http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQj05Db-C3c

 

Cutting them down is pretty common. I'm going to do it to the windshield on my wife's Sportster pretty soon - maybe next weekend.

 

Has anyone here used an oscillating dremel saw to cut the lexan? I have read other places where people have used them to cut lexan, but I have not seen any on Motorcycle forums. Not sure how well it would work for cutting the curve?

Phil

 

There are plenty of aftermarket windshields out there also, that are lower in profile. My Spitfire screen is nice and low, I easily look over the top of it..the top of it comes to about my chest height. Even looking forward and down onto the road ahead of me, I'm still looking over the top of it. Yet..still large enough to take that pressure off your chest at highway speeds.

You can find them for well under a hundred bucks..and it's quick release..two large thumbscrews. I can put it on, or take it off..in under 20 seconds easily.

At under a hundred bucks...you might find it's cheaper than taking the factory one to someone to cut it down.

 

Ide buy a secound one got a tall one for cold weather and a shorter one for warmer

 

Congrats on the new bike! I've had a couple of windshields cut to different heights by a local business that manufactures plastic parts. Can't ever tell they were cut.

If I may make a suggestion, I would wait till you've ridden the bike a while before you cut the shield. Why? Because one of the first things people change on their Harleys is the seat, and each seat will "sit" you differently, requiring a different windshield height to be exactly right -- and at 5'7" you might end up looking for a "low" seat to make flat-footing the RK more comfortable.

I have one shield I use with my Mustang solo seat, which sits me higher, and another one for my Corbin, which sits me lower. You probably will not have several seats, but I would wait until you settle on one before you cut the shield as you might have to either cut again or buy another shield.