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Message started by fla-shadow on 03/29/07 at 21:15:26

Title: Windshield Questions
Post by fla-shadow on 03/29/07 at 21:15:26

I am looking to put a windshield on my 86 Savage, (slipstream Spitfire model). I cannot decide whether to buy a tinted or clear model.

Please let me know if you recommend either clear or tinted windshield and why.

Also, I have a tachometer mounted in the center of my handlebars and I want to hear if anyone has had any glare problems when using both a tachometer and windshield setup.

Thanks,

fla-shadow ???

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by Jack_650 on 03/29/07 at 21:32:01

If you get one that's tinted very much it's not legal to ride with it on after dark. I've got one on mine thats like a fairing, covers the hands and goes down almost to knee level. I've had no glare problems with it at all.

Don't use squeegee(?) to clean it though or you'll have a lovely diffusin screen with a gazillion little scuffs and scratches.

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by Savage_Rob on 03/30/07 at 05:39:06

I can't help with the tach question but I'd say get the windshield you think looks the best. If it's mounted/adjusted properly, you should be looking over it - not through it.

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by albb6 on 03/30/07 at 15:51:33

Why do you say that you should look over the windshield and not through it?

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by verslagen1 on 03/30/07 at 17:05:49

I read this too...
The windshield should be just below eye level.

I think it's ensure unobstructed vision. Yet it's high enough to duck down under when neccessary. You know when cagers throw their beer cans out the window and didn't see you. ;D

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by azjay on 03/31/07 at 06:12:32

we went with the tinted, because you dont look through a spitfire

azjay wrote:

we went with a spitfire, i like 'em, big enough to take the pressure off your chest, not too big that it catches all the side drafts and influences steering, and you can see over it. i also have one on my HD. debbys HD has full size windshield, and i hate it!
http://w1.bikepics.com/pics/2006/05/13/bikepics-586233-full.jpg

as i mentioned, debby's harley has a tall windshield that you look through, the convex shape distorts things, the sandblasting from roadgrime, bugs, and the tendancy of plexiglass to light-up like fiber optics, make it difficult to see through, creating glare from sunshine during the day and from headlights in the dark.

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by DianeS. on 03/31/07 at 18:05:21

I have a mephis shades windshield and it is fairly large, and I can look over it if I sit up straight. I only do that if my windshield fogs over, or gets too many raindrops on it, to make it hard to see through. Otherwise, I like it to shield some of the wind on the cooler days. Today when I rode the bike, it was just above the freezing point.

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by TVR on 03/31/07 at 19:28:46

Mine is a slipstreamer. Mounts to handlebars. Easy to adjust up and down.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/TVR_LS650/IMG_0803.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u193/TVR_LS650/Savage_Dec_06.jpg

Title: Re: Windshield Questions
Post by mpescatori on 04/01/07 at 03:47:56

I have been riding for the last... 30 years? or so, and have never EVER liked the tall shields you look through, after a while they will get the gazillion microscratches and you'll have to replace them. That's why you can't ride at night with them on.

A good shield will get the wind off your chest, and deflect the wind to just over your hairline on the helmet, so it won't buffet.