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Posted by DriftinGirl
 - January 16, 2013, 20:49:00 PM

 :-\  Good to see you like the Rifle windshield Pilgrim. I am leaning toward it also. Have spent the past few days following up on the suggestions/leads you guys have given,(thanks) and educating myself about pros and cons of windshield in general. Now that I'm nearing a decision...I find I left the paper with height measurement back in Nova Scotia! Anybody out there 5' 6" with a corbin seat - what height is your windshield?? Or anyone in southern NM who would let me sit on their bike and measure again?? Or can they be cut later if too tall??

Posted by chief
 - January 16, 2013, 17:33:10 PM

I have Rifle replacement plastic on mine with the old style light bar... spots mimic the headlight.

We have one or two of the flat backed spotlight bars for sale which look like they would work as well.
Rifle also sells a light bar adapter kit for use with their windshields. $29
http://rifle.com/Lightbar%20Adaptor%20Kit%20Drifter-P2166.aspx
Posted by Pilgrim
 - January 16, 2013, 16:56:05 PM

I received the Rifle shield today and installed it. Installation was easy and took me about 30 min.
The windshield looks great on the bike and you were correct PC, the nobar light installation will be impossible without adding brackets. I think i am going to keep the windshield though and make brackets out of aluminum like those in the first gadget link you posted . I like these brackets because it will get my lights forward and even with the front of the headlight and they will also clear the windshield. I haven't rode yet because it has been raining here for 3 days with flooding and stuff.

Posted by Gerhardberger
 - January 16, 2013, 04:27:46 AM

When i bought my bike, it came with a GIVI Windshield, and I'm quite happy with it !!!!!

Posted by jamey wright
 - January 15, 2013, 22:01:50 PM

I tried angling my national cycle windshield to match the forks, and although it looked nice, this made it the perfect height to allow bees and bugs to hit me square in the bridge of my nose. A little more vertical, and it sent them over my head. After a few good bee stings, I learned that function is sometimes better than form.

Posted by pcarrell
 - January 13, 2013, 14:19:21 PM

You might at least mock it up and see what you think.  If it won't work, something like this might: http://www.gadgetjq.com/jm_spotlight_bracket.htm or this http://www.gadgetjq.com/jh_1600_nomad_lightbar.htm

Posted by Pilgrim
 - January 13, 2013, 13:26:45 PM

I may have to return the Rifle then because I do plan on mounting spotlights-nobar, but I don't mind cutting the shield alittle if I have too. I do want my shield to angle back in line with the forks.
The windshield I bought for my 1500 I wound up cutting 6" off the heigth and cutting out for my lights at the bottom.
I will find out this week because my lights are due in tomorrow and the shield Wed.

Posted by pcarrell
 - January 13, 2013, 09:58:13 AM

As was explained to me by a fellow Vulcan owner who had to deal with this.......

The Fire & Steel shield, like yours Ratman, only has a single curve to it....vertical across the whole face of it.  The Rifle shield has a compound curve.....vertical across the whole face of it and horizontal across the lower portion.  That's where the problem is with mounting spots (other then very shallow ones, and it makes the "Nobar" mod basically impossible).  The bottom end points for the shields are virtually the same (compare where the shields end in relation to the headlight bucket), but the Rifle shield is more forward 2 or 3 inches above that point because it goes almost straight up from that point before it starts angling back.  The F & S shield just angles back, allowing more room for the bucket of a spotlight.

Of course, if you don't plan on using spotlights this is all irrelevant........

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 13, 2013, 09:17:15 AM

 ok I used a Fire & Steel light bar for a Vulcan and the lights mount really easy and are not bothered by the windsheild. JMPO don't like the windsheilds with the arms and brackets on the handlebars, looks messy and not as secure to me.

Posted by pcarrell
 - January 13, 2013, 08:53:32 AM

I've heard that it's hard to mount spotlights with the rifle shield because of the way the shield itself is shaped at the bottom.

Posted by Pilgrim
 - January 13, 2013, 06:51:37 AM

I just ordered a Rifle shield and it comes with the mounting hardware. You can get clear or tinted and the mounting hardware polished or black. I can't give a review on it because I haven't received it yet.
I'll update once i get it installed.

http://rifle.com/Motorcycle-Windshields/Classic/Kawasaki/Rifle-Classic-Windshield-Kawasaki-Drifter-1500-800.aspx

Posted by DriftinGirl
 - January 12, 2013, 22:53:01 PM

Tks guys, now i have a place to start my search.

Posted by pcarrell
 - January 12, 2013, 22:31:07 PM

Yeah, that looks like the Fire & Steel shield.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - January 12, 2013, 22:26:52 PM

Mine came on the bike and the PO told me it was on there when he bought it at the dealer, nothing on it saying who makes it or any other info.
That one that PC has posted is close, mine is the 10 hole, it is 21" high and 27" wide at the widest point and it has brackets as you can see that allow you to adjust the height and make it fit you. I rubber mounted the four mounts to the bike itself.

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