View Poll Results: Do you ride with a windshield?
No way
122
26.35%
Won't leave home without it.
341
73.65%
Voters: 463. You may not vote on this poll
Windshield. Yes? No?
Road Captain
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 619
Likes: 9
From: Auburn, GA
That's exactly what my buddy told me. I rode his Fatboy with a windshield and hated it. The distorted view was way more than I could stand.
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,306
Likes: 3
From: Vancouver, BC
yup. IMHO as soon as you put a windshield on it - it isn't a motorcycle anymore...... it's just a wobbly convertible (that should get the conversation started LOL)
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 123
Likes: 0
From: Heath, Ohio
This has been my third year of riding and I finally got a 14" Windvest and really am happy I did. It stops most of the bugs and really helps keep most of the wind off my chest. I had no idea how much I can relax in the seat and loosen my grip on the bars till I was riding for a month and it came to me how much nicer it is to ride out on the country highways for a few hours. Oh and I had Mean City Cycles work on my seat and that helped tremendously. No more sore or tired rear end now.
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Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 9,193
Likes: 494
From: Richmond, VA
The original poster didn't give us an option for sometimes on, sometimes off, so I didn't vote. If I'm taking short 200-300 miles trips, I probably won't bother, but if I know I'm going 1000, maybe 1500 miles....yeah, I'll put the the big one on. If its warm out but there a good chance I'll get caught in the rain more than 100 miles from home, I might put my smaller one on. In the summer months I almost never use it. So my answer is sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Road Master
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 817
Likes: 1
From: N.E. Ohio
My first bike ( 78 Lowrider) I got used came with a windshield. I took it off for awhile but put it back on in a week. My Bagger has had one for 23 years. I like a low one that I actually look over. A 9" high works for me. The chit that has hit the faring and shield is unreal.
Last edited by BB4xl; Oct 5, 2010 at 06:34 PM.