Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
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Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
Okay, I'm a *****. I am thinking of a shield for the long rides. Not only after a couple hours do I arms get longer but am not interested in losing teeth. I have ridden long distance and extreme cold weather w/ a full face but am thinking of some type of windshield. I want a detachable something or other. If you don't look thru the windshield, do you still catch it in the face? Also, I like the clean look of a windvest but again want to keep the majority of the bugs and such out of my face w/ the 1/2 helnmet. Is there much adjustment to them>? I prefer to keep my lid from rattling cause of the wind. Have seen that happen before? Any info will be a help. Thanks Mako[sm=crossbonesgif.gif]
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RE: Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
Hi, I use a detactable windshield for long Highway riding, and it helps great deal, about town and no highway ride nothing, a friend has the windvest and loves it, you will have to try them to see which you like.
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RE: Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
Oh, Thar ya go! Ya, that's not very nayborlee of ya thar Mr. Minneapolis, no lutafisk far you tonight now. But seriously, I took off my windshield from my Bob this weekend cause it just didn't look right. I'll use it for really long trips, but anything under 100 miles one way is a day cruise and I wear my sealed Bobster glasses and my cheap a$$ gestapo brain bucket with the liner cut out. The standard height clear HD windshield I have is the quick detach and actually works great, on and off in almost no time, too.
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RE: Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
I was just kidding. The shields arent for me, but hey if you want one then by all means get one. Your gonna here a lot of different opinions on here. A guy on here once told me opinions are like a__ h____ ! Everyone has one. So get whatever floats your boat
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RE: Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
Windvest does fine,just enough to knock the wind off your chest and catch the bugs.
I wear a half-helmet and have the windshield adjusted low enough to look easily over the top.The lip at the top kicks the bugs away from your face.
Rode to Orange Beach the other nite for dinner with my Son and some friends. The windshield was literally covered with dead bugs and none hit me. I can't see riding at nite in the south without a windshield.
There's plenty of adjustment with the Windvest,up or down by an inch or two and tilt as far as you want. When I first got mine I had it at the same angle as the forks and got a lot of helmet buffeting,kept adjusting forward til it went away and it's fine.
You still get plenty of wind from under the shield and around the gas tank.Tank lift and tool bag at the base of the shield makes a lot of difference.
Good Luck
Tom
I wear a half-helmet and have the windshield adjusted low enough to look easily over the top.The lip at the top kicks the bugs away from your face.
Rode to Orange Beach the other nite for dinner with my Son and some friends. The windshield was literally covered with dead bugs and none hit me. I can't see riding at nite in the south without a windshield.
There's plenty of adjustment with the Windvest,up or down by an inch or two and tilt as far as you want. When I first got mine I had it at the same angle as the forks and got a lot of helmet buffeting,kept adjusting forward til it went away and it's fine.
You still get plenty of wind from under the shield and around the gas tank.Tank lift and tool bag at the base of the shield makes a lot of difference.
Good Luck
Tom
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RE: Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
Windvest does fine,just enough to knock the wind off your chest and catch the bugs.
I wear a half-helmet and have the windshield adjusted low enough to look easily over the top.The lip at the top kicks the bugs away from your face.
Rode to Orange Beach the other nite for dinner with my Son and some friends. The windshield was literally covered with dead bugs and none hit me. I can't see riding at nite in the south without a windshield.
There's plenty of adjustment with the Windvest,up or down by an inch or two and tilt as far as you want. When I first got mine I had it at the same angle as the forks and got a lot of helmet buffeting,kept adjusting forward til it went away and it's fine.
You still get plenty of wind from under the shield and around the gas tank.Tank lift and tool bag at the base of the shield makes a lot of difference.
Good Luck
Tom
I wear a half-helmet and have the windshield adjusted low enough to look easily over the top.The lip at the top kicks the bugs away from your face.
Rode to Orange Beach the other nite for dinner with my Son and some friends. The windshield was literally covered with dead bugs and none hit me. I can't see riding at nite in the south without a windshield.
There's plenty of adjustment with the Windvest,up or down by an inch or two and tilt as far as you want. When I first got mine I had it at the same angle as the forks and got a lot of helmet buffeting,kept adjusting forward til it went away and it's fine.
You still get plenty of wind from under the shield and around the gas tank.Tank lift and tool bag at the base of the shield makes a lot of difference.
Good Luck
Tom
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RE: Windshiels and windvests??? for Bobber
I took a 300mi run yesterday and, I gotta tell ya, it was rough. Of course, highway wind wasn't the problem. It was the constant onshore flow from the Pacific giving me a brutal crosswind the whole way there and back. As much as I thought I would be against such things, I would actually consider some sort of windvest for these longer runs to cut down on some of the turbulence. Of course, not having highway pegs or forwards probably added to my discomfort as well. THAT...and the fact that I was doing a constant 70-75mph instead of a much milder 60 or so. Anyhoo...not complaining. It was cool and I felt like a road warrior compared to the guys on the baggers I was passing left and right. [&:]
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