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Posted by Varooom
- January 22, 2011, 16:15:51 PMThose look very nice and I love your paint and exhaust system too. One thing you mentioned, helmet buffeting, got me looking at your windshield. My Fire and Steel one from 1999 is so wide that it is outside of the hydraulic reservoirs, left and right, so I'm wondering if the narrower width on yours might be the reason you're getting buffeted. You say your bars are narrower than stock so the plexi must be real narrow.
Just wondering,
Varooom
Posted by Troll
- January 22, 2011, 11:47:49 AMI have installed a set of lowers....Factory accessory for a Nomad, on my 1500. I think they Look pretty good, and only minor mods were needed to make them work. I took a picture of the (semi) finished installation. Please let me know what you think. I am trying to make this bike into a viable LDR touring platform. I also have a set of soft lowers for the guard bar, that I am quite happy with, but they didn't eliminate all the helmet buffeting. Maybe I'm too picky, but I like to be comfortable on a long ride. I haven't picked the fenders up from the painter yet, so the front wheel is just in place to help align the fork. I put progressive suspension springs in this winter, with my old standby fork oil, dexron3 automatic transmission fluid. It's a 7 weight oil that doesn't change viscosity with heat. The factory fish oil was quite disgusting. Just a side note, the windshield is a National Cycle Heavy duty, without the bead, for a Harley, and the handlebars and risers are also for a Harley. I found the original Drifter bars were just too wide for me, and put my back in an uncomfortable position after a few hours on the road.