Inexpensive tall windscreen solution

[Ride]

New here and thought i would add something. I recently got a minty FJ1200 (4700 miles) and the first thing I noticed was lack of wind protection especially over 70 mph. Was in a Cycle Gear getting dirt bike stuff when i saw some double bubble type windscreens on sale as they had ratty packaging. Anyway I made a guess and got one for a GSXR for $27. To my surprise when i got home the two middle bolts lined up perfectly with the sturdy stock mounts. I put a strip of weather stripping so it was not plastic to plastic and bolted it up. then drilled the stock wind screen for the other 4 bolts. Fits well and looks stock or better. Several of my freinds did not even notice until I pointed it out. Not the ultimate protection but quite a bit more than stock.






BTW thats a car Garmin GPS i got of eBay for $48 shipped to my house and it works GREAT. Has been holding up very well. For $48 I thought i would give it a try.

[wakdady]

good deal!  4700 miles?!?! howd you come across that gem?

[Ride]

Saw it on CL for $1000!!!!! Was not running but clean and unmolested. Sat in the corner of a shop full of toys for many years. Cleaned the carbs and installed the new jets from the Dynojet kit and it runs PERFECT. Stoked at the deal for sure.

[wakdady]

WOW! that is so full of win it's not even funny! good job!

so... when you gonna get on that rear wheel mod? lol

[racerman_27410]

for what you have invested you can afford to do anything you want   




KOokaloo!

[Ride]

At this point i am liking it as is. I am semi mellow on the street. I get my speed / thrills on in the dirt.

[rlucas]

Ride,

A number of us have found that *lowering* the lip of the shield reduces buffeting. Doesn't do much for "protection", though.

I used a stock-pot lid to scribe a semi-circular line on my aftermarket Zero Gravity shield (anything about 12 inches in diameter would do), then cut it with a Roto-Zip and polished the edge. Worked pretty well.

-Rossi-

[Ride]

Good to know. This mod did what I needed though. Wind now hits me mid faceshield instead of under the chin which would try to remove my helmet and inflate my jacket at anything over 60-65.

[las1200]

Indeed it seems that helemt whant to fly away due to poor protection.

How about this one? Any experience with it?

[las1200]

oops, the link...

http://cgi.ebay.de/MRA-Vario-Touring-Screen-FJ-1200-3YA-91-klar-ABE_W0QQitemZ390100896093QQcategoryZ25631QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D4%26pmod%3D110501053239%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4730402795168865724

[Ride]

oops, the link...

http://cgi.ebay.de/MRA-Vario-Touring-Screen-FJ-1200-3YA-91-klar-ABE_W0QQitemZ390100896093QQcategoryZ25631QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D4%26pmod%3D110501053239%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4730402795168865724

No but same idea.