Need help wih SG please
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From: Houston
Ditto what deeer stalker said. I cant remember but these are not expensive. I did try removing them recently on a ride, 50 mile slater I put them back on. THEY do work!
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From: ST. Louis
These help I have the kind that are adjustable and if I ever open them up I get imeadiate buffering.
That and a bigger windshield I'm 6' and cannot use anything shorter tha a 9" with the recurve.
That and a bigger windshield I'm 6' and cannot use anything shorter tha a 9" with the recurve.
Last edited by Texas Fat Boy; Jul 9, 2012 at 03:45 PM.
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Cruiser
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I appreciate the help! But no...its not so i can hear the radio better. This is actually my 3rd HD, but if Im cruising at 65 mph and up(and going into a minimum of a 10 mph wind)I get this buffeting. It pretty much makes my glasses shake and head start to feel like it will burst! Like I said earlier, the 8" shield has helped. Im not looking to feel like im in a car, i just want to not have such a headache when getting off bike after a longer ride. I have seen all the older posts on this subject and realize Im not bringing up anything new. Im just researching to see if anyone has done anything lately to help them out with this issue.
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From: Ashland Ohio
Actually, if you wear a helmet, the helmet itself plays a HUGE portion in the wind buffeting thing. Ride with no helmet and it will usually have NO buffeting, or it never did for me. Anything more than a shorty helmet would induce buffeting. Try out some different helmets while you ride.
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From: NJ
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Gliden, I think a lot of people confuse the "type" of wind. They keep trying to stop something and many times make it even worse. To me, buffeting is like having someone hold your head and forceably move it around with enough force that you can't control it. Persoanally, I have never had anything that bad on my Street Glide with any configuration I have played with. I have found ways though to draw enough backdraft that I can pour a bottle of water behind me on my neck and have it spray the inside of the windshield, or get enough updraft to get my hair to stand up straight, just depends on how you configure lowers, baffles, deflectors, windshield height, etc. But, you're right, there is always some change in the wind.
Yea frog not minimizing whatever frustration they are getting but I ride the crap out of this thing at 75-80 mph for hours on end....buffeting?
I don't really get it. ..I love every minute of the wind. Buffeting to me is some sort of repeated wind wack that might take my head and try to fling it around. I ride too fast as it is and I can't say I experience anything with wind that annoys me.
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From: Kalispell
You'll also notice a marked difference with your riding position. My seat sits me into the bike and farther back than stock and it helps.
The farther from my tank my knees are, makes for more wind from underneath. If I ride with my knees tucked right in beside the tank, I get very little wind from under.
The farther from my tank my knees are, makes for more wind from underneath. If I ride with my knees tucked right in beside the tank, I get very little wind from under.
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