Memphis fats on the Wide glide
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Memphis fats on the Wide glide
Tired of being nested to death by the wind so I bought a memphis fats 21 inch in gradiant black. So far I've had trouble with the docking clamps moving after a ride. I've tightened them as much as possible. I will go thru it again tommorow and see if I'm making a mistake somewhere.
All in all I'm happy with it. First time I drove 70mph and didn't have to hang on for dear life. Just something how a WG spreads you out....like your a parachute. One thing I don't like is the get up and go power. I can tell I'm pushing that big shield down the road. Usually at 60 I can crack the throttle and be doing 8 in no time but with the shild she took a few mins. I can live with that though, I wanna cruise and relax not race.
Question...how close to you guys get to your headlight? My first run the windshield cutout was barely above the headlight and worked well. My dad raised it on up a good inch above headlight and now I get a lot of wond comming forum underneath me. I think since it's such a tall shield the trick will be lower the shield as fad as I can over headlight. For some reason the underneath wind comes after me when I raise it above headlight much
Here it is. I'm not crazy about windshields but I think it goes with the bike ok. I can deal with it in order to be comfortable. Untill now a long trip was out of the question
All in all I'm happy with it. First time I drove 70mph and didn't have to hang on for dear life. Just something how a WG spreads you out....like your a parachute. One thing I don't like is the get up and go power. I can tell I'm pushing that big shield down the road. Usually at 60 I can crack the throttle and be doing 8 in no time but with the shild she took a few mins. I can live with that though, I wanna cruise and relax not race.
Question...how close to you guys get to your headlight? My first run the windshield cutout was barely above the headlight and worked well. My dad raised it on up a good inch above headlight and now I get a lot of wond comming forum underneath me. I think since it's such a tall shield the trick will be lower the shield as fad as I can over headlight. For some reason the underneath wind comes after me when I raise it above headlight much
Here it is. I'm not crazy about windshields but I think it goes with the bike ok. I can deal with it in order to be comfortable. Untill now a long trip was out of the question
Last edited by JohnnyRebKY; 08-01-2014 at 09:22 PM.
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I have a slim I just put on my street bob, and I have it about a 1/4in above the head light housing.
A dealer installed the fats on my old Honda shadow and its probably 3/8in about the head light housing.
as for your mounting brackets moving... you're doing something wrong, you might have to go to the next tighter slot in the bracket. Mine havent moved a hair and they're fairly tight, but not extreme.
A dealer installed the fats on my old Honda shadow and its probably 3/8in about the head light housing.
as for your mounting brackets moving... you're doing something wrong, you might have to go to the next tighter slot in the bracket. Mine havent moved a hair and they're fairly tight, but not extreme.
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