View Poll Results: Do you look through or over
I look over
129
79.63%
I look through
24
14.81%
No matter what I did the buffeting was bad and I removed it.
9
5.56%
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Windshields look through or over
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 643
Likes: 9
From: Georgia
I got the QD windshield with the essentials kit. It was too high for me.. when it was on (lowest on the forks), it was at such a height that I was looking through and over... was annoying as hell. The constant on / off distortion was a headache.
I cut 2" off it and at the lowest placement, it's just above my chin and feels perfect.
The wind isn't an issue because the wave of air hitting the sheild causes it to flow over my head... and takes the bugs with it.
A big rock may be a different story though.
I only use it for long rides though.
I cut 2" off it and at the lowest placement, it's just above my chin and feels perfect.
The wind isn't an issue because the wave of air hitting the sheild causes it to flow over my head... and takes the bugs with it.
A big rock may be a different story though.
I only use it for long rides though.
Now I am about to convert my front end from a narrow glide to a mid glide and will have to sell this one and get a new one or just eat bugs and freeze.
I'm lucky we don't get grass hoppers that big up here in the Pacific NW and the smaller verity we do have are really quite tasty
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,916
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio, Texas
The top of my windshield stops well below my chin - it would drive me nuts to look through the windshield. I have an older short, detachable HD shield and I'm 6'2". I like it this way, but my shield is too wide and buffeting is bad at 75+. I was thinking about a narrower shield like HD's sport one, or Rifle Solo, or a Windvest. I only need something to take the pressure off my chest so I don't feel like a parachute...
Banned
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,920
Likes: 8
I believe that is a 'Praying Mantis"...they eat grasshoppers...:>)
I just installed the 7 3/4" wave windshield by National Cycle and look over it. But I can duck down slightly and dodge the heavy rain fall. It did have quite a bit of distortion in the lower section so I sprayed the inside with black plastic paint to make a band that is about 2 1/2" high to block it.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 3,949
Likes: 150
From: South of Mordor
Both, it all depends on if I am slumped over (through) a little or have my back straight (over). Sometimes I even look around the side of it; rain, fog or covered in bugs while on a long road trip.
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i actually always liked to look through them... till i got a shorty shield not to long ago and started to rock a full face lid, now i like to look over it. here are some shots of both of the set ups
and the set up i am running at the moment
and the set up i am running at the moment