$120 bucks I'll never get back
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From: Biloxi, MS
Polycarbonate is what you need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE
Road Captain
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Sparks, NV
Call Jim at www.fastaire.com Saw him a couple of weeks ago and he has some new shields that are really great. Thicker, tougher and with the curve at the top that takes the air up and over your head. Plus, he's a good guy that provides great service at a resonable price.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: The Great Northwest
I just looked at the Longrides website and the claim is that they use some kind of modified acrylic. Pasted from the LRS site: "Our windshields have every bit of strength as a lexan or poly carbonate windshield."
So......... How did this little o'le rock bust that windshield? Either the polycarb vs acrylic demo video is BS or the modified acrylic being as strong as polycarb is BS. Either way, looks like we got some BS here.
Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: oregon
If you don't want it to happen again, make sure you get a windshield made of polycarbonate - not acrylic. That rock would have just bounced off a polycarbonate windshield and they cost the same. Check out the choices in Dennis Kirk catalog.
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From: Chicagoland
Pasted from the LRS site: "Our windshields have every bit of strength as a lexan or poly carbonate windshield."
Last edited by Wanna Ride; Jul 13, 2010 at 07:59 PM.
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Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2009
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From: New Mexico
I have a poly windshield on my RK and its been hit with lots of rocks. Leaves a mark on it but it don't break. I just didn't read the website as I figured it would be the norm to be polycarbonate but am finding out it is acrylic that is the norm. Finally found one from National Cycle. Store is Choppers Cycle in California.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Deep South Texas
Maybe acrylic is easier to form without causing distortion. Seems the shields with major flairs and such seem to be made from acrylic. Interesting.
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From: Chicagoland
Acrylic is much more limited. In fact you can almost never drill acrylic without it spidering. Polycarbonate is far more superior in every way than acrylic.
Last edited by Wanna Ride; Jul 14, 2010 at 07:50 PM.