i just recently got my bike and have been doin a lot of ridin and see you guys ridin down the highway with NO windshield only a half helmet and sunglasses. how can you stand being pelted by those bugs and pebbles? i have a half helmet and a 3/4 helmet with the face shield and i wear the 3/4 helmet way more b/c i just can't stand the bugs and pebbles. so how do you do it?

I don't have a windshield with my Sporty and I weara 3/4 with adark shield if I'm doing distance on the interstate. The shorty I use around town almost tears my head off at 70+...

Not much gets thru to me but what does tastes good sometimes

I just started wearing a 3/4 with face shield this season. I probably won't go back to the half helmet

Better aerodynamics (i.e. head doesnt' become a sail) - Pro
Less wind noise (i.e. won't need to wear plugs on long rides) - Pro
No more bugs and sand in my face - Pro
Still get plenty of wind - smell the smells, etc. - Pro
Dont fit in with what most "bikers" think is cool (i.e. I couldn't care less whatothers think) -Pro

Too many checks in the pro column

eat the bugs and spit out the pebbles

I absolutely love my short Memphis shade.
It comes off quickly and is priceless in the Spring and Fall.
I've had the same one on my 2000 FXDX sincethe bike was new and the shade is still in perfect condition.
The nice thing about the short version is the protection it provides without you feeling like you're in a fish tank.
Riding here in the mountains it allows me to hear a lot better too since it breaks the wind...Perfect shade.

Yer s'posed to swaller at least some of the pebbles for some roughage. Helps move things along after sittin' on the bike seat on a long haul. Constipation is a bad thing when ya gotta pass a turd the size of the General Sherman tree! [8D]

Amen bro...Chrome don't get ya home!

The pebbles I need for my gizzard to work right..

That's why I got THIS!!!