I ride with a friend who rides a Fat Boy , no shieldno complaints. Me , I don't feel I'm giving any thing up with a shield. Yesterday I hit a bug, right in front of my face. If that big sucker had hit me I'd still be cleaning it out of my nose. There's a little distortion , but the ware and tear on my arms, neck, and back. No way. Warg ! An 1800 mile trip, no shield. Talk about a lead butte. My helmet's off to you !

 

Depends on the weather and the temp/ long or short trips.

 

Have a shield but never use it. I guess I should sell it.

 

Gotta have the windshield! One of the first purchases I made after I got the bike. Scoffed momentarily at the look, but then rode with it the first time and I was sold. I'm used to the way it looks now and when I see a bike without, it seems something is missing. Rode one time in the last year with it off...don't expect I'll do that again. HATE sucking on bugs!!





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I've used mine from day one. I have about 18,850 miles on my '05 Heritage Classic. I wouldn't leave home without it (or the lower wind deflectors).

 

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My Heritage was my first Harley with a windshield and after 6400 miles I can't believe I never had one before. There have been a few ocasions where I would have had a bird sh*t lunch if I did not have it. Took me a little while to get used to it, because the Heritage comes with a rather tall one that you look through instead of over it. Now I don't even know it's there until bird or bug lunch flies at me.

 

mine's to tall too, not a problem til You ride at night in the rain. I'm either taking a jigsaw to mine or having a glass company trim it.

 

People tell me that my Windvest adds to the look of my bike.
I think it's more about age. I'm 48, and I've eaten my share of bugs and road grit. I don't need to "feel" cool anymore...

 

depends on weather