FWIW, I lowered my windhield to eliminate the headlight gap and the turbulance decreased. I then tilted the windshield forward, things improved some more. Now things seem just right, without any lower shielding, but I'm still waiting for that "perfect" crosswind to prove me wrong.

In certain conditions my mustache used to fly up my nose. Tilting the windshild back caused my eyes to blur from the buffeting. Tilting the shield forward was better, but I still had some turbulance. Lowering the windshield seemed to do the trick. I'm good to 110 MPH with just the shield, half helmet and sunglasses. Probably good for beyond that, but haven't had the stretch to go there yet.

I'm just suggesting to you Memphis Shade lower guys, try reducing the gap over the headlight. It sure works for a plain old windshield!

 

Currently where it sits its about 1.25"-1.5" above the headlight. My only issue is that if I lower it I'm affaid the majority of the slipstream is not going to have enough height to clear my head and will hitting me square in the face, since its only 14". Also, I don't think the HD shields are angle adjustable. Either way I'll definitely try out your method. In turn I will also bring down the lowers more. How much clearance to do you recommend for the headlight - shield gap? Thanks.

 

Would like to get a set of the Memphis shades lowers for my FXDC 2011, does anyone know the part number?

 

I tried looking up the part for you but my internet is ridiculously slow.. im splitting the wireless with a network of pc's. Go on jpcycles.com and look up your bike on the left. It will be the same hardware as mine, I think.

 

Definitely think I'm gonna get me a set of these before my next trip. I did some evaluating and all the buffetting I'm getting is coming from under my HD QD winsheild and over the top of the tank. For the price it seems like a "must do" for touring.

 

for sure. I was a little sceptical at first, but they really do help.. It's just a matter of setting them up right. I'm trying to take the time to test various positions out so folks don't have to. For now I've concluded that they do a good job at moving the wind that causes most of the buffeting away from the troublesome areas, mainly, the tank. I'm getting a little closer to finding the optimum spot day by day. For now I realized that having the sheild overlap the lowers a little bit, roughly, 1/4"-1/2", seems to work well, definitely better than the advertised location: having an 1" gap between the bottom of the shield and the top of the lowers. My next attempt will be mounting them in a non conventional way, concave side forward at approximately a 25-30 degree angle. I'm thinking that it will do a better job at relocating the wind further outward away from my knees and the tank area. The way I have them now is the convex side forward (facing the wind) and i noticed that I like the height of the lowers, but need them to flare the wind out more because if I don't keep my knees tight around the tank the wind gets deflected off of my knees and toward my chest and up to my face. I'll post pictures this weekend along with my results.

 

Awesome! Sounds like you are gonna save me a lot of screwin around with these things when I get them. Next trip is the first week of August, and I hope to have them on by then, but have a few other items to get to before I do the lowers.

 

Here are some pictures of how I mounted mine:

 

Ahhh, Romeo, now it all makes sense.. from the looks of it the H-D touring shield curves in more at the bottom unlike my H-D compact. No wonder I wasn't able to tuck the shield in under the lowers. Thanks man, I really appreciate the detailed shots.

Anyway.. tomorrow I have a couple of hours before work to screw around with them so I'll post the updates. By the way, very important!, one thing to note about the mounting hardware of Memphis shades is that they are made of a very light aluminum material and don't seem to withstand a lot of taking on and off.. I'm noticing that I'm getting a little bit of thread deposit every time I take the screws out, and I'm super careful every time I install and uninstall the hardware.. So just a heads up do not over tighten and don't screw around with them too much. I already embarked on this journey so i might as well complete it and save everyone the hassle to test for the best location.

 

Put some anti-seize compound on those screw threads.