I don't know how many like the taller windshields, but this evening I was traveling about 60mph down the highway & caught a small bird right in the re-curve of my 12" shield.
He went about 25' in the air, so I guess the re-curve works........... But when I got home & cleaned bird off the shield,,,,,, He scratched my shield ! Must have been bones !
Point is tho,,,,, He didn't hit me thanks to a tall shield !!