Windshield eye opener !!
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Windshield eye opener !!
Wow, been playing around with some old and new windshields and what a eye opener regarding safety they are !!
I had a Memphis Shades that was shipped incorrectly years ago and they would not stand behind it so after 8 years I used it for a replacement on a aftermarket Batwing . I cut it down is what I did.
In my memory I recalled a difference between this Memphis Shades materiel and ol Mother Harleys .
Memphis uses plexiglass and HD used Lexan.
For ***** and grins I took a chunk of the cut off Memphis Shades product and a old beat Harley one and set them up and shot them with a pellet rifle.
Rifle is a nitro piston .22 with heavier pellets so it is subsonic.
Shot the Lexan and got a small dent,
Shot the Memphis Shades and it shattered into several chunks and they flew all over the place !!!
Well what an eye opener !! I discarded the JUNK Memphis Shades product and used a light smoked Lexan sheet for the project, NO WAY will I have that crap in front of me blocking any road debris from my face and body.
Do what you will on your bike but I will never have another shield out of brittle crap again.
Anyhow flame away which I am sure you will.
I had a Memphis Shades that was shipped incorrectly years ago and they would not stand behind it so after 8 years I used it for a replacement on a aftermarket Batwing . I cut it down is what I did.
In my memory I recalled a difference between this Memphis Shades materiel and ol Mother Harleys .
Memphis uses plexiglass and HD used Lexan.
For ***** and grins I took a chunk of the cut off Memphis Shades product and a old beat Harley one and set them up and shot them with a pellet rifle.
Rifle is a nitro piston .22 with heavier pellets so it is subsonic.
Shot the Lexan and got a small dent,
Shot the Memphis Shades and it shattered into several chunks and they flew all over the place !!!
Well what an eye opener !! I discarded the JUNK Memphis Shades product and used a light smoked Lexan sheet for the project, NO WAY will I have that crap in front of me blocking any road debris from my face and body.
Do what you will on your bike but I will never have another shield out of brittle crap again.
Anyhow flame away which I am sure you will.
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I only ride behind lexan.
On my Reckless Fairing that will return to my RKC soon, it is sporting an LRS Elite Recurve Lexan.
If something's knockin' on my windshield, I say don't let 'em in!
Ever notice how sometimes when you duck - it's too late? Lexan, yes!
On my Reckless Fairing that will return to my RKC soon, it is sporting an LRS Elite Recurve Lexan.
If something's knockin' on my windshield, I say don't let 'em in!
Ever notice how sometimes when you duck - it's too late? Lexan, yes!
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
the lexan on my cut down HD windscreen took an apple sized rock at 65 MPH.
just a ding---- that rock would have broken my face
mike
just a ding---- that rock would have broken my face
mike
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