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Old 05-04-2012, 09:06 PM
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Received WV this afternoon. Looks good on the bike. Harley shield will 'hang-out' on the wall. WV #10-1041CT. Brand new out of the box. hellofa deal, I was very fortunate.
 
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Old 05-05-2012, 10:38 PM
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I have that Slipstreamer on my 11 Wide Glide and it works fine. I like the minimal look to it.
 
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Old 05-08-2012, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by desertclassic
Could you post a pic. I have an 02 fxdx and I could not get this windshield to work on my bike. Could not get it to hold in place, always moved when I was going down the road.
I have had it mounted with a pair of HD street slammer bars(first 2 pics) and just remounted it again with some tracker style bars. No problems with either. The set up with the trackers looks a little too vertical in the pick. I'm going to tilt it back a little more and check the buffeting. I will probably get it back as far as possible without buffeting so it looks a little more streamline. Also, the thumbscrews at the bars suck. They always loosened on me as well. I tried to tighten them with channel locks and they stripped off. Turns out they are mounted on allen heads. I just use the allen wrench to tighten and have no problems.







 

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slipstreamer is good stuff. been around for decades
 
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After mounting the WV, in line with the forks, I went on a run. Lotsa buffeting at 60mph, so I pulled over and whipped out the allen wrench to adjust the shield to a more upright position. Better but my eyes were still buzzing. Called the company to ask if a different set of clamps would help. They won't. One problem is that the shield will only go so far until it bottoms-out on the headlamp assembly. Doug at WV suggested a 16" shield and he will shave off .5" from the bottom for clearance at the headlight. The 16" shield has more height adjustment holes (4) than the 14" does (3). I shipped my new 14" to WV and Doug will send the longer shield with .5" shaved off the bottom. WV is doing this for me as a customer good-will gesture. How 'bout that? Gotta like that in a company! Will follow up when appropriate.
 
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Old 05-08-2012, 01:35 PM
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anyone remember the plexifairings that would fit anything from the 80's?


 
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Originally Posted by TCooper4653
Dave, I have the Spitfire on my Fat Bob. I was looking for something compact that would take off some wind pressure on the chest. It has done that. I haven't been on any long trips, but so far I'm happy. We've been having crazy 30-40mph winds since the install and they're mostly from the side on my daily commute, so that makes it hard to give a 100% review. That being said, the little rascal was about $80 delivered. I've had bad steaks that were about that much. Here's a shot of what it looks like installed.



Install was about 10 mins, takes under a minute to remove it.
Can you tell me how you modified this windshield to fit your bike?
 
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Old 07-18-2012, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by schumacher
anyone remember the plexifairings that would fit anything from the 80's?


I had a Plexafairing on a BMW I had (see pic) it worked great.

Can't believe I remembered that....Can't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning, or if I even had breakfast. Guess I only remember the important **** anymore.
 
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