you should of went with the HD windshield from the beginning, and ignored the sholt bolts.

 

I've got 9500 miles on my 08 fxstc and I've tried 2 different shields on it ( a windvest and a hd quick release) buffeting is so bad I don't use either one of them. After a while you get use to riding without one. I agree about loving the bike though !!!!!!!!!

 

I have the 14" windvest on my fxstc as well. Takes a bit of tweaking with angles and heigth but works great. It can be adjusted from scramble your brains to 0 buffet with only a 1/2" change in angle measured at the top of the screen to the ignition switch. I definately wrote that dimension down in case I ever remove it for something and put it back. Count that 3 for loving the bike as well.
Ron

 

When riding the bike you should be looking 1 or 2 inches over the shield. Any more and you get bad air. Any less and you cant see anything when it rains.

 

Great questions. When I move my nose wayyyyy forward, it's fine. If I duck down, it makes no difference. If I rig the tip of the windshield right at my forehead, it's fine, but there is a sharp edge pointed at the bridge of my nose. (scary) There is no adjustment to make it point at my face, I had to rig it to do that. I rode 5 hours to Ottawa last week with allen keys in my pocket and made MANY adjustments along the way. No solution. I accurately fabricated, rolled, ground, and sanded a 1/8" piece of plate aluminum and fastened it to the top of the windshield extending it up 2-1/2", and it made a slight difference for the better, but blocked my vision. I have now carved the wimshield down to a piece of plastibc the size of a basketball, and it's funny, because it's still buffeting... hahaha... all I can do is laugh. It's unreal. So, to answer your question, ya, I love riding with no windshield, but I had a pertty tiring 6 hour ride on Sunday doing 130kph most of the day..... and I was COVERED in bugs.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA..... it's my whole head!! Shakey-shakey!!! We have to (and I want to) wear helmets up here.

 

Well thanks for all the help guys.... Ya Chaz, I got it just before the snow fell, and spent the winter pimpin' it out. I LOVE MY FATTY, and most of the time, I DO want to ride with no windshield, but me and some buds are going to the USA in a few weeks for a long tour, and I need to be versatile with my ride. A few clicks, and it's a cruiser, a few clicks, and it's almost a touring machine. A Fatty should be able to bridge that gap quite nicely. I might look at the switchblade from National Cycle, or the Windvest as suggested. Gonna go Google some stuff now. Any more suggestions would be appreciated..... Thanks, JR

 

I'm with Sleeko. I have a low profile nostalgia and a standard height nostalgia windshield and I like the taller standard height better.

 

All of this is the reason I ride a Night Train without all that stuff, and before anyone says I'll get one when I'm older, I'll be 60 in a few months and I've been doin' just fine without windshields since 1967...and my buddy bought a new Street Glide same time I got my Train and he talked me into swapping bikes once on a trip...a few miles of being knocked around by the wind on that SG was more than enough for me...but it took a while to get my bike back because my bud was having too much fun on my Train, and I couldn't run him down with the SG...same experience when I was on some other friends Road King, Heritage Special, and Ultra Classic...not for me...

 

I wonder if a set of passing lights would make a difference????