Help me choose a windshield please!
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I wanted a shield to help with some of the force on me. I didn't want the tall egg shaped as it looks dated IMO and well silly. The 14" gave me what I wanted in looks and function and though called SMOKE it is just lightly tinted. Not like the BLACK visors on the SG's you see that are only 4" tall above the fairing.
And really...if I'm taking a long highway ride...I take the touring bike anyway. Wind in the face to me is not the concern. CURB weight at highway speeds over time and miles tells the tale in comfort and safety from wind sheer from trucks and other larger vehicles on the highway. Big difference between 520 lbs at 70+ MPG and 1000 lbs at 70+ MPG. I'll take the touring bike every day for that.
Have I taken my Sportie on the highway? YUP for about 200 miles on a trip with the 14" shield on and it worked very well. I seldom remove it except for cleaning up the bike. Its basically my daily rider to work and back.
GOOD LUCK in your selection. YOU are right...they are pricey. My local dealer let me have 1 on the weekend to ride with to see what I liked before I bought it from them.
And BTW I cut down my factory tall windshield on my tour bike. Was way higher than my eyes from the factory. When it fogged up it was scary. I cut it down to 9" tall and it hits me right at the cheek bone - below my eyes if I'm slouching or sitting tall in the seat. Nothing more scary than having it fog up in a valley when you have to look thru it. No issues at slow or highway speeds at this height for me at least.
Last edited by GMRO; 07-26-2016 at 01:11 PM.
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I had the 18" clear HD QD shield and had a lot of buffeting up top. I'm the same height as Sir Graham and went with a 19" Clearview with recurve. Pretty calm air at all speeds now, except for the wind coming from under the tank. The 19" is about eye level for me at the top of the shield. The recurve pushed the air up another 1" - 2".
The dealer has a shield size chart to look at and the top of the shield should be between eye level and tip of nose. For me, the 18" was just at the tip of my nose but had buffeting for me. Made me dizzy after about a couple miles.
The nice thing about the HD QD shield is many others make a replacement shield for the bracket so you have some choices if need be.
The dealer has a shield size chart to look at and the top of the shield should be between eye level and tip of nose. For me, the 18" was just at the tip of my nose but had buffeting for me. Made me dizzy after about a couple miles.
The nice thing about the HD QD shield is many others make a replacement shield for the bracket so you have some choices if need be.
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GMRO (07-27-2016)
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Unless I come up with a reason to choose otherwise I'm looking at this one:
http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=58601-04
http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=58601-04
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GMRO (07-27-2016)
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Unless I come up with a reason to choose otherwise I'm looking at this one:
http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=58601-04
http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=58601-04