windsheild or not?
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From: Royal Palm Beach, FL
i had one for a while. road with it a few times and sold it. I had terrible buffering over 60 mph. over 70 and the front up became half assed unstable. mine was a hd quick detach. had it mounted at nose level. you should be able to pick one up on the forum for under 150 and can resell it for that later if you need to.
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From: Boynton Beach, FloriDuh
i had one for a while. road with it a few times and sold it. I had terrible buffering over 60 mph. over 70 and the front up became half assed unstable. mine was a hd quick detach. had it mounted at nose level. you should be able to pick one up on the forum for under 150 and can resell it for that later if you need to.
Last edited by cHarley; Jul 22, 2011 at 02:14 PM.
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From: Florida
The wind i take to the chest dont bother me at all. At 1st it was the skid lid trying to lift at 60 that bothered me. I fixed that with a different skid lid. The one i had acted like a parachut. The only thing now that comes to mind is that damn rain hurts.
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Well i may have to just dodge them. LOL No really ill just have to stay away from where ever they are bad at! Or park the bike wich isnt going to happen. Will see.
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From: Ann Arbor, MI
That's the beauty of detachable shields. I won't do a long ride w/out one. I'm a fairly strong guy, and after a while I do feel fatigued riding into a 70 mph headwind. Night riding is also a bee-atch without them in dead of summer. Bugs can stang! Last night I was out about 10:30 and it was like riding into a paintball field.
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From: Tipp City, Ohio
I take mine off so the bugs don't get it dirty(except for long trips). It's on in the winter when there are no bugs. Wimps that don't ride in winter don't need windshields.
Last edited by SamStone; Jul 22, 2011 at 06:11 PM.
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I get the buffeting pretty bad on the dyna but its better than the buffeting on the RG I test rode.
i had one for a while. road with it a few times and sold it. I had terrible buffering over 60 mph. over 70 and the front up became half assed unstable. mine was a hd quick detach. had it mounted at nose level. you should be able to pick one up on the forum for under 150 and can resell it for that later if you need to.