How much do lowers help?
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How much do lowers help?
I just put a Memphis Shades windshield on my bike....the biggest one they have. I like it but now I have quite a bit of wind coming below the windshield, hitting the tank, and going right up my chest and hitting me in the face.
I'm looking at some lowers to solve this problem. How well do they work? Do they cut out all the wind that hits you in the face? Or just some of it?
I'm looking at the Kuryakyn "Fork Mounted Wind Deflector"
http://www.easternperformance.com/in...roducts_id=807
or these at JP Cycles
http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup...E-6904A07F57FA
Anybody have any opinions on which ones (these two or any other ones)work best?
My final goal is to mount these suckers on my windshield bracket so I can remove them with the windshield...don't know how fiesable this is until I actually get my hands on the lowers.
I'm looking at some lowers to solve this problem. How well do they work? Do they cut out all the wind that hits you in the face? Or just some of it?
I'm looking at the Kuryakyn "Fork Mounted Wind Deflector"
http://www.easternperformance.com/in...roducts_id=807
or these at JP Cycles
http://www.jpcycles.com/productgroup...E-6904A07F57FA
Anybody have any opinions on which ones (these two or any other ones)work best?
My final goal is to mount these suckers on my windshield bracket so I can remove them with the windshield...don't know how fiesable this is until I actually get my hands on the lowers.
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RE: How much do lowers help?
thanks for the response....
I looked into the Memphis Shades lowers and I saw that they clamp onto the forks. It seems like a fork clamp would bend my tinwork depending on where on the fork they mount. Does anyone have experience with the Memphis lowers on a Fatboy fork?
I'm trying to get a picture of my bike to post but I haven't had any success yet and I'm too impatient to read the help section...we'll see if it works this time...
I looked into the Memphis Shades lowers and I saw that they clamp onto the forks. It seems like a fork clamp would bend my tinwork depending on where on the fork they mount. Does anyone have experience with the Memphis lowers on a Fatboy fork?
I'm trying to get a picture of my bike to post but I haven't had any success yet and I'm too impatient to read the help section...we'll see if it works this time...
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RE: How much do lowers help?
Buy the Harley ones. They're cheap. 40 bucks. 60 bucks, somewhere around there. They're even notched so if
you have a crash bar (excuse me, engine guard). I put em on this time of year, and run em til May. Soft lowers when
it's real cold. The really do work. On & off in 10 min (10 seconds on the soft lwr's)
you have a crash bar (excuse me, engine guard). I put em on this time of year, and run em til May. Soft lowers when
it's real cold. The really do work. On & off in 10 min (10 seconds on the soft lwr's)
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RE: How much do lowers help?
I bought the ones from Harley.
They do work.
I took them off this summer, but put them back on last week and I forgot just how much they did help.
They do work.
I took them off this summer, but put them back on last week and I forgot just how much they did help.
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RE: How much do lowers help?
I also have the Harley deflectors and love em. I installed them about a week after I bought the bike. I have never even thought of removing them. They are, however a beotch to clean behind the turn signals.
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RE: How much do lowers help?
Les,
That's the Mustang touring seat right (1st pic) Which rear seat is that? I just picked up a Mustang seat on ebay (the wide touring)
The passenger section is HUGE!! Does Mustang make a smaller rear secion that'll work w/the touring seat and backrest?
Sweet bike by the way!!!
That's the Mustang touring seat right (1st pic) Which rear seat is that? I just picked up a Mustang seat on ebay (the wide touring)
The passenger section is HUGE!! Does Mustang make a smaller rear secion that'll work w/the touring seat and backrest?
Sweet bike by the way!!!
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RE: How much do lowers help?
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Les,
That's the Mustang touring seat right (1st pic) Which rear seat is that? I just picked up a Mustang seat on ebay (the wide touring)
The passenger section is HUGE!! Does Mustang make a smaller rear secion that'll work w/the touring seat and backrest?
Sweet bike by the way!!!
Les,
That's the Mustang touring seat right (1st pic) Which rear seat is that? I just picked up a Mustang seat on ebay (the wide touring)
The passenger section is HUGE!! Does Mustang make a smaller rear secion that'll work w/the touring seat and backrest?
Sweet bike by the way!!!
