F6C 1800 Windscreen Poll

[Tundra]

Feel free to list Pro's & Con's any modifications made. Ease of mounting.

[hubcapsc]

I have six inch pullback risers, 1500 Valkyrie bars, two sets of Memphis Shades
Hell Cat mounting brackets and a cut-down OEM windscreen. Check out the
logo stamped on the OEM shield (I just noticed this yesterday) - the OEM
shield was made by National Cycle!



Pros: awesomely comfortable. Very stable.

Cons: Hard to mount, too many degrees of freedom with two sets of brackets.
          The whole setup, bars and all, was a lot of trouble.

[Tundra]

Yeah but now that it's all done, you have one sweet looking comfortable set up
What size shield is pictured?

[hubcapsc]

It is the OEM shield with a couple of inches cut off...

-Mike

[Jack B]

I also have the original tall Honda and I titled it back about an inch, with the little plastic shields on the side pods.
It works great for me.

[..]

I don't know the manufacturer of my ugly windshield but I like it.

[Tundra]

That bike is gorgeous. Great minds think alike, we were in Clayton, Clarksville, Tiger last summer looking for property and took the same photo.

[tngarren]

Just installed the OEM tall windshield using Home Depot U bolt parts to push bottom of screen out about  1 1/2".  Works really well as I was used to looking through the screen on a Heritage. Many thanks to the gentleman that posted the u bolt idea.  Why Honda did not design the mounts to have the screen angle to match the fork angle is beyond me.

[Farther]

I don't know the manufacturer of my ugly windshield but I like it.

Is that the OEM mounting hardware?  I would be interested in the manufacturer if you can find out.

[f6gal]

Just installed the OEM tall windshield using Home Depot U bolt parts to push bottom of screen out about  1 1/2".  Works really well as I was used to looking through the screen on a Heritage. Many thanks to the gentleman that posted the u bolt idea.  Why Honda did not design the mounts to have the screen angle to match the fork angle is beyond me.

Pics?

[..]

I don't know the manufacturer of my ugly windshield but I like it.

Is that the OEM mounting hardware?  I would be interested in the manufacturer if you can find out.

Sorry for the delay in replying. Completely forgot.

I can't see any makers mark on the shield.

[..]

This looks like. Note I say LOOKS like the windshield I have.

It's worth reading the comments

https://www.amazon.com/2-Tone-WINDSHIELD-Shadow-Spirit-Valkyrie/dp/B018MJV5CM/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=2014+honda+valkyrie&qid=1628102060&sr=8-18

[Robert]

I  did this to the top support of the windshield and was able to move the bottom out a bit also.
Factory windshield and mounting

[Tundra]

Great photo Robert
That's a money shot for sure, if the F6C-1800 is a contender for the calendar you should submit.

I have tried three shields and settled on the Honda OEM for the rock solid mounting. I modified mine quite a bit. Keeping just the nice mounting brakets, then having a custom shield made for it (shorter) and dark tint. Then modified my lower mounts to change the angle. Then re-drilled the holes in the shield 2" higher on the shield to lower it more and close that ugly gap at the bottom. Perfect, R&D is complete, now I ordered yet another shield factory drilled as I had done, black out bottom half to hide the brackets and lighter tint on upper half of shield. Shield pictured is my R&D shield, before lowering.

[Robert]

Great photo Robert
That's a money shot for sure, if the F6C-1800 is a contender for the calendar you should submit.

I have tried three shields and settled on the Honda OEM for the rock solid mounting. I modified mine quite a bit. Keeping just the nice mounting brakets, then having a custom shield made for it (shorter) and dark tint. Then modified my lower mounts to change the angle. Then re-drilled the holes in the shield 2" higher on the shield to lower it more and close that ugly gap at the bottom. Perfect, R&D is complete, now I ordered yet another shield factory drilled as I had done, black out bottom half to hide the brackets and lighter tint on upper half of shield. Shield pictured is my R&D shield, before lowering.

Wow you put alot of thought into that shield and the results are great.

I thought I was bad in making things exactly how I wanted them. Nice to know there are others with the same thoughts so I dont have to worry about OCD. 

I also found the mounting of the shields kind of flimsy for many of the aftermarket mounts. I was also going to do the same thing you did and figured the OEM brackets were a good starting point and could use them to build on. But the height of the OEM is good for me, but would like the rake to be a bit more. None of that seems to bother me enough to want to do something about it.

Ill just admire yours and one day it may bug me enough to want to do something about mine. LOL

[Farside]

I have a Klockworks on my B but just ordered a Gustafsson. Loved the one on my IS. 

[..]

This looks like. Note I say LOOKS like the windshield I have.

It's worth reading the comments

https://www.amazon.com/2-Tone-WINDSHIELD-Shadow-Spirit-Valkyrie/dp/B018MJV5CM/ref=sr_1_18?dchild=1&keywords=2014+honda+valkyrie&qid=1628102060&sr=8-18

That is exactly the same. I had to replace mine.

Here's a link to the one I bought.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07566YMMW?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

[f6gal]

Did you submit this for the calendar?  Great shot!