield on and find that it's much better to just put up with some buffeting, and my neck doesn't hurt after a long ride.
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