Road King helmet wind buffeting problem
Road Captain
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From: Brooklyn
it would likely make more sense for them to send out 3 demo shields and have you return all 3 of them when you were done. this is the kind of service brick-and-mortar shops should be providing. if i could roll into a dealer and test 3 shields before leaving with a new one - i'd gladly pay the 20% overhead to keep the lights on.
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From: Tipp City, Ohio
I have my windshield cut just below eye level and the wind baffle between the forks. I wear a half helmet and haven't had any wind buffeting since. I only put the fork deflectors on in the winter to help with wind in my face and legs.
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Try National Cycle Windshields. Stops all of that. The V-Stream Windshield for your specific bike. Mine works great.
http://www.nationalcycle.com/catalogue/VStream.shtml
http://www.nationalcycle.com/catalogue/VStream.shtml
Road Master
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From: Chattanooga, TN
Road Master
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From: Deep South Texas
Just put a windshield on my Road King and the buffeting is bad. My head vibrates so much sometimes that it blurs my vision. The wind buffeting sound is terrible, makes the bike sound like it's missing all the time.
I tried that wind deflector that goes between the forks but it didn't help at all. My windshield height is about at the bridge of my nose and I can see over it but would like it about an inch shorter. I notice if I put my hand up above the windshield that the buffeting stops, so I'm not sure I want to cut the windshield down anymore. Anyone have a solution?
I tried that wind deflector that goes between the forks but it didn't help at all. My windshield height is about at the bridge of my nose and I can see over it but would like it about an inch shorter. I notice if I put my hand up above the windshield that the buffeting stops, so I'm not sure I want to cut the windshield down anymore. Anyone have a solution?
Do some exercises that will strenghten your neck muscles?
1st Gear
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From: Central PA
it would likely make more sense for them to send out 3 demo shields and have you return all 3 of them when you were done. this is the kind of service brick-and-mortar shops should be providing. if i could roll into a dealer and test 3 shields before leaving with a new one - i'd gladly pay the 20% overhead to keep the lights on.
Thanks for your 2 cents.
Road Master
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From: Leesburg, Florida
I've posted to a thread very similar to this one (or maybe it was the same one but I missed my own comments). I bought an '02 RK which had a 17-inch windshield. THe buffeting was awful. I put the fork deflector on and it helped... a little. I tried a borrowed stock height 20-incher and it helped... a little. I stuck a 22-incher from Cee Bailey on and problem solved... completely. Yes, I do look through it, though I can stretch up and look over the top if I want to. No more complaints about the buffeting from the backseat passenger. Makes for right comfy long trips and definitely nice behind it in cold weather. Now if I could just keep the bugs off it, but better than between my teeth.
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1st Gear
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From: Central PA
Road Master, Road Warrior & Road Captain
Road Master Ronn39, can I ask please, what is your height? I am 6' and searching for the shield that doesn't create air turbulance that beats down on the top of my head like a jack hammer. Thanks 
Road Master
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From: Leesburg, Florida
I'm six-foot tall. I have a Sundowner seat, but I don't think it lowers me any more than the stock seat did. And I wear a half helmet without goggles or any of that. Riding down a long downhill road, just for kicks I dropped it into neutral, but rather than speeding up as I expected, it actually slowed down -- those RK windshields push a lot of air.