1 K100RT windshield mod and touchups....pics Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:28 pm
slowride
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I was looking for a new windshield for my bike but wasn't having any luck. The old one was just that...old and too tall for my taste. I'm 5' 7" so this bike is a little tall anyway but holding it up on my toes isn't as bad as being forced to see everything from behind a windshield. Unable to find an aftermarket shield I eventually went down to the local Home Depot and purchased a 17 dollar piece of lexan, created a pattern out of poster board and used a fine toothed handsaw to cut it out. A little sand paper around the edges and four holes drilled and she's good to go.
The new shield is five inches shorter than the old one so I can view the road just over it while still benefiting from it's function. I took it to work the other morning and it was 32 degrees.....worked fine. I was told that lexan is hard to polish but for 17 bucks and less than two hours I'll just cut me another one next year if I need to.
The lower left engine fairing was trashed pretty bad from a gravel spill so I did a fiberglass repair to the back side of it and bondo to the other side. It turned out pretty good.
I sanded down the saddle bags and used rattle can spray on truck bed liner from Wal Mart to clean them up a bit. I laid on about three coats and thus far it's holding up pretty well. The bed liner is rubberized and has some grit in it so it's not prone to scuffing that bad and again, if it chips, it's a pretty easy fix and I have one can left over. Either way it made them look a lot better than they were.
Slowride
The new shield is five inches shorter than the old one so I can view the road just over it while still benefiting from it's function. I took it to work the other morning and it was 32 degrees.....worked fine. I was told that lexan is hard to polish but for 17 bucks and less than two hours I'll just cut me another one next year if I need to.
The lower left engine fairing was trashed pretty bad from a gravel spill so I did a fiberglass repair to the back side of it and bondo to the other side. It turned out pretty good.
I sanded down the saddle bags and used rattle can spray on truck bed liner from Wal Mart to clean them up a bit. I laid on about three coats and thus far it's holding up pretty well. The bed liner is rubberized and has some grit in it so it's not prone to scuffing that bad and again, if it chips, it's a pretty easy fix and I have one can left over. Either way it made them look a lot better than they were.
Slowride