Windvest on softail
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Windvest on softail
Can any of you guys that have Windvest windshields installed on your softail tell me if you ever had issues with the riser bolts that bolt the risers to the triple tree coming loose or stripping ?
As the Windvest clamps to the bars it would seem that the wind resistance on the Windvest especially at higher speeds could cause additional twisting tension or pressure on the handlebars and in turn cause addition tension to the riser bolts and or the threads of the bolts and top of the triple tree.
If this seems off base consider this.
I know a guy that has stripped out the riser bolts and also the threads of the triple tree. He has very tall ape hangers and the additional leverage caused by these ape hangers on the risers has caused the bolts and tree to strip.
So it seems to reason that this may be possible with the windvest, as it must place a good amount of twisting or lateral tension on the riser bolts and threads.
OK so what do you guys think? Has anybody with a windvest have any kind of issues like I have described? Do you think this possible?
As the Windvest clamps to the bars it would seem that the wind resistance on the Windvest especially at higher speeds could cause additional twisting tension or pressure on the handlebars and in turn cause addition tension to the riser bolts and or the threads of the bolts and top of the triple tree.
If this seems off base consider this.
I know a guy that has stripped out the riser bolts and also the threads of the triple tree. He has very tall ape hangers and the additional leverage caused by these ape hangers on the risers has caused the bolts and tree to strip.
So it seems to reason that this may be possible with the windvest, as it must place a good amount of twisting or lateral tension on the riser bolts and threads.
OK so what do you guys think? Has anybody with a windvest have any kind of issues like I have described? Do you think this possible?
Last edited by Falcon195; Aug 5, 2013 at 09:31 PM.
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