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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ConnMan
Windshield=skirt.

Period.
LOL. And then there's THIS GUY...
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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This is my first bike (Heritage) and I went without it a couple of times and it didn't take long to figure out that I like it on. It stays on now and I'm looking at fairings. Won't be without at least a wind shield.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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Windshield on for long highway rides but most of the time it is off.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by TNB
That ain't even summer time temps here yet unless one believes the "overall temp" that gets reported since the temp can vary about 15F+ degrees from one end of the valley to the other. I guess it must have been one of those other deserts unless it wasn't in the summer here.
It was early September, and it certainly felt about 120........but it was a dry heat.........
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SwiftyBKells
Anyone with raked trees ever use a wind shield?

I've always been against them but i'm planning a cross country road trip and thinking of using one but i got raked trees so not sure if a shield would work or not for me.
Long Ride Shield new universal shield will work. Its curved at the top so the wind goes over your head. No buffettung and you look over it, not through it. Removes easily. I dont work for them, just tested it and it works great.


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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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Windshield? ...... Nah.
But never had a need for one here.
I thought about it once, then I just had another drink til that thought went away.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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I was just gonna say, if you need a windshield, go for it. Nobody's gonna dis you (too) much. . But if you look at some of the baddestass bikes on this Forum, Story's, OS-Deluxe, FireMans, Wargs, any of the NightTrain guys, Ramirez, the Rocker guys, KLF, Vicla guys, some dude who put a nitrous fed hell bike on Skeezmachines thread, crossBone guys, any of the Jim's on the Lo Thread,
HELL, any of these guys aside from NikonF8s cuz he's an exception,
Do you see any windshields?
I'm just sayin.
Take it as you see it.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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I don't ride with one, I use a full face helmet...
 
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Most guys I know have windshields. Some just take them off at times. Some others just have more than one bike and that "other" bike always appears to have a windshield.
 
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