Like so many others, I love my RGC but didn't like the stock 'thumbnail' windshield. I tried a couple Windvests and I really like their windshields but still had the dreaded buffeting. I wear a 3/4 helmet with a full face shield and I also wear custom molded ear plugs. While the buffeting was not too bad, it was the sound transmitted from the vibrating helmet to the plugs and into my head that got old quick. Not a real problem below 50 but once over that it got increasingly worse.
I don't ride highway a lot but the wife and I are planning more and longer trips this coming season so finding something that cut the buffeting was going to be imperative. Unlike so many here, I actually kinda like the look of the MadStad. I think it looks kinda high-tech and cool. At least the short ones do. My one worry was that I would have to look through the windshield, which I do not like. I also like the look of the really dark shields - another reason to be able to look over them.
I had several questions that were not really getting answered here by reading the various posts so I emailed Mark at MadStad and was pleasantly surprised to get a quick reply. This led to several emails over the course of a couple days. I explained my concerns about wanting the lowest shield. Mark informed me that they actually make an 11" version but that it's not up on the website. I said this sounded perfect for me and ordered one in dark gray.
It arrived today and went on fairly easily. The quality is obviously very good. The new Easy-Adjust adapters are just that - easy. Unfortunately for me, it's still winter up here in New Hampshire and there's even a snow storm raging outside as I type. So I won't be able to test it out for probably another month but I have high hopes.
I've got some crappy cell phone camera photos I'll attach. I took a few with the windshield all the up and all the way down. With it all the way down it's about as high as I want it. I'm glad he makes the 11" version as the 13" would have been too tall. I'm 5' 7", btw. So now I just hope that the MadStad can do it's job in the all the way down position. Time will tell. I've got 90 days to decide anyway.
Mark and MadStad are great to work with. Here are some of the photos. They are taken in my cluttered basement so don't look for great pictures here! I'm going to post the photos from various angles showing the shield fully down followed by the same relative position showing the shield all the way up for easy comparison:
Front:
Left side:
Right side (low shot is a little too high - sorry):
Since I can only do 6 photos per message, I'll do the rest in the next one!
I don't ride highway a lot but the wife and I are planning more and longer trips this coming season so finding something that cut the buffeting was going to be imperative. Unlike so many here, I actually kinda like the look of the MadStad. I think it looks kinda high-tech and cool. At least the short ones do. My one worry was that I would have to look through the windshield, which I do not like. I also like the look of the really dark shields - another reason to be able to look over them.
I had several questions that were not really getting answered here by reading the various posts so I emailed Mark at MadStad and was pleasantly surprised to get a quick reply. This led to several emails over the course of a couple days. I explained my concerns about wanting the lowest shield. Mark informed me that they actually make an 11" version but that it's not up on the website. I said this sounded perfect for me and ordered one in dark gray.
It arrived today and went on fairly easily. The quality is obviously very good. The new Easy-Adjust adapters are just that - easy. Unfortunately for me, it's still winter up here in New Hampshire and there's even a snow storm raging outside as I type. So I won't be able to test it out for probably another month but I have high hopes.
I've got some crappy cell phone camera photos I'll attach. I took a few with the windshield all the up and all the way down. With it all the way down it's about as high as I want it. I'm glad he makes the 11" version as the 13" would have been too tall. I'm 5' 7", btw. So now I just hope that the MadStad can do it's job in the all the way down position. Time will tell. I've got 90 days to decide anyway.
Mark and MadStad are great to work with. Here are some of the photos. They are taken in my cluttered basement so don't look for great pictures here! I'm going to post the photos from various angles showing the shield fully down followed by the same relative position showing the shield all the way up for easy comparison:
Front:
Left side:
Right side (low shot is a little too high - sorry):
Since I can only do 6 photos per message, I'll do the rest in the next one!