I guess it depends on how you use the bike. I regularly go 500+ miles a day and a windshield makes that a LOT more pleasant. I often take the bike rather than the car to work and having storage space makes that practical. If I want to strip it down for a more local ride it takes about five minutes. Having those options is why I usually put more miles on the BA each year than the car, even living in Iowa.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.