Another windshield question

[MONK]

I may have to pony up the dough for a new winter windscreen sooner than I thought. I just tried to swap out the 7Jurock screen I had for my '18 RTL to my '21 RT and there's no way it fits. The mounting holes are much bigger on the 7Jurock. The '21 windscreen has holes just big enough for the bolts. I laid one on top of the other, too. Nothing lines up. Looks like I'll have a windscreen for sale soon.

 

[RICZ]

Monk....are those so large that a grommet wouldn't help? Or rubber washers?

 

[MONK]

Monk....are those so large that a grommet wouldn't help? Or rubber washers?

I don't know if a set of stock pre-2020 grommets would work or not. It doesn't appear the holes even come close to lining up although I didn't measure and holding them one behind the other isn't a perfect guage due to the curvature. It sure looked like the mounting holes were way off. If I think about it, I'll give Don @ F4 Customs a call tomorrow. He'd know for sure. I mean, if it would work, I'd have a winter windscreen. I really wanted to use that 7Jurock on my Saturday trip. I'm going to start out @ about 33*. Brrr.

 

[RICZ]

There is flex. I have had to push on the center to widen and squeeze on the edges to narrow. A trip to Ace Hardware fastener department solved a lot of dilemmas for me.

 

[MONK]

Hmmmmm....Not doubting you, sir, but any other windscreen has just laid on the frame w/o having to do anything. If I get a chance tonight after work, maybe I'll take the stock windscreen back off to see if I can wiggle the 7Jurock in place. Not sure what I'd need to attach it, though. I don't want to jerry rig something just to have it scratch the windscreen or fall off going down the road.

 

[RICZ]

Warm the windshield with a heat gun or hair dryer to make it more pliable. I had my wife help as more hands are needed to insert the screws when the holes align.