[Dusty Boots]

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88goldwing wrote:

I had doubts about my Tulsa, which is probably 6 inches above my eye line, when I installed it. However, I've had minimal problems with it over its 3-4 year life so far. It's pretty important to get the vent for it - both to minimize fogging and to provide some air in the hot summer months. Only time I've had any visibility problems were the few times I've been caught at low speed in a fine mist - going too slow for it to bead up and roll off. In such cases, I usually speed up or pull over after a few miles and give it a wipe with the glove. Fortunately this doesn't happen often!

Ken, .... wait until you get caught out at night, with lots of oncoming trafficwhen it's raining! You'll see how dangerous it is, not being able to see over the windshield. :shock:

 

[tnoort]

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Dusty Boots wrote:

Ken, .... wait until you get caught out at night, with lots of oncoming trafficwhen it's raining! You'll see how dangerous it is, not being able to see over the windshield. :shock:

Ya got THAT right.................:eyeball:

T.

 

[Greg and Carol]

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With the tall windshield.................

My worst time -- Riding in the rain at night and pulled into a service centre for fuel. Rain drops on both sides of the windshield as well as on my face shield. Glare on the outside of the windshield from cars ahead plus from the service centre lights, plus the street lights, and glare on the inside of thewindshield from cars behind. Riding two-bodies-up, two-feet-down with my head and body as far to the side as I dare so I could get to the pumps through the traffic. Not a whole lot of fun.

Second worst time - Riding in daylight in heavy rain in a construction area with heavy traffic (single lane paved but no shoulder available). Rain drops on both sides of the windshield and both sides of the helmet visor. So warm and humid that my open-facevisor was fogging up, where the raindrops on the inside didn't cover. Fortunately (although I didn't think so at the time) the traffic was moving mostly at 80km/hr, but that was mixed with slow and stop. Yes, a riding experience, but not a fun one.

I will admit that on a nice day the tall windshield is a pleasure, especially out on the prairie with the overabundance of bugs - nicer to have them on the windshield than on the sunglassesbut I always carry a water bottle and cloths just for bugs and often have to stop in less than an hour to clean the bugs off the shield.

It's my choice to ride when I do, and much of that is at night and in less than ideal weather, so my decision is to replace this tall windshield with a shorter and more vertical one that will give me the balance of protection and visibility that I'll be comfortable with.

Regards,

 

[Indydragon]

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I also have a Tulsa Tall that I look through and I love it. One of the things I do is wax it both the front and the inside. This seems to get rid of the fogging problem for me and any water that ends up on the inside beads up and rolls off. Also any rain that lands on the windscreen just beads up and rolls off the windshield. Even at night I can still see even if it's not perfect it's still better than the water hitting my helmet screen. Everytime I wax the bike I wax the windscreen inside and out seems to work.

 

[IdahoRaider]

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tnoort wrote:

Dusty Boots wrote:

Ken, .... wait until you get caught out at night, with lots of oncoming trafficwhen it's raining! You'll see how dangerous it is, not being able to see over the windshield. :shock:

Ya got THAT right.................:eyeball:

T.

+1....+1....:applause: not seeing is believing:action:

 

[Greg and Carol]

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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"+1....+1....:applause: not seeing is believing:action:

If you can't see, you better be a believer :cheesygrin:

 

[Rocketman911]

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That is 100% correct!raying:raying2::thumbsup: