Spring latch on Road King windshields - useless.
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From: SE Michigan
My shield is solidly planted where it should be, and I was out in a *very* windy day on Wednesday with no problems, but the spring latches are connected to exactly nothing on my bike, they are not making anything safer or less likely to come off.
I guess I answered my own question, but I was curious to hear if anyone else was thinking the same thing.
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Get the Brukus security set-up. The OEM stuff is garbage. A friend and I were going across the Mackinaw Bridge in a pretty stiff wind, and on his RK, the wind nearly took that windshield off his scoot and into the channel. The Brukus stuff is high quality and keeps it from getting stolen, as well. FWIW.
TedMan
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I have one shield where they work as they are supposed to, but my other one, they are totally useless. I tried to bend them into working, to no avail. I'll try loosening the bolt, to see if that helps lining them up, if that won't work, guess I'll have to buy something that does. Did not know brukus had a setup for this, thanks for posting.
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The wind was so strong here tuesday it blew my windshield off my bike into the opposite lane of traffic. I was setting at a light in the left turn lane. It blew off. I shut the bike off, put the side stand down and went and grabbed it just before on coming traffic smashed it.
I had just bent the latches down further to ensure this didn't happen. I have the scratches on it to remind me that It doesn't work very well. I'd do the Brukus security set-up, but I'm a cheap SOB. Any cheaper alternatives?
I had just bent the latches down further to ensure this didn't happen. I have the scratches on it to remind me that It doesn't work very well. I'd do the Brukus security set-up, but I'm a cheap SOB. Any cheaper alternatives?
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I run a zip tie around the clip and the rubber bolt thing on each side. I cut excess zip tie off making sure the lock portion is towards bottom. Requires wire cutters to cut and remove zip ties before i remove shield on my road king if cleaning or servicing..Since the zip tie's are black they are not easily visible against the black rubber things...a bit more secure and cheap.
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From: Watertown, CT
I have the Bruckus setup but also have a Memphis Shades batwing which uses a quick detach same as the rider back rest QD and am going to try to incorporate it into the RK shield. Just a matter of time although I should look at it today as its been raining here at Daytona for the third day today.