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Big_island_rider
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Which one do you like?

Clear




Smoke


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Gp81
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I like the smoked one better but mine is a solid matte black and I like that one the best.
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

They are cleared to smoke in Colorado and Washington.
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Gp81
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 08:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Take a rattle can and paint the back side so when, not if it gets a scratch it won't hurt the finish.... The small screen like the ones pictured above are pretty much aesthetics only anywho and blacking it out won't affect you vision of the road.

(Message edited by gp81 on July 10, 2014)
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Etennuly
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 08:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

You can also do window tint on the inside. Pick your color and stack them for darker coverage.

The darker one looks better.
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Rayycc1
Posted on Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 09:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hmmm..window tint . Another project on the list
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Big_island_rider
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 01:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Gp81, Etennuly-Thanks
EG1997-Funny
Rayycc1-OK, but which one?
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Rayycc1
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 02:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

oops....the smoked looks best...especially on a black bike.
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Fotoguzzi
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

smoke.
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Yo_barry
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Smokin'

Barry
Hollister, CA
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Mikejudd72
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 11:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have a smoke Zero Gravity shield on mine. It failed the safety inspection here in Utah. I had to remove the shield and they passed it.
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Buewulf
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"It failed the safety inspection here in Utah."

So do you fail if you ride up with a smoked shield on your helmet? That is so lame.

Another vote for the smoked.
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Tootal
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 12:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Smoke em if you got em!
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Mikejudd72
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 03:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes totally lame. I argued with the inspector that it was a wind deflector not a windshield. He said what if you leaned down and looked through it. I told him to give that a try.

It was re-installed once he passed it and looks good. Another vote for smoke.
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Woodnbow
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 05:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sign at the border... "Entering Utah, set watches back 50 years."
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Big_island_rider
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Don't mean to hi-jack my own thread but here in Hawai'i tinted turn signals are illegal. The only reason the Uly gets away with it is they have "DOT" on the lenses.
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Big_island_rider
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Oh and Mikejudd and Woodnbow, what are your votes?
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Woodnbow
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sorry, smoked!!
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Devo1959
Posted on Friday, July 11, 2014 - 09:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Like Gp81 stated I plastidiped mine in black on the back side mine is a taller one and still you don't ever look through it just over it. The black looks best I think.
Jeff
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Woodnbow
Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2014 - 09:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And the plasti dip can be removed if you don't like it?
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Britchri10
Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2014 - 02:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Smoke.
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Devo1959
Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2014 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes you can peel the plastidip off and clean it up with goo gone if you don't like it . It takes a handleful of applications to cover. Touch up is pretty easy too
Jeff
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2014 - 09:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The buffeting from those lame little stock shields is pretty bad. Better off without the shield. Just the fairing cover is probably better for a more comfortable buffet-freer riding.
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Mikejudd72
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2014 - 11:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Smoke
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Woodnbow
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2014 - 01:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"The buffeting from those lame little stock shields is pretty bad. Better off without the shield. Just the fairing cover is probably better for a more comfortable buffet-freer riding."

It depends... I'm 6'2" with a fairly long torso. I have no buffeting.
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Pos90
Posted on Monday, July 14, 2014 - 07:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

For me the stock shield worked good with the stock seat. When I went to an '06 height seat I first tried Palmer brackets on the stock shield then eventually to an XT shield by itself and it works great for me.
BTW, I'm only 5'8".
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Big_island_rider
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 09:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Smoke seems to be the winner.
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