For anyone who has gone from soft lowers to hard lowers. Do the soft lowers give the same or pretty close to the same effect as hard lowers??? I'd like to get hard lowers but I am undecided on which ones I want to go with. And a tour pak is a priority right now anyway. So if I can get away with softys for now I'll do it.
Because the hard lowers rise several inches above the engine guards they're going to give you more wind protection. But the soft lowers also do a pretty darn good job of reducing buffeting/shielding your feet and are a bargain at 1/10th the price!
I find the hard lowers a necessity on the roadglide to control the buffeting. I plan to change over to the vented ones once i get the newer style fairing brackets. The early roadglide lowers are pretty hot in the summer.