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[trwtow]

did you get your bike home yet??

[SDCVO]

My torture is finally over, bike is here!! Saturday weather prediction mid 70's!!!!

[FLSTFI Dave]

You going to love it!  Enjoy the ride Saturday on your new bike.

I'm really liking the addition of the Yaffe 14" Monkey bars, much more comfortable.  Adding heated grips was sure worth it as they were used when it was 49 degrees out.

[SDCVO]

Picked it up from the dealer today and did my first ride without pouring rain and loved it! Unfortunately I only went about 30 miles on the freeway as I had to get back to work. Like Dave I did the 14 inch Yaffee bars with heated grips (thank God I had those in that crazy cold storm I got caught in) that feel very comfortable.
Cant wait for Sat where I can carve up some mountain roads..

[SDCVO]

I will say I am struggling with the stock windshield which sucks because I love how it looks. I had my dealer order me the Memphis Shades 8.5 spoiler shield that will be in next week. That will at least solve my problem of not being able to fit a fairing pouch with the stock shield though I am not ready to "throw in the towel" yet. Planning on doing 4-500 miles thus weekend and am hoping I will get used to it. Also not sure until I try it that the other shield will work better though can't imagine it won't

[FLSTFI Dave]

I will say I am struggling with the stock windshield which sucks because I love how it looks. I had my dealer order me the Memphis Shades 8.5 spoiler shield that will be in next week. That will at least solve my problem of not being able to fit a fairing pouch with the stock shield though I am not ready to "throw in the towel" yet. Planning on doing 4-500 miles thus weekend and am hoping I will get used to it. Also not sure until I try it that the other shield will work better though can't imagine it won't

That is my dilemma, I love the looks of it.  However the wind noise is bad as is the wind at about sunglass height.  The harley 10" is plain ugly.  I have heard the Klock does a good job and has good looks.  Still looking at options.

[Cvostu]

Look at shields from windvest. . They do a great job. . I had one on my 12 sg. . Now using on my rg. . Great service too. .  Stuart

[JCZ]

Picked it up from the dealer today and did my first ride without pouring rain and loved it! Unfortunately I only went about 30 miles on the freeway as I had to get back to work. Like Dave I did the 14 inch Yaffee bars with heated grips (thank God I had those in that crazy cold storm I got caught in) that feel very comfortable.
Cant wait for Sat where I can carve up some mountain roads..

Ya mean you're headed to Nor Cal? 

Man I'm happy for you Alan that you finally got it back home and are up riding without any further delay.  I'm thinking you've already got the  rings seated (up in Oregon in that storm) and so the break in is done and now you can really twist the throttle.

Hey, (and for all the So Cal guys and gals) this Sat. is the Escondido Tamale Festival.... 

 http://www.escondidotamalefestival.org/

My bike is up at Jim's but Babe and I will drive up for this.  I believe Ernie and Helena will probably make the trip (since they live in Escondido).

[JCZ]

Look at shields from windvest. . They do a great job. . I had one on my 12 sg. . Now using on my rg. . Great service too. .  Stuart

I've used Windvest on my last four bikes.  Many of the Nor Cal members on this forum use the Windvest.  They work great for sending the wind and the noise over the top of your head instead of directly in to your face. 

[BigLew]

I've used the Bagger shield on the RG for the last 4 years and have really loved it. Not sure about on a batwing. Its a 2 piece screen with the lower part smoked and it looks great for shot rides and speeds less than 55 or so. But when running the Highway or long trips at speed you just loosen 3 bolts and flip the top portion up and it then will block the wind. From 10 foot or more away its hard to tell its up. Cool product

BigLew

[SDCVO]

Anyone have any experience with the Memphis Shades 8.5 spoiler shield?

[us1fountain]

I love the look of the CVO windshield, but after a week of riding, I installed the Klockwerks 5" I kept of my '15SGS.
The flat top of the CVO shield was blocking too much of my view off to the sides, where as the Klockwerks is a bit rounded on top. PLus it redirects s the air flow a tad more.

[SDCVO]

So I finally got to play with my new toy! Did around 325 miles today playing in the mountains (hills, sorry JC) and backroads all around San Diego. I have to say I couldn't be more impressed with this bike. Very forgiving and easy to ride with great torque and power down low. The new features like the locking bags and forks, TPMS, and even the Boom Box (new to me) is great IMHO. As far as the actual GPS part I would say I prefer the Garmin 590 I have on my Roadglide but it is nice to have it so accessible and easy to reach though I am trying to teach myself to use the hand controls to navigate around.
All in all though it certainly took a while, I couldn't be happier and impressed with what they came up with. I am of course prepared to have some issues due to it being the first year for not only the motor but a few other goodies but I do think HD might have hit this one out of the park!

[FLSTFI Dave]

The remote lock / unlock on the 17 is a huge improvement over the remote lock and unlock on the 15 SERGU I had.  On the 15 you had to be right up next to the bike, some times it would work, some times it wouldn't.  Could be frustrating at times.  The 17 works from 20 feet away every time.  Sure glad HD updated the lock feature so it works right.

[Robmay]

The remote lock / unlock on the 17 is a huge improvement over the remote lock and unlock on the 15 SERGU I had.  On the 15 you had to be right up next to the bike, some times it would work, some times it wouldn't.  Could be frustrating at times.  The 17 works from 20 feet away every time.  Sure glad HD updated the lock feature so it works right.

Couldn't agree more Dave. Love it. On my RGU I have to get near the front of the gas tank on top for it to work properly.