windshiels - tall or short?
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Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Madison Ohio
Hell, since I have no knowledge, I thought I'd ask here.
the short ones look the best, but I don't think they would work very well.
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From: Canton, OH
From what I've seen around here, most will recommend looking over the shield. I have a shield I look through, and am thinking of finally making the switch to one I look over (or cutting my tall one). Looking through the shield can give you serious visibility problems if it fogs up, in heavy rain or when the roads are just wet enough for cars to cause mud to mist up the shield.
Look around here or do a search online, and you can get some good advice on how to properly measure the correct height.
Look around here or do a search online, and you can get some good advice on how to properly measure the correct height.
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2010
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From: Sequim, WA
From what I've seen around here, most will recommend looking over the shield. I have a shield I look through, and am thinking of finally making the switch to one I look over (or cutting my tall one). Looking through the shield can give you serious visibility problems if it fogs up, in heavy rain or when the roads are just wet enough for cars to cause mud to mist up the shield.
Look around here or do a search online, and you can get some good advice on how to properly measure the correct height.
Look around here or do a search online, and you can get some good advice on how to properly measure the correct height.
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This is what I do. I got a longridesheilds that has a recurve flair on top of the shield. Couldnt be happier with the product or the company.
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This is what I have on my 09 Ultra. 9.5" clearview with the recurve and it works great, very happy.
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I have always believed in, and used shields below my line of sight. I bought a tall shield for the winter(looking through it), it is awesome. it is staying on, absolutely no buffeting, and I can hear my tunes a lot better.
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I like the fairing on my EG, but not too crazy about the tall windshield. I bought a 6" and it did a pretty good job. The 4" I have on now is mostly for looks and doesn't really have an effect, so I'll one day go back to the 6".