Grateful for a windshield
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From: Albuquerque, NM
My first long distance ride through the south and mayflies way back in my chopper days I discovered the joys of a windshield on a trip, first town I hit after riding through a cloud of those squishy things I found a shop and spent half a day jury rigging something. Till the RK only time I'd run one was a road trip but I've come to like that thing for my morning commute.
Far as bugs go you haven't lived till you've taken a 17 year locust on the cheek, been in fights and haven't been tagged that hard.
Far as bugs go you haven't lived till you've taken a 17 year locust on the cheek, been in fights and haven't been tagged that hard.
Haha, I bet. I grew up in Illinois, we had those when I was 13 or 14 and I was only riding dirt bikes then, not on the street yet. By the time they came around again I had been living out west for quite a while.
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From: San Antonio, Texas
I really like having a windshield, especially while touring, just recently install an 11" Klockwerks on the Ultra just prior to my last road trip through the PNW (just returned home yesterday). It took a lot of punishment, bugs, small rocks etc but I was just fine.
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From: Black Hills
When I used to ride without, I took a June Bug\May Beetle square center in the forehead at 65 and almost took me off the bike. That knot on my forehead took over a year to go down. Those sumbiches get to be 1" in diameter and hard as a rock.
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From: New York
HD did the same thing with the Road King Custom in 2004-2006 (which I owned).
Now throw on an HD driver backrest and add a couple of foot pegs to the crash bar. You'll ride forever in comfort. The Ultimate EZ Boy.
It looks awesome with the screen by the way!!! Great color and a gorgeous bike.
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From: North Carolina
Finally got around to washing the windshield on the King, it was getting kinda thick on there. There were lots of carcasses of those nasty black and yellow striped hornets on there, some hit hard enough to leave tiny nicks in the plastic. Really glad I didn't hit those with my chest or face.
Reminds me of years ago, wife and I were riding out of North Hollywood, running for Santa Barbara, on the back road out Simi and through Ojai.
We were in full gear and on a Guzzi with an aerodynamic fairing. About a couple of blocks ahead of us was a group of guys on bobbers, bare chest, vest or t-shirt, no other gear.
We come around a bend, and the air ahead looks kinda hazy, and the bobber guys are hitting their brakes as hard as they can and diving for the roadside.
We came up there, and it was orange orchard on both sides of the road. It was late spring and the beehives had just been delivered for the pollination. That 'haze' was a cloud of hundreds and hundreds of bees.
We rode on, even sped up a little, because the fairing made a wall or bubble of air around us that deflected anything lighter than a rock. I'd even ridden through a rainstorm and stayed dry except for my boots, as long as I kept speed up.
Whole thing taught me about the value of gear when traveling.
Reminds me of years ago, wife and I were riding out of North Hollywood, running for Santa Barbara, on the back road out Simi and through Ojai.
We were in full gear and on a Guzzi with an aerodynamic fairing. About a couple of blocks ahead of us was a group of guys on bobbers, bare chest, vest or t-shirt, no other gear.
We come around a bend, and the air ahead looks kinda hazy, and the bobber guys are hitting their brakes as hard as they can and diving for the roadside.
We came up there, and it was orange orchard on both sides of the road. It was late spring and the beehives had just been delivered for the pollination. That 'haze' was a cloud of hundreds and hundreds of bees.
We rode on, even sped up a little, because the fairing made a wall or bubble of air around us that deflected anything lighter than a rock. I'd even ridden through a rainstorm and stayed dry except for my boots, as long as I kept speed up.
Whole thing taught me about the value of gear when traveling.
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