Are there any visors or screen covers that can cut down on the Infotainment screen glare? My apologies but I didn't do a super-thorough <search> on the forum. I was lazy. My bad. Was looking at some bikes the other day and really noticed it in bright sunlight. Figure a fix has to be out there to cut it down a bit.
I want to order this part but I have never even heard of the company "Robin's Hoods." Has anyone ever dealt with them? This part looks like a cure for the glare problem if it's legit.
Awesome I was going to post if anyone knew anything about this product. I'll wait for your review. I'm assuming it would work for those of us that have the standard roadglide which doesn't have the larger screen also.
Edited to say: after going to the website it states for 6.5" Boom system screen, so evidently it only fits those with the large screen.
IMO this is the #1 problem with the Rushmore Roadglides. If the MOCO does not address this with the release of the 2019 models it will be a big surprise to me.
I ordered the Nushield kit for my RG, which covered the nav. screen and the gauges. It keeps the glare from blinding you, but you still can't read the nav. screen when the sun is on it. It is better than nothing.
If you can see the screen and just not read it, press the info button to change it to black and white, much easier to read. But if it's in "that" position of all glare and you can't even see the screen, change the direction your going. You wanted to explore that side road anyway.
Between changing the contrast with the info button and installing a shield from https://www.nushield.com/ mine is pretty good. Not perfect, but good enough. Although I might be interesting in the shield that has been described in this thread.
However, for the most part, glare in most cases is not constant, so I can live with the changes that I have made.
A discovery I made this weekend was with sun glasses on could barely see the screen, with them off it was way better then yellow lens I could see everything just fine unless the sun was directly behind me.
I received an email that the visor shipped today, priority mail. It took a week to ship which is average. Communication was good. I'll review the visor after about 100 miles of riding, especially with my back to the sun.
I ordered mine on last Thursday (8/23), just sent them an email. Heading out Wednesday and was hoping to have it by then. I don't think I will hear anything tonight. See what happens tomorrow. Again, thanks for the information on the Hood.
For example, I have GPS units in both my GMC pick-up and my Acura; the Acura has a shield over it and the GMC does not. There is no sun coming in from the back of either vehicle. The Acura never has any glare and the GMC has glare when the sun is directly overhead and coming straight down onto the windshield. So, it appears that the shield over the GPS on the bike will help "some" when the sun is overhead, but not when the sun is behind you, coming over your shoulder. I am satisfied with the Nushield keeping me from being blinded since I don't use the GPS for navigation (so far), just to let me know what the road ahead is doing. Just my $0.02...
Judge, your evaluation is 100% spot on! The Hood helps when the sun is at most angles except directly behind you; setting the Boom! Box screen to high contrast mode helps most, but nothing helps when the sun hits it directly...
Same issue with OEM film suddenly bubbling up 10 months after delivery and no... no love from HD.
I've decided to give the NuShield anti-glare film a try. I'll pull the head unit to remove the old film and do the NuShield installation when the NuShield shows up in a few days. I've had the head unit out several times as I went out adding an aftermarket AMP, Line Levelers, etc, so no big deal: takes all of 20 minutes.
Hopefully the NuShield will help with the glare off the 6.5's screen. I'm also tempted to de-chrome the instrument gauge trim rings as they also seem to reflect a lot of glare.
Ok, just got an email back from “Robin”, seem that the orders are 3-5 business days out and then 1-3 days shipping. She said something about her husband had surgery last week? Hope he’s doing better. Looks like I’m not going to have it anytime soon. Not sure why, but, I felt like I was bothering her...lol Kinda like asking the ole lady something when she’s agitated.... she’s agitated most of the time...!
I've never had my hands on one of these sheets, so I don't know if it would work or not. What I'm thinking, is that it would magnify the light coming out of the Boom's screen, while the light coming in the opposite direction (sun at your back) would be scattered at different angles do to the prisms.
(Another question in my head about this type of thing; Placing one over your license plate, could it scatter the light so that red light, turn pike cameras could not read your plate? Its probably illegal to so something like that, but I've wondered if it would work.)
I think some people put them in the rear window of their campers, to get a better view of what's behind them.
I've never had my hands on one of these sheets, so I don't know if it would work or not. What I'm thinking, is that it would magnify the light coming out of the Boom's screen, while the light coming in the opposite direction (sun at your back) would be scattered at different angles do to the prisms.
(Another question in my head about this type of thing; Placing one over your license plate, could it scatter the light so that red light, turn pike cameras could not read your plate? Its probably illegal to so something like that, but I've wondered if it would work.)
I think some people put them in the rear window of their campers, to get a better view of what's behind them.
About the lic. Plate. Those cameras flash light at the plate to take advantage of it's reflective parts. So anything over the plate will cause glare to the cameras. And it's illegal here.
Sorry bout the screen film tandemgeek, Harley in Myrtle Beach replaced mine when I had the same problem. Try a different dealer, it should be covered bro
Visor came today. It's a good fit and a well made piece. It installs in 2 seconds, since there are only 2 pieces of vertical tape holding it on. It is hotter than the surface of the Sun right now near Philly so I won't be testing it today. I'll give a review once I get a few miles in at dawn and dusk. BTW,The orange sticker on the top comes off.
I stopped myself for buying it because I have the chrome frame around the boombox. Do you think it could fit with it?
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