The shield looks much better installed than I was expecting it to. On the Madstad site they suggest a 20" shield for a 6'2" tall rider on the F6B page. I emailed Mark and let him know according to my measurements (eye level sitting on the bike) the 20" shield would be way too tall. The shortest shield the site listed on the F6B page was a 16 inch which I suggested to Mark would still be too tall. Mark emailed back he thought the 16" would be the one for me so I ordered that. After all they are the experts.
Installed the 16" shield today and it's too tall by at least 3" when the brackets are adjusted as low as possible. Riding behind a Minivan today when I looked over the top of the shield I was looking well over the top of the van. A little disappointed they would not be aware of what works on the F6B with stock seat. I got the Dark Grey which looks really nice on the black bike but think this would be tough looking through at night, not to mention bugs and road grime. In any event Mark understood I wanted to look over the top of the shield. I have an email into him to see where we go from here.
The brackets have about 3" up and down adjustment. I'm thinking an 11" shield would be about right. Brackets all the way down = 11" to top of shield, Brackets all the way up = 14" to top of shield. It will be interesting to see what Mark comes back with as far as a recommendation.
Otherwise I really like how easy these brackets are to adjust, simple yet elegant. I can say there is a lot less wind noise and buffeting but will wait to make a final judgement when I have ridden with a shield that I can actually look over.
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