Hi All,

What are your thoughts on dark tinted windshields for a road king? Looking at the LRS but cant decide on why I would want a dark or medium tint (even though I want a dark or medium tint). Any advantage? I mean, the sun is never setting below my bike so I dont need it for that. If there is a glare, I have sunglasses. Is it just for looks?

 

mine is a dark shield but is not the best for wind. too short.

 

yeah i like the look. any visibility issues riding at night?

 

No problems it well below my line of sight. It's only 14" high. in the Harley parts book its called a wind defector.

Page 327 new book.

C. Road King ® 14" detachable Wind Deflector
Maintain the same low-down mini-shield styling of the Road
King® Smoked Wind Deflector with a little extra wind protection.
This 3" taller oversized dark smoke screen features
polished stainless steel mounting brackets to provide the
same ease of installation as the stock Road King windshield.
57357-07 14" Dark Smoke. $319.95
Fits ’94-later Road King models. Will fit FLHRS models with
the additional purchase of Mounting Hardware Kit
P/N 58221-04. Stock on ’07 FLHRSE models. Windshield
dimensions: Overall height – 21.0"; width – 21.4".

 

The tint lends to an overall "theme" of the bike, not necessarily to guard your eyes against the sun.
I have "darked out" lenses and would like a windshield that lends to this look as well.
I just havn't found a windshield in the stock size that's tinted.

 

It's all looks. I absolutely love the dark tint. I ride with a 19" dark on my King. I have no issues at all with it in the daylight. Night can have its moments. For the majority, you are looking over it, but no matter what, you have to look through it from time to time. I've had maybe 2 incidents that I was looking through it, and needed to see better right NOW. I just stood up on the bike to see further over it. Pain in the AZZ, yes. Dangerous, maybe. But I love how it looks.

 

If you're talking stock RK size, we have it. It's a 21", which may be slightly off the mark, as we measure from the top of the headlight up to the top of the shield and you lose that gap in between the headlight and the headlight cutout of the shield. Plus with the flip up, you may be able to go lower anyway. Have them on sale right now. 25% off. Can't beat that.

 

I just put th Memphis night shades on mine, i'll post pics asap. It has black hardware and dark at the bottom.
I switched to 2" shorter shield because I do not want to look through it anyway, PIA

 

i just put the 19 inch medium tint shield on my RK as far as looks its bad as have to wait for the rain to stop before i can ride it.

 

I like the old school shields that are tinted at the bottom. I looked into having a window tint applied and apparently this can only be done on windshield glass. I looked into spray-on tint and this did not have rave reviews so I just painted the inside bottom of my stock shield with gloss black Testors model spray paint:



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