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Old 02-01-2012, 05:37 PM
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Just put one on my 2004 Wide Glide last week. 14" wide/16" tall. Saw one on eBay for $149, and figured what the heck, I'll give it a try. Only two rides thus far using it, but a noticeable difference. Fits well with my 16" apes. Fits nicely in between bars, and top of shield is at top of bars. A hint, the shield comes with hole spacing that can lower/raise it by one inch. But what you can do is drill one more hole at the bottom and it gives you an additional inch in height. The chrome hole cover can then be turned 180 degrees to cover up unused holes. I did this to raise the shield another inch.
 
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Old 02-01-2012, 06:13 PM
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sweet! I ordered one today. Will post pics and review when I get it on.
 
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Old 02-01-2012, 07:21 PM
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I have had one on myWide Glide for a while now. It is small so it blends in well and works equally well. I will never take it off my bike.
 
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Ready for this I just picked up a 14" tinted Wind Vest at the swap meet for $40.00,It is new not a scratch anywhere,thought for the $ will give it a shot tried the HD shields and sold them F #$^ers .Just need o put my cams in and try it out now
 
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Old 02-01-2012, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Drdriller
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That looks terrific. Did you cut it with a jig saw or dremel or something? How did you prevent cracks?
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I used a fine tooth jig saw blade and put a couple layers of blue painters tape on both sides and over the entire shield. Didn't want any scratches. You have to move/cut slowly and make sure it doesn't start jumping around on you. I also used carpenter type clamps and secured it to some blocks of wood. Then stood on the blocks while cutting it. I ended up having to smooth it out some but in the end it turned out good.
 

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I have had one for about 2 and a half years, very functional less fatigue on longer rides
no other issues, have it installed on an 05 FXDLI with mini apes, a bit pricey but the quality is good. I ride with it about 50% of the time.
 
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I tried one my buddy had. I didn't like it. It felt like the air was blowing straight up my nose.
 
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Originally Posted by Bspike1
I tried one my buddy had. I didn't like it. It felt like the air was blowing straight up my nose.
it probably was Lol

adjusting the height and angle can make a huge difference. it did on my HD ws
 
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Old 02-04-2012, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ynots
it probably was Lol

adjusting the height and angle can make a huge difference. it did on my HD ws
I tried adjusting the angle. there is no adjusting the height.
 
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Old 02-05-2012, 04:53 AM
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Yes there are several ways to adjust heigth,turn bracket's around that bolt to brolt to cross piece of shield should get you about 1".Unscrew the shield and it will expos another set of holes should get about another inch here allso so a total of 2 " up or down
 


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