Limited Height Adjustment A Deal Breaker For Me:
If I had not received the taller Madstad base shield by mistake that allows full up & down bracket adjustment of the shield that would have been an immediate deal breaker for me. I looked hard at the Windbender which is a very nice product with a claimed vertical adjustment of 4". I want to be able to slam the shield down when riding mountain twisties and up on long interstate hauls. Which I assumed both of these products were capable of prior to my Madstad purchase.
For me Madstad edged out the Windbender with it's simple yet elegant rake adjustment. If you compromise the vertical adjustment range of the Madstad then I think I would have to go with the Windbender.
New 11" Madstad Shield Photos:
Bike with 11" shield at 60 degrees, set approx 1" up from full down.
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Windshield full up,red tape 58" (my eye level).
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Windshield approx 1" up, red tape 58" (my eye level).
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/u6...U=w649-h865-no
Windshield full down, red tape 58" (my eye level).
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U...028_193844.jpg
Windshied full up, 60 degree tilt.
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Windshiel approx 1" up, 60 degree tilt.
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Windshield full down, 60 degree tilt.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...028_194529.jpg
Beautiful day today in Central IL, UPS delivered shield at 3pm so I got out for 2 hours of riding. First of all the 11" shield adjusted approx 1" up from the lowest height setting and tilted at 60 degrees is every bit as effective as the 16" shield was despite the fact that I'm looking well over the top of it. Wind protection is also good set in full UP and full DOWN positions. In the full UP position I have to sit up just a tad to see over the top of the shield. So with this combination (tall base shield & 11" shield) this works good for me being 6'2". The full height adjustment range is usable for me.
With my old 11" Baggershield the stereo was useless above 55mph. Today on the interstate at 75mph I enjoyed the stereo without having to crank it to ear blistering levels. Also tried my Half Helmet which produced a ton of wind noise with the Baggershied. Only slightly more noise with the helmet compared to no helmet.
Photos from the riders seat give you an idea of how the tall base shield looks relative to the forward field of view. I think a rider would have to be very short for the taller base shield to present any kind of forward visibility problem. I personally like the proportions of the tall base shield and 11" top shield. At my request Madstad shipped me a top shield with the gentler bottom contour which looks better IMO.