Windshield or not
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: SC Lowcountry
I bought one for a 1100 mile trip several weeks ago, and if you are spending several hours on the interstate it makes a difference. For around town riding, and short stints on the interstate, I can handle 70-75 mph without the shield. Not sure how much difference it will make this winter, but I might find I'll be using it more. It did make the trip alot more enjoyable.
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Joined: Mar 2008
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From: bklyn,ny
you might want to bleed/flush your brakes also........................
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Port Coquitlam B.C.
Yesterday was the first really warm day we've had. So I took the windshield off and went for a ride. I hadn't gone 10 miles when a wasp hit me in the chest, dropped down onto the seat between my legs and stung me through my jeans. That was a tad uncomfortable for the couple of minutes I had to ride to get to a safe place to stop and kill the little bastard.
But once that was done the ride was good. 55mph and below are good without the shield. 60mph and up I perfer to have it on. I ride with mids so I'm sitting pretty straight up and the pressure on my chest gets annoying after a while.
But once that was done the ride was good. 55mph and below are good without the shield. 60mph and up I perfer to have it on. I ride with mids so I'm sitting pretty straight up and the pressure on my chest gets annoying after a while.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Kalifornia
If you bought your bike to look cool, don't add a windshield. It'll work for 35 mph runs to pose at your local bike night. You can post on here about how real bikers don't use windshields, and then go back home and polish your 'sick' ride some more.
If you bought it to ride, and you're on it all the time, and cover a lot of highway miles, get the windshield. It'll save you from fatigue, bugs, gravel, and make your life better.
If you bought it to ride, and you're on it all the time, and cover a lot of highway miles, get the windshield. It'll save you from fatigue, bugs, gravel, and make your life better.
Looking cool is just a nice by-product.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,443
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From: Northwest Georgia
I'm sure it happened. A wasp got between my leg and gas tank on a sport bike and stung me through jeans once. It sucks dealing with a sting in progress and traffic all at once.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,443
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From: Northwest Georgia
Why the hostility? Some people (myself included) don't like windshields but I don't bag on those who choose to put them on their rides. And despite your assertion that with no windshield you can only ride 35 mph, some of us can and do ride much faster and longer.
Looking cool is just a nice by-product.
Looking cool is just a nice by-product.
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