No Windshield?
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Milton, Delaware
Have you tried moving it up/down? Maybe you could tape a piece of cardboard to the top of the shield to see if it changes the airflow. Try it on the sides of the shield as well. If it does change the air flow positively then you can add pieces of plexi.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: florida
I'll fiddle with it for a while, Then i'm going to use it for target practice!
Seasoned HDF Member
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From: Post Falls, ID
When I was young, no windshield.
Now that I am old, I won't ride without one. Comfort and the ability to ride longer and further outweigh dorky looks.
It don't matter what anyone else thinks about my w/s.
Now that I am old, I won't ride without one. Comfort and the ability to ride longer and further outweigh dorky looks.
It don't matter what anyone else thinks about my w/s.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: florida
Like you, when i was young, no w/s now that i'm older [67] I thought i'd try one... I don't know how anyone could ride WITH one. The buffeting is awful, I can't even see. I think i'll stay young a while longer...
Seasoned HDF Member
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From: Post Falls, ID
I guess it comes to a choice of blast or buffet.
Cruiser
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Bend, Oregon
I personally am not a fan of windshields, it really kills the feel for me. My last bike had a windshield when I bought it, I rode it from the dealer to home and pulled it off and put it on Craigslist. Then I rode an ultra from southern Cal to my house in Oregon, and it just isn't the same for me. I roll my street bob the same route, hands in the air and wind blasting and its just more enjoyable to me.
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 637
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From: Iowa
I hate them I tried one on a couple hour ride if it wasn't for the resale value of it in the classifieds I would have tossed it in the ditch. The buffeting was terrible it made it hard to see it was flopping my glasses around and it hurt my neck.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: -)
It takes some time spent adjusting to get it right though sometimes it will will take a different size or shape to make it right. The really is no one size fits all.
That said I only use mine locally in the winter and bug season. Long distance I normally switch out for the quarter fairing.
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Tourer
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 334
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From: Honolulu
But I realized that it was a design flaw. So I fixed it.
Now the windsheild is great! It looked like a plexi snow plow on the front of my bike, but now it's 100x better then before. Now it actually diverts the wind up and over, rather then pushing it.
I'd ride it either way. But if given a choice I rather ride with the sheild! Much more enjoyable.
I hate the idiots who try and make subtle hints that you're somehow less of a pure rider if you use a windsheild. Or somehow they're more manly if they ride without one. BS!!
That would be like a ridgid frame guy telling a dyna rider he's somehow a better person?! (Because he had 4 back injuries
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