My custom windscreen!


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JSP

Super Moderator
Ok, so I finally finished chopping down (ksanbon's) :D windscreen that he so very graciously gave to me. Thank you again!

I think it came out absolutely awesome! Love the way it looks now. I am not sure if I even want to paint it or not... I really dont want to possibly screw it up since there isnt much of a lip at the top, the paint line might get messed up. I will prob leave it as is. Think it looks sick.

This was NOT at all as easy as I thought it would be. It took me about 4 hours to do. I did some test stuff on the top to see what would work. Dremel was out as it just melted the plastic. I used a hacksaw but that would only go so far in obviously. So I then did relief cuts straight down, but since I kept the radius like that I still couldnt use the hack saw to finish the center. I then, did use the dremel but a bit away from my line and spent 3 hours trying to sand it all down and nice to perfection!

Pain in my ass, but think it looks way better than the tall screens. And now I can use my GoPro on the tank!

Pictures!!!!!







Once my bar end mirrors come, I can take those rabbit ears off and finish the look.
 
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99vengeur

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Great work! Looks way more aggressive now! :rockon:
 
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JSP

Super Moderator
I actually havent ridden it yet haha. Wife is workin and I have the kiddo. It was great without the screen at all, so hopefully this is just as good or better. Looks like I could still even tuck behind it a little if I needed to.

And yes, those mirrors look even more freakishly HUGE now! :eek:
 
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dart1963

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Elite Member
Thanks for being the test dummy;), so def. let us know how it rides.
 
J

JSP

Super Moderator
PuRpl3_Dr4nK said:
That does look real good. Do you think a band saw would work out well for cutting it?
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If it was slow enough to do a nice steady cut but not fast enough to cause it to melt, yup! It would actually work pretty good I would think. I would still cut just a hair above your line and do a good sand job getting it all down and even. I spent forever just because all I had was super fine paper. It worked out well at the end because it gave the lip a frosted look. Very smooth. I am very happy with it.
 
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Blue-Sun

Elite Member
Quick Question about the windshield...

When you took out the phillips head screws, were there nuts behind the screen?? Did you have to use a wrench behind the fairing or did they just screw out and screw in??

Thinking about changing mine to smoke, wanted to know if I had to deal with nuts on the end of the phillips head screws??
 
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JSP

Super Moderator
Blue-Sun said:
Quick Question about the windshield...

When you took out the phillips head screws, were there nuts behind the screen?? Did you have to use a wrench behind the fairing or did they just screw out and screw in??

Thinking about changing mine to smoke, wanted to know if I had to deal with nuts on the end of the phillips head screws??
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They simply unscrew and screw back in. No nut or anything. It is a threaded insert in there. Be careful though about stripping out those plastic screws. Mine are stripped pretty bad from all this on off crap. I need to replace them.
 
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ksanbon

New Member
Wow, I'm impressed! It makes your bike look faster even though it's just posing for the pics. Nice work!
 
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arkkornkid

New Member
Good job, turned out great.... and if it's just for looks, I wouldn't worry about painting it. I painted mine because of the glare/reflections on the gauges, appearnace is just a bonus. But that's so short I doubt painting would do anything about the glare. Honestly, the mirrors don't look that bad, I mean no worse than before, IMO.

I'm definitely going this route when I get the chance, and then get some decent handlebar mounted mirrors. It'll be a little while, but I'll share what I come up with.
 
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GF_Playa

New Member
how bad was the windscreen vibrating when you were cutting it? i thinking of doin this mod but dont want to end up cracking it in the process.
 
J

JSP

Super Moderator
GF_Playa said:
how bad was the windscreen vibrating when you were cutting it? i thinking of doin this mod but dont want to end up cracking it in the process.
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It flexed a little bit but nothing to concern me. I kind of held it between my legs and did it. If using a bandsaw I dont see any problem with flex at all.
 
J

JSP

Super Moderator
Rode to work this morning. No real buffeting up to 70 mph... Very happy with it :cool:
 
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stevet

New Member
I used a jig saw to cut my windshield. Put painters tape on the windshield and draw your outline the same on both sides. Use a fine blade and go slow. You can then sand the edge with either a power sander or sanding block. Finish with a very fine sand paper. It took about 45 minutes for the whole process and looks factory.
 
J

JSP

Super Moderator
I just used painters tape at a natural looking line/curve that I liked the most and then made the cut.
 

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See red

New Member
There is a rubber insert that goes in the holes, Contained within the rubber insert, is a brass insert, that has the threads in it. If you push too hard on the screw, when you put it back, it will slip into the hole. This is a pain in the arse as it is hard to get it back out. then re-insert it into the hole and try again.


I did this when I was putting Marthys screen on lol.
 
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