Howdy Steve,
I went from stock to Klockwerks 14" flare only to take it right back off as I'm to short (5'8"). I was looking right thru the flare thus giving me a fun house mirror effect. Not Good.
Then tried the BaggerShield, but again, I'm too short and the split was right at eye level. I do not like looking thru a shield so that was not going to work.
I hesitated on the Mastad simply because of the looks... didn't like it but kept reading how good the performance is. Now I'm a true believer of function over form! I'm back to a 1/2 helmet and I can hear the radio at Hwy speeds with no buffing. The split design all but eliminates the buffing. I have the 11" light smoke. I gotta admit I was worried when I put the mount plate on. It's solid black, no see thru so I was concerned about not seeing the nose of the bike. After 200 miles it's not an issue.
I have mine set just below eye level. I only adjusted the rake slightly from factory settings at first install and haven't had a need to mess with it since. I didn't go w/ the dark tint just because of parking lot issues at night. As I said I don't like to look thru a windshield and when I do need to (parking lot situations) the dark seemed to dark to look thru at night.
Hope this helps!
SmallPasture!