Hey CVOSJOE,
Yeah I agree the black looks much better. I do not own a Road Glide but am considering one in a year or two. Being the uneducated softtail rider that I am what is the purpose of the vents. I can see the pros of the vent covers...besides looks it may stop the splattering of birds and bugs inside the vents making any guts easier to access and clean. But it appears to restrict the air flow surface area by at least 50%. Might it also stop or restrict the passage of air to the rider thereby affecting rider comfort on hot summer days or maybe even affect areodynamics in some strange way creating wind turbulence, noise or even vibration? I assume you have done some higher speed riding to make sure nothing out of the ordinary has developed. Probably everything is fine...but like I said I do not own one but am very interested.