windshield advise
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Chuckle, the expert advice of optimal windshield height is capricious and anything but expert. The various claims alone should be warning enough; between the nose tip and upper lip, between the lips, between the eyes and the chin, etc.
The warning given about settling on the seat first is good. Id also add bars, boards and backrest. Once youve figured out where youre placing your body and head, you can start figuring out what to do about wind protection and buffeting.
Let your own preferences do some dictating. If you happen to like looking through the windshield, dont let others make you not. Or visa versa.
Experiment with some cardboard and duct tape, make a set of fangs, a lower deflector, a raised upper lip, etc. This can help you zero in on what actually works for you, on your bike, where you sit.
What works for me on my bike (Im a bit dwarfish, with short limbs) could make a basketball player miserable. His head would not be where mine is.
Consider too legally. For example, in my state, a windshield that is 2 above my eyes means I dont need to wear eye protection. Personally, I like that. Others may not care.
The warning given about settling on the seat first is good. Id also add bars, boards and backrest. Once youve figured out where youre placing your body and head, you can start figuring out what to do about wind protection and buffeting.
Let your own preferences do some dictating. If you happen to like looking through the windshield, dont let others make you not. Or visa versa.
Experiment with some cardboard and duct tape, make a set of fangs, a lower deflector, a raised upper lip, etc. This can help you zero in on what actually works for you, on your bike, where you sit.
What works for me on my bike (Im a bit dwarfish, with short limbs) could make a basketball player miserable. His head would not be where mine is.
Consider too legally. For example, in my state, a windshield that is 2 above my eyes means I dont need to wear eye protection. Personally, I like that. Others may not care.
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Also I just came across Rifle windshields, seems to be a similar design philosophy and it looks like you can order em with a vent. Vents are interesting. Some RK drivers have had success with HD's vented screen, just gotta get it set correctly. Want the air directed up, along the inside surface, rather than back toward your face. Something I learned to appreciate back in my sailing days, long story but it should work, one would think
At any rate, if we are looking at screens that don't have a lot of complex trailing edge curves, there's an argument for ordering taller than you think you need and see how you like it, You can stick your hand up in the windflow, see where it is and how clean it is (if you feel a pulsing or vibrating sensation, that's turbulence)
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Chuckle, the expert advice of optimal windshield height is capricious and anything but expert. The various claims alone should be warning enough; between the nose tip and upper lip, between the lips, between the eyes and the chin, etc.
The warning given about settling on the seat first is good. Id also add bars, boards and backrest. Once youve figured out where youre placing your body and head, you can start figuring out what to do about wind protection and buffeting.
Let your own preferences do some dictating. If you happen to like looking through the windshield, dont let others make you not. Or visa versa.
Experiment with some cardboard and duct tape, make a set of fangs, a lower deflector, a raised upper lip, etc. This can help you zero in on what actually works for you, on your bike, where you sit.
What works for me on my bike (Im a bit dwarfish, with short limbs) could make a basketball player miserable. His head would not be where mine is.
Consider too legally. For example, in my state, a windshield that is 2 above my eyes means I dont need to wear eye protection. Personally, I like that. Others may not care.
The warning given about settling on the seat first is good. Id also add bars, boards and backrest. Once youve figured out where youre placing your body and head, you can start figuring out what to do about wind protection and buffeting.
Let your own preferences do some dictating. If you happen to like looking through the windshield, dont let others make you not. Or visa versa.
Experiment with some cardboard and duct tape, make a set of fangs, a lower deflector, a raised upper lip, etc. This can help you zero in on what actually works for you, on your bike, where you sit.
What works for me on my bike (Im a bit dwarfish, with short limbs) could make a basketball player miserable. His head would not be where mine is.
Consider too legally. For example, in my state, a windshield that is 2 above my eyes means I dont need to wear eye protection. Personally, I like that. Others may not care.
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A rag and a bottle of Pledge or such should be standard issue with the tool kit. :-)
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