Road King windsheild help
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Road King windsheild help
I am about 6'2" I bought the Harley tinted tall windsheild and I really cant tell much differance I keep looking over the top it seem to hit me just barley above eye leveland I want to look through no over.. Also the tinted windsheild seems to have a distortion when you look at the side when turning it seems to look you are looking through a curved glass ,also bad chrome reflection just below eye level. Anybody else experiance this, or did I get a bad windsheild.I was looking at the Clearview windshild any feed back on what size , would the 24" be too tall, anybody use their tinted . Thanks for the help.
Road Captain
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From: Citizen of the Republic of Texas, now in GA
RE: Road King windsheild help
Do you actually enjoy looking through a windshield? My level line of sight is about 2" above the windshield. For me, that's perfect.
Road Master
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From: Winslow, Arizona
RE: Road King windsheild help
I put a 4 inch shorter shield on my RK just so I could look over it. Looking through the shield sucks, especially when riding into the sun with a few bug splotches on it.
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From: North Central Iowa
RE: Road King windsheild help
I agree - I'm 6'3" and I went a little shorter so I could look over. You get a little wind through your hair, but most of the bugs and debris goes over you. Just my $.02
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From: Mt Dora Florida
RE: Road King windsheild help
In the Harley P&A catalog, they state you should just look over the top. Some say that the windshield should come up to the tip of your nose. The recurve Clearview seems to be a good option. You have to wait for it, they are either so slammed they can't buld them fast enough or they only build to order. I plan to go with one myself when finances permit it.
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RE: Road King windsheild help
IMHO you should be looking over the windshield not through it. Clearview has a pretty good explanation of why and how to obtain the optimum height. Of course one size doesn't fit all. Both my shields are sized to give me the 2" over rule and it is very comfortable. I am 6'2" also.
Here is a link to Clearview's sizing guidelines: http://www.clearviewshields.com/shop/correctshield.php
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Here is a link to Clearview's sizing guidelines: http://www.clearviewshields.com/shop/correctshield.php
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RE: Road King windsheild help
I traded my 2" taller sheild for the 4" shorter it was the only choice they had for shorter than standard. Test rode last night , what a differance it made I didnt have to fight the glare of windsheild was really nice, but I got some wind so I used some info from this site and cut my stock windsheild 2 inches , great info on cutting cant even tell it was cut, test rode perfect love looking over the sheild. Thanks for all the info.