OUR STORY
WindVest began as a garage idea in 1989 when the founder, Norm Dober took a long windblown, bug-ridden ride to Sturgis, SD.
Determined not to return to California without some protection he was given an old beat-up sort of windshield found in a friend’s garage in Spearfish, SD. He was able to fasten it on the handlebars and after many adjustment stops on the road, made it back to California mostly bug-free and a lot less windblown.
Norm “tweaked” with it for the next seven years until one day a friend said, “Hey, can you build me one of those?” Then another friend and another friend until he decided it might be a marketable product.
With his entrepreneurial spirit, and his wife, and son, Doug assisting, the WindVest windshield began to take shape. The hardware was designed and built by a local machinist and parts were polished in a spare bedroom. A plastics company was located to mold the windshield. The operation became the talk of the neighborhood as customers began rolling in and the UPS truck appeared on an almost daily basis.
As with so many small beginnings, WindVest moved out of the garage and has never looked back.
WindVest Motorcycle Windshields ships to the far corners of the world and continues to grow in size and legacy.
Vigorously researching and developing new screens and other applications that are of the highest, American-made quality, the company strives to maintain its reputation as the best-built sport windshield and the most customer-oriented company in the motorcycle industry.
As the proud second generation of WindVest, Norm’s son, Doug Dober is now the president and head of Research and Development. Tami Dober, Norm’s daughter, is the CFO and oversees all daily operations of the company.
[Photo by Marty Cheek of Tami Dober, Doug Dober and Marilyn Dober]
With a staff of assemblers, office personnel, salespeople and shippers, customers are taken care of from start to finish in a timely and personalized manner.
As a company built by bikers for bikers, we look forward to helping you upgrade your ride with the best WindVest Motorcycle Windshield for your bike and riding style.
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