Windshields and big beards

Scoot13 · 07-25-2019, 12:40 PM

Anyone else ride with a windshield and has a big beard that flies up in your face? Seems that the air comes up under the windshield and blows my beard up into my face. Besides taking the windshield off or cutting my beard or putting it in a ponytail which is what Im doing now, any other options.

**Top Cat** · 07-25-2019, 05:28 PM

I see that all the time. Guys riding and their beard is split in the middle and goes up each side of their face. Sorry no help but I think the ponytail thing is your best bet.

**Sabre-t** · 07-26-2019, 03:38 PM

The beard problem was one reason Honda put a vent in their windshields. Didn't really help much with beards, but it did make the ride cooler. I don't think anyone has come up with a real solution other than getting it to split (but that probably won't work if it's blowing in your eyes), plaiting, or tying it up some way.

Flapjack · 08-22-2020, 11:54 AM

The best solution I came up with was glasses. Already wear sunglasses during the day, started wearing a clear version at night. It at least keeps from the random eye pokes.

ldhthept · 08-22-2020, 06:51 PM

Full face helmet

andyvh1959 · 02-07-2021, 09:07 AM

Trim it up?
Tie it up?

Add extensions below the windshield? The kind that mount to the fork legs and direct the airflow around the fuel tank instead of up behind the windshield.

The Black Knight · 04-06-2021, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ldhthept

Full face helmet

Monkeyman · 04-07-2021, 10:20 PM

I just recently cut down my beard to a 3-4" goatee. My beard was down to my belly. A full face helmet will keep the beard out of your eyes but it will still blow up in your face and obscure your vision. I ended up putting it in a pony tail. The more hair ties you use, the stiffer your pony tail will be and the less it will move. If your beard is thick enough, there are leather wraps (geared towards women with long hair but I'm not judging) that tie around your hair/beard that would probably keep it tighter and might look better than a dozen hair ties.

Scoot13 · 04-08-2021, 08:03 PM

I've been rocking the full face for about a year now. Which my beard isn't long enough to blow up to where I can see it. When it's hot I wear my brain bucket and do the multiple hair tie thing. I got a daughter and wife I steal hair ties from. I actually had to trim my mustache last summer cause it was blowing in my eyes. Made the wife happy that I trimmed something.

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07-25-2019, 05:28 PM	#2
Top Cat Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Peoples Republic of New York State Posts: 15,154	I see that all the time. Guys riding and their beard is split in the middle and goes up each side of their face. Sorry no help but I think the ponytail thing is your best bet. __________________ Tim "TC" Conley VBA #9 2011 Victory Kingpin mine 2013 Victory Boardwalk -hers [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] [SIZE=4]
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andyvh1959 Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Green Bay WI Posts: 768	Trim it up? Tie it up? Add extensions below the windshield? The kind that mount to the fork legs and direct the airflow around the fuel tank instead of up behind the windshield. __________________ My $1200 Vulcan, to start from.
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Monkeyman Top Contributor Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: North Wilkesboro, NC Posts: 6,289	I just recently cut down my beard to a 3-4" goatee. My beard was down to my belly. A full face helmet will keep the beard out of your eyes but it will still blow up in your face and obscure your vision. I ended up putting it in a pony tail. The more hair ties you use, the stiffer your pony tail will be and the less it will move. If your beard is thick enough, there are leather wraps (geared towards women with long hair but I'm not judging) that tie around your hair/beard that would probably keep it tighter and might look better than a dozen hair ties. __________________ Christopher "Monkeyman" Gray ---------------------------- Widows Sons "Overseers" Patriot Guard Rider USArmy 1987-1990 2021 Can Am Spyder RT 2018 Can Am Spyder RT Limited - SOLD 2014 Nomad - SOLD 2012 Victory Vision - SOLD 2007 Black Nomad - SOLD VMC #9367 VBA #1860
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07-26-2019, 03:38 PM	#3
Sabre-t Join Date: May 2015 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 838	The beard problem was one reason Honda put a vent in their windshields. Didn't really help much with beards, but it did make the ride cooler. I don't think anyone has come up with a real solution other than getting it to split (but that probably won't work if it's blowing in your eyes), plaiting, or tying it up some way.
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08-22-2020, 11:54 AM	#4
Flapjack Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 116	The best solution I came up with was glasses. Already wear sunglasses during the day, started wearing a clear version at night. It at least keeps from the random eye pokes.
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04-08-2021, 08:03 PM	#9
Scoot13 Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: North East Ohio Posts: 11	I've been rocking the full face for about a year now. Which my beard isn't long enough to blow up to where I can see it. When it's hot I wear my brain bucket and do the multiple hair tie thing. I got a daughter and wife I steal hair ties from. I actually had to trim my mustache last summer cause it was blowing in my eyes. Made the wife happy that I trimmed something.
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