Hi Lauren! See this thread Good Windshield for Shorter Riders for a discussion of how to place a windshield based on your height. Regarding your Slipstreamer/handlebar mounted questions, someone else will need to weigh in as mine is fork mounted.

Thanks! I'll try raising the shield up a few inches so that its more at "nose-level".  I just am paranoid about the legendary tank slap, and I dont want to do anything that will cause me to wreck. btw diane, how tall are you? i am 5-6.

Lauren:

I also have a spitfire windshield.....I had  a Memphis shades, but it dwarfs the bike,  so i purchased the spitfire in March.

I tried many angles, and heights, and find that it is impossible to get total coverage with a sport shield.  Helmet buffeting is pretty normal with these shades, but can be somewhat decreased, by trying different heights....All trial and error.

My final decision was about 2 inches over the headlight, as others suggested.

If it ever stops raining here, i will haul the bike out of the garage, and e-mail you a digital picture of it. (camera takes crapolla pics inside)

.......Although the spitfire has one of the stablest mounting systems around, and quite attractive, compared to other sport shields, may I suggest you do as follows...

The 2 little wing nuts they include with the kit, are junk. They have plastic caps (wings) on them, which you can only tighten so much, and then they snap. My windshield kept vibrating loose , (about 3 times in one week) so I kept having to tighten these....One snapped and was useless, about 50 miles into one particular drive.....Good thing I had some electrical tape, to hold it until i got home. I then purchased 2 allen bolts  from the hardware store, for about a $1.50, total, and have not had a problem since....The shield has not moved at all....

Bring your old wing bolts to the store with you, so you can match the thread...If the shield is not installed yet, bring the clamp, which makes it all that much easier to match thread....It's butt end is what holds the rods  in place so you don't have to be concerned about length..anything from a half inch, to an inch and a half will look, and work fine....You can also get the bolts in black, which matches the hardware......

Regardless of the height of the shield, try to get the tilt, pretty much the same angle as the forks...you will find less buffeting this way......Good luck, and let us know!

cheers


Michael

sluggo wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:

... and a lot of us are probably in both categories...

I sell Slipstreamers all the time. Regardless of the bike they are installed on, 2 inches above the headlight bucket, AND laid back parallel to the forks, seems to work best.

As for headshake/tankslap, been there, lived through it. I've driven my Savage through it several times. Unless you love riding at insanely high speeds for such a lightweight bike, don't worry about it.
-WD