I use soft lowers. Had lowers on my Ultra and they were good sometimes, and hot other times. The soft lowers I can toss in the side bag and if it gets lousy out, it takes 2 minutes to put them on.
They are actually on in the pic in my sig, which was taken last december 24th.
I use buffalo hide soft lowers from Chilhowee leather. Keep them in the saddlebags and I can put them on in minutes and remove just as fast. They keep most road grime and rain off your lower legs. Way cheaper than hard lowers as well.
Found a set of OEM HD w/quick detach kit here in Omaha for killer price...PO used once & didn't like. On bike since 2011 and only take them off for deep cleaning. In other words...love them!
Thanks for the feed back everyone. I had a set of soft lowers on my other bike nd liked them as well. Just didnt know how well the OEM ones worked. I think I will get a set of soft ones for this bike as well. Thanks again