I have always liked looking over the shield. The factory w/s on my 2011 TG was to tall for me so I pulled it off and cut 2 inches off the bottom, now I look over the top I do get just a little bufetting on my helment but not bad and no complaints from the wife. We wear the half helments with the built in flip down shield and when it rains they work great to keep rain out of our eyes.