Couple of weeks ago I was out riding on a windy day. As I was sitting in the middle lane about to turn into Wal-Mart, the wind shifted direction and blew my freakin windshield off across two lanes of traffic!! My question is how do I prevent this from happening again? Do those little curly clips actually do anything? WTF???

 

Sounds like it wasn't seated in the rubber grommets correctly or they're worn out and won't hold the windshield in. Check them out and see if they're worn.
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And no......those clips don't do anything.

 

If you have the HD detachable shield, you did not have them "clipped" and locked in.

 

if a strong enough wind hits it on the back side, it'll blow off
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winds&nbsp\\;gotta be pretty strong though with you being on the bike blocking it
or the shield is real loose. Like already said, the clips do nothing but give you a finger grab (useless really)

 

thats stinks...try a ziptie to lock it down

 

Yep sounds like it wasnt locked in all the way.
Bet you'll check that in the future.

 

plus 1 not seated properly

 

Now you have an excuse to get a clearview...&nbsp\\;(I'm assuming the other one has some road rash)

 

the harley hardware for the winsheild is crap
try buying a clear view comes with quality mounting hardware and the perform great

 

yeah, I'm sure the H-D will tell ya "that's normal".