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Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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Default Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

i ordered a clearview 8.5" recurve but dont know if i want smoked or dark grey for the black SG. If anyone has a dark grey, can you see through it? At night can you see through it easily?
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

I have a dark grey, and i can see throught it, But it is a 6.5 inch and i wouldnt want to have to look through it at night.
I look over it and love it.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

I have a dark grey one and I don't have any problems seeing thru it but I look over my shields...not thru them to ride
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

why do you say you wouldnt want to look through it at night? because its to dark? is there a big diff in color between dark grey and smoked?
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

i know at some point and time you have to look through it. i just want to make sure i can see through it at night.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

if you ride at night and have a tall shield, don't do it, I use the 9.5 inch version and it is fine at night, I am 6' 1" tall, never bothers me.... is you have or want to have a 12" or taller, don't buy it, it is dark dark at night..
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

I just recieved a Dark Grey 6.5 in recurve and you can not see thru it!!! I need to call them I thought you were suppose to be able to see thru it also. Am I wrong???
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

The dark gray is much darker than the smoke. I can see through mine at night but its really dark and I wouldnt want to be in a position where I had to look threw it all the time at night.
 
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

I have a 9.5 inch smoked, and although I ride looking over it, I could see thru it at nite, if need be. Such as in a rain storm.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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Default RE: Does anyone have a dark grey Clearview Windshield?

I had a dark smoke (not a Clearview) 8" on my SG. It was fine for flat roads as I could see over the top of it. But if I hit any kind of incline I was lifting myself off of the seat to see.
 
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