Buffetting on RK or Glide
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Road Captain
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From: North Yorkshire
Buffetting on RK or Glide
I know you can adjust (cut down) a windshield but 'out of the box' do you get less buffetting issues with the batwing than the shield on a RK? I read that a lot of issues come from under the shield so would think the wing would be better, wondering what people who have ridden both think? thanks
Road Warrior
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RE: Buffetting on RK or Glide
I have three windshields one cut about two inches does it for me. I just bought a bat wing and will let you know in about a month. I have the cut down version for sale in classified.
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Road Captain
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RE: Buffetting on RK or Glide
thanks guys. The glide is growing on me but my wife is a RKC gal 
if i can sell my other bike then maybe we will look again this year or for sure in the spring.
if i can sell my other bike then maybe we will look again this year or for sure in the spring.
Cruiser
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RE: Buffetting on RK or Glide
My buffetting was very bad with just the stock shield on my king. It was coming from the outside between the shield and the tank. I put on the chrome wind deflectors (lowers) and that made all the difference in the world![/align]
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RE: Buffetting on RK or Glide
If we are talking about body buffeting, the bat-wing is the way to go. If you are talking about steering buffeting within proximity of a truck, there isn't much difference between my Ultra and STDSE2 with the windshield.
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RE: Buffetting on RK or Glide
Had the stock windshield on my 06 RK Police. Just switched to the quadzilla fairing and you wouldn't believe the difference. Biggest difference is on 2 lane hiways when a semi is coming the other direction. The fairing is great!
