I like mine, especially in winter and when bugs swarm in spring.  I like the wind in the summer.

I love a windshield at 65 mph or higher on the highway.  Prefer no windshield for everything else (most of the riding I do).  I have a Memphis Shades sportshield -- pretty big one (20" over the headlight) -- that I really like.  Best thing is it takes 30 seconds to put on or take off (quick mounting hardware).  When I go to the dragon from Ohio I use the windshield on the trip down and back (300 miles each way @ 70mph).  Once there, I take off and leave it at the hotel until it's time to ride back.  For me, best of both worlds.

On rides that last several hours, a windshield helps to reduce fatigue.  In any case. it needs to be properly mounted and adjusted to minimize buffeting and I'm sure some shields are better than others though my only experience with one is with the NC I have now and one of the tiny NC flyscreens.  While I found the flyscreen did somewhat reduce the bugs, it did not reduce them nearly as much as a full windshield does and offered little protection otherwise.  It might be nice in the summer though.  The full shield has also kept me cleaner in the past.  I once had an 18-wheeler in front of me that was somehow leaving a mist of diesel fuel behind it.  I never saw the source but I know my windshield kept a lot of it off of me.

Bubba wrote on 04/16/12 at 07:45:11:


Ditto that.

Although I do not have a windshield/screen on my Savage at the moment, I would like one.

My ideal screen is little below shoulder height, so that I can see the road clearly in the rain or at night (dusty/dirty windscreen will turn milky white from vehicles in the opposing direction shining the lights at it) yet keep the wind off my chest.

I've also noticed that many helmets will have different rates of wind rush/noise depending on the type of windscreen, so from that perspective the lower the better.

bill67 wrote on 04/18/12 at 04:28:04:


Really?  So does that mean that those who do like windscreens should stay in the cage?  Biggest, least buffetty windscreens on the road are on cars, ya know....

National Cycle flyscreen on my Ryca/Savage. Like it.

bill67 wrote on 04/18/12 at 04:28:04:

Poor Romney's dog... literally sh!t itself on the roofrack at highway speeds...
If Romney had ever rode a bike,.. he'd have known the terror he was putting his poor dog through...
Trapped in a cage, alone, in a hurricane,...  
Really,.. I don't think it was intentional cruelty,... just... simple ignorance of the realities of highway speeds...
Nevertheless... it breaks my heart...

Honestly,..
People have no idea, just how fast they are going,... in their cars... with their windshields, air conditioning, cushy seats, sound insulation, stereo DVD players...   ...it's like watching a ride in a movie...

I've learned from experience,... that if you feel casual and comfortable at 80mph... it's a dangerous illusion...
Next time you're going 60+ down the road,... take a look at the asphalt as it passes by your feet... and try to imagine running that off...
I get two steps.... then, the hurt comes... ...

Part of what I love about the Savage,... is it creates no illusions...
80mph... feels real fast... and it is...

Ride safe...
Serow...

(PS,... Bill,... I don't have to hold my head out the window,... I don't ride with a windshield)...  it's fast, and I know it..
People should do it,... and learn...
...