Made my own tour windshield

[Twodog185]

Just can't come off the hip with 350 duckets for a tour shield, yet.

To start.....
While riding on the interstate, I put my hand up against the top of the shield and found how high above the shield is the horizon. I want to look above the shield at the horizon.

I went to Lowe's, bought a 18" X 24" X 3/16" piece of Lexan.

Cut a piece of cardboard 18" X 24". Marked center top and bottom.

Put cardboard up against BRP tour shield on the bike. Doing my best to find center, I marked the cardboard where I wanted the shield cut. Since I wanted the shield 24" above the center up-cut on the tour shield, I only had to mark one side of the board.

I then finalized the shape with a sharpie.

I then cut the cardboard in half, 9". I cut the board to shape (one side).

I laid the cardboard on the Lexan sheet, from center to right side. I marked the right side. I flipped the cardboard over, and marked the left side.

I used a jigsaw and cut the Lexan. I used a sander to round the edges and make minor adjustments to the shape.

I removed the shield from the bike and put it on the arm of my couch. I covered it with a sheet. (Make sure to find the center of the up-cut under the sheet, that is the center bend point.

I set the oven, which is 24" wide, at 450 degrees.

I put the Lexan sheet in the oven and at about 2 minutes, it began to flex.

Carefully, I removed the softened Lexan sheet from the oven and ran (safetly) to the couch and laid the Lexan sheet over the tour shield and molded the Lexan to (approximately) the shape of the tour shield.

After cooling, I remounted the tour shield on the bike and checked the Lexan sheet for fit.

I used "3M Dual Lock" discs to secure the Lexan sheet to the tour shield. Although I only had four sets, I set it and did a test ride up to 50 mph. I now get little puffs of air around my hair.

I just purchased 20 sets of "3M Dual Lock" discs from Laminar Lip for $10.00...will be delivered by next weekend. I'll use four alone the bottom, and two up each side to secure the Lexan sheet to the tour shield when done.

The gap between the tour shield and the Lexan sheet is about 1/4" because of the Dual Locks. This should be just enough air flow for hot days, but not enough for any concern otherwise.

I plan to do this again next weekend. The cut wasn't perfect....the proceedure for the oven must be altered, and the Dual Locks need to be positioned better. I'll take pictures of the second try. The first try went well enough that I think I'll go with this.

Lexan Sheet $15.00
Dual Lock Discs $10.00
Ice Tea $.75
Puffs of air....priceless.
:bigthumbsup:

 

[spyderrider44]

:bigthumbsup: :2cool: very interesting hope it works out , will be looking for pics :congrats:

 

[bjt]

:agree:

That was a very interesting post. It also helped me in a secondary way. I have, on occasion, wanted to use "3M Dual Lock" but I didn't know what it was called for sure or who made it. Talking with employees of various local hardware, sewing or craft stores only resulted in being shown various types of Velcro. My description of "It is the same idea as Velcro but instead of hook and loop, it has plastic knobs on both sides" only brought blank stares, "I don't know" responses or being shown more types of Velcro. :

What was wrong with your oven procedure and how do you need to alter it to work better? Is your plan to eventually make your windshield replace BRP's or is it always going to be attached to the BRP windshield?

 

[Spidrr]

That's a pretty neat idea. Do you think a heat gun would work instead of the oven? The wife said not to forget the new oven when I get the Lexan sheet.

 

[Lamonster]

:bigthumbsup: :doorag: :spyder:

 

[Twodog185]

Here is one picture from the prototype.

I happen to like the BRP tour shield around town. The wind is constant and doesn't buffet the head. Unfortunately, the Laminar Lip did not perform quite as good as first thought. With the Dual Locks, I can remove the Lexan sheet between trips. Tested this morning with only four Locks, as shown, up to 70 mph...no wobble, no movement at all. I'll still add 2 more attachments at the bottom mostly because I don't ride at 70 mph.

1) Will make the bottom half wider to cover more of the BRP shield
2) The oven procedure alteration - Do not put shield back in oven to make further adjustments until you cool the oven down and start over again. While making the first bend, the oven was left on and the oven sides and racks became too hot and melted the shield edges. This was not an issue the first time.

The measurement I used was from the center up-cut of the BRP tour shield.

http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/twodog35120/

The 1st 5 pictures are the shield mods.

 

[Twodog185]

Spidrr,

I have a heat gun (paint remover), gets pretty hot. Unlike the modification Marcel shows, shaping the entire shield takes much more heat evenly applied. We tried the heat gun, and after 30 minutes, the sheet wouldn't flex enough to shape it properly.

Although I was thinking oven, my girlfriend actually said it first, so she gets the credit. ;D

 

[Lamonster]

Nice job Bro. :bigthumbsup:

 

[tatt2r]

still think it looks like an uncut toenail.... but nice job if that is the look you are going for ...

 

[Lamonster]

still think it looks like an uncut toenail.... but nice job if that is the look you are going for ...

I think it's more for wind protection than a look. I've yet to see a big shield that looks good but some do look better than others and this one comes off pretty quick. :doorag:

 

[Derwin]

Did I miss the answer.....Are you planning on taking the brp shield off? Or are you keeping it on and just overlapping it with the home-made shield?

Derwin

 

[pphantom538]

hmmm very interesting

 

[Twodog185]

I plan to use the shield on trips only...I like the BRP tour shield around town. The BRP shield with the Dual Lock discs on there are barely noticable. If somebody is that detailed in their examination of my bike, I'll give them a dealer business card, and get more discounts on my parts.

 

[Derwin]

That's pretty cool that you did this entirely on your own. :bigthumbsup:

I don't know if I would have the "guts" to do that! I actually like it.......especially the price! :2cool:

Derwin

 

[ld271]

did anyone see the one at the home comming that flared out towards the mirrors an a little taller than the touring wind screen??? i think it was on a silver spyder

 

[mrb]

I saw photos of it and thought it looked good. It looked like Marcel's latest EVO III but it was not.

Someone who spoke to the owner said they were experiencing a lot of buffeting and vibration. The top edge looked dead flat whereas Marcel's have the shaped trailing edges and I think that makes a big difference.

 

[ld271]

yeha i don't think i,d like my head bouncing around i like the touring wind screen myself