04-30-2015, 10:06 AM
I like to have a shield on long trips, just to reduce the fatigue of hanging on all day at highway speeds. My summer shield is the small NC deflector, which eliminates the wind blast from my chin on down. No arm or hand protection, but it gets the job done as far as highway wind blast is concerned.
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For long road trips, I go with the greater protection of the NC Plexistar 2 (top one of your pics). I find that the increased coverage comes in handy in weather. Ride into a wind/rain/sand/bug storm and you can tuck yourself in behind the shield and stay out of most of it.
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It's mostly a person preference thing. For me, hanging on at speeds over 65 mph gets tiring if I'm going to be doing it for hundreds of miles a day. Beyond that, you gotta decide whether you want to go with the bare minimum or you want substantial protection.
For long road trips, I go with the greater protection of the NC Plexistar 2 (top one of your pics). I find that the increased coverage comes in handy in weather. Ride into a wind/rain/sand/bug storm and you can tuck yourself in behind the shield and stay out of most of it.
It's mostly a person preference thing. For me, hanging on at speeds over 65 mph gets tiring if I'm going to be doing it for hundreds of miles a day. Beyond that, you gotta decide whether you want to go with the bare minimum or you want substantial protection.