weekend project: custom windscreen
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weekend project: custom windscreen
Today 04:44
Took a bit of a ride Saturday afternoon. Hit enough bugs that I decided to do something about it.
Cut and formed a piece of polycarb into a windscreen. Fabricated some brackets to mount it. The brackets pictured were just some tubing I had laying around that was easy to manipulate into shape. I spent Sunday evening making some an actual mount out of some 3/16 x 3/4 band iron. Shaped, welded, and painted black. I can take a pic of my mounting, if anyone is curious or wants to duplicate.
I used a cut up cereal box to make the template for the plastic. Cut and down and trimmed it with a dremel.
Used a heat gun, carefully, to bend it into shape.
For the mounting, I'm using the back side of the threaded holes used to mount the gauge cluster frame.
I don't like the look of the fairing I got with the bike. Looks very out of place, with the lines of the bike.
To do: make a 3D printed vent for inserting right in front of the gauge cluster upper edge. The windscreen works terrific. I didnt notice I kept my visor cracked until I got to work. Though I can hear a rumble from the air turbulence coming over the top edge. I think a vent to let some air in behind it will relieve the low pressure zone will help.
Cut and formed a piece of polycarb into a windscreen. Fabricated some brackets to mount it. The brackets pictured were just some tubing I had laying around that was easy to manipulate into shape. I spent Sunday evening making some an actual mount out of some 3/16 x 3/4 band iron. Shaped, welded, and painted black. I can take a pic of my mounting, if anyone is curious or wants to duplicate.
I used a cut up cereal box to make the template for the plastic. Cut and down and trimmed it with a dremel.
Used a heat gun, carefully, to bend it into shape.
For the mounting, I'm using the back side of the threaded holes used to mount the gauge cluster frame.
I don't like the look of the fairing I got with the bike. Looks very out of place, with the lines of the bike.
To do: make a 3D printed vent for inserting right in front of the gauge cluster upper edge. The windscreen works terrific. I didnt notice I kept my visor cracked until I got to work. Though I can hear a rumble from the air turbulence coming over the top edge. I think a vent to let some air in behind it will relieve the low pressure zone will help.
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Re: weekend project: custom windscreen
Today 04:52
Nice work, unobtrusive and functional
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www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/617631...-82-begins?start=192
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