Newbie Windshield Question

[patmahoney]

I never noticed this when riding in daylight; but last night I was riding for the first time after dark and realized I was constantly either stretching to look over the windshield or ducking to look through it because the top edge was directly in my line of sight. From what I can tell my bike has the original windshield adjusted to to the max height. I am around 6' 2". My thinking was that I should be looking over the windshield normally and that I should drop it down an inch or two; is this correct? I can't imagine having the windshield any higher... Thanks ???

[MarkG]

Interesting I am about the same height and I look over it quite a bit. The prevailing theory is that the windshield should be about even with the bottom of your nose.

[ringadingh]

Lower it down a bit and see if you like it more, Looking through the top edge gets annoying after a while. And if its to high, it becomes a pain to see through in the rain.

[dogdoc]

+1

[patmahoney]

Maybe my posture ain't what it used to be... :-/
Thanks for the input, I drop it down a little and see how that goes.

Sorry to keep hitting you guys with these trivial questions, but it is nice to have the benefit of all your experience... Thanks again

[Yellow Jacket]

Hi Patrick.

No such thing as a trivial question. One of the main purposes of this board is to provide answers to questions, so ask away! :)

[patmahoney]

Thanks Yellow Jacket...

[ballast]

http://s2.images.proboards.com/cool.gifI am about your height and had about the same experience. I just replaced my stock shield with one from clearview and it is about an inch and a half shorter. Right now I have it all the way down and think I like that. It has a slight recurve to force the air up a bit. I will need to ride with my new Arai helmet and my form fitted ear buds to see where I want it.

[landman]

nothing worse then looking thru a bug smeared windshield on
a rainy night.i would lower it a bit.

[redjay]

I am 5'11" and cant see over the windshield even with it all the way down.

[blowndodge]

nothing worse then looking thru a bug smeared windshield on
a rainy night.

<marquee>I think staring at this would be much worse! http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif</marquee>

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[dabull]

Interesting I am about the same height and I look over it quite a bit. The prevailing theory is that the windshield should be about even with the bottom of your nose.

bottom of nose or bride of nose...i know its only inches, but i too am 6'2" and see over the top of my shield as well....and in this posture i still get a bit of buffeting - especially at higher interstate speeds...wonder if lowering the shiel down to bottom of nose would decrease buffeting...hmmmm