Windscreens
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RE: Windscreens
Mac,
Here are my suggestions:
1. You can decide where you want the height of the windshield to be, mark it with a magic marker, make a template that follows the curve of the windshield, make a curved mark on the windshield at the place you marked, and cut the windshield with a jig saw. Cut it about 1/4" high so you can trim it exactly with an electric belt sander. Be sure to put a good layer of masking tape on the shield where the cut is going to be so you don't make scratches.
2. Get the 6" smoked shorty. They look great, and the wind and rain are not that bad, especially in conjunction with a Corbin Duel Tour seat. For really long trips, you can always use the windshield you custom cut. It only requires the removal of three screws to change windshields.
Regards,
Bill
Here are my suggestions:
1. You can decide where you want the height of the windshield to be, mark it with a magic marker, make a template that follows the curve of the windshield, make a curved mark on the windshield at the place you marked, and cut the windshield with a jig saw. Cut it about 1/4" high so you can trim it exactly with an electric belt sander. Be sure to put a good layer of masking tape on the shield where the cut is going to be so you don't make scratches.
2. Get the 6" smoked shorty. They look great, and the wind and rain are not that bad, especially in conjunction with a Corbin Duel Tour seat. For really long trips, you can always use the windshield you custom cut. It only requires the removal of three screws to change windshields.
Regards,
Bill
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From: Texas! Ya mean there's someplace else?
RE: Windscreens
Now if they made the strip in stainless steel, I'd go along wif yer choice. But you dern chromey-snobs spend way too much time polishing & detailing... <G>
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RE: Windscreens
Pococj,
Cleanin' is half the fun. I'm always cleanin' the garage, car, bike, somethin'. Wife thinks I'm nuts, but truthfully, I enjoy it, gets me outside and I get to talk with neighbors. Some of them are the same way, some think we're all nuts.
I'm going to leave the stock windshield alone until I get the new one in. I'll see how that rides. If the wife don't like it, well, it'll sit in the garage for when she ain't with me or she gets a bike of her own. (I'm hearing from another thread that it's inevitable.)
Once I get that stock windscreen off, I'll look at it, and figure out the best way to cut it. I like the idea of cutting it on the bottom, then the cut edge is inside the fairing and I don't have to look at my crappy handwork!
Mac
Cleanin' is half the fun. I'm always cleanin' the garage, car, bike, somethin'. Wife thinks I'm nuts, but truthfully, I enjoy it, gets me outside and I get to talk with neighbors. Some of them are the same way, some think we're all nuts.
I'm going to leave the stock windshield alone until I get the new one in. I'll see how that rides. If the wife don't like it, well, it'll sit in the garage for when she ain't with me or she gets a bike of her own. (I'm hearing from another thread that it's inevitable.)
Once I get that stock windscreen off, I'll look at it, and figure out the best way to cut it. I like the idea of cutting it on the bottom, then the cut edge is inside the fairing and I don't have to look at my crappy handwork!
Mac
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RE: Windscreens
I like the idea of cutting it on the bottom, then the cut edge is inside the fairing and I don't have to look at my crappy handwork!
Wrinkle black covers a multitude of sins!
But it ain't for covering up poor engineering!
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RE: Windscreens
Y'know! Wrinkle black paint. Comes in a rattle can. Spray it on, let it cure, and it "wrinkles" to a textured finish. Sometimes ya gotta help the cure with heat to get better finish.
When I cut the brackets off the bottom of my footboards to move them forward, I reattached the one bracket I needed, then primed the underside of the boards, then shot 'em with wrinkle paint.
When I heated, bent, cut, and rewelded my stock brake pedal to make an "extended" pedal to match the floor boards, I ground the weld a bit, bead blasted the chrome to rough it up, then wrinkle blacked the pedal arm. It covers over the weld grinding, and since I really don't care for chrome, and surely wasn't gonna pay to have the pedal rechromed, prevents the welded/ground area from rusting.
I cleaned my engine cases, barrels, heads, rocker boxes, push rod covers, etc. and shot 'em with wrinkle black. Makes it easier to clean the engine, helps dissipate engine heat better than raw aluminum, keeps the aluminum from corroding, and goes with the theme of my bike - black, stainless, polished aluminum, with a wee bit of chrome.
When I cut the brackets off the bottom of my footboards to move them forward, I reattached the one bracket I needed, then primed the underside of the boards, then shot 'em with wrinkle paint.
When I heated, bent, cut, and rewelded my stock brake pedal to make an "extended" pedal to match the floor boards, I ground the weld a bit, bead blasted the chrome to rough it up, then wrinkle blacked the pedal arm. It covers over the weld grinding, and since I really don't care for chrome, and surely wasn't gonna pay to have the pedal rechromed, prevents the welded/ground area from rusting.
I cleaned my engine cases, barrels, heads, rocker boxes, push rod covers, etc. and shot 'em with wrinkle black. Makes it easier to clean the engine, helps dissipate engine heat better than raw aluminum, keeps the aluminum from corroding, and goes with the theme of my bike - black, stainless, polished aluminum, with a wee bit of chrome.
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From: Bloomfield, NM
RE: Windscreens
The problem with cutting the bottom of an Electra Glide windshield is that there are three protrusions with a hole and slot in each for the screws that hold the windshield. I find that it is easier to cut the top with one curve than it is to try to get the bottom contours and holes correct. Cutting the top just requires getting the curve right and cutting, then sanding. This way you can cut and check the height and trim until you have the perfect windshield.
Regards,
Bill
Regards,
Bill
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RE: Windscreens
Never thought of it as being like nonskid. It would have more of a grain than nonskid, tho. Y'know what the Harley engines that are black from the factory look like? There've been 2 versions, a smooth satin black, and a textured black. The textured black is a "wrinkle" type product.