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I mentioned before the wind protection on the LT was not too good, not as good as the Harley.  Saturday I put a Z-Technik Stream extended windscreen on the BMW LT.   Here is their website

I got home from Blue Moon Cycle where I bought the windscreen, put it on, and took a quick, very quick, ride.  It seems to give you a much bigger “bubble” behind the windscreen.  It is taller than the stock screen.  It is wider at the top and has interesting compound curve to deflect the air up and over the rider and passenger.  My initial reaction it that it does what I expected, it improves the wind protection.   I will have to get Barb on and see how she likes it.

My evaluation was, as I said, very quick, because about the time I got the windscreen on and got out of the garage it started to rain.  I got about a quarter mile ride in and it was starting to come down pretty good so I headed for the garage.  I was hoping to get out for a hour or so on Saturday or Sunday, but it didn’t happen.  As soon as I got the screen on Saturday it was drizzling rain that continued most of the afternoon.  On Sunday, it was cold, temperature never got to 50 degrees, it was overcast, and windy.  Good day to stay in the house.

I also had the dealer look at the squeaky rear brakes.  Actually, squeaky doesn’t really describe the rear brake, it is beyond squeaky and to full on howling.  I have been reading some of the posts on the www.bmwlt.com website about the brakes on the LTs and apparently this is an on going problem.  There are several fixes, but the reports of effectiveness seem to be spotty at best.  The fixes rage from changing rotor, pads, and putting cereal box cardboard behind the pads.   I took a DA sander and tried breaking the glase on the rotor, and it worked good for about three stops, then it was back to howling.  More on this later.  I need to fix this, it is very distracting!