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My 2012 RT has developed Windshield Sparkles! Anyone else? Any ideas to fix, or just replace?

I have a secret ingredient for my plastic. Picked it up when I was flying ultralights around the airport. The glider guys and some of the airplane guys used original Lemon Pledge. I used to use the high dollar stuff, but at a buck and change this stuff seems to work well for me. Got 8 years out of a poly-carbonate screen on my last bike before it began to sparkle.
 
The problem I find with furniture polish it has no UV protectorates. I have had the same w/s on bikes I have owned over 20 years and rode over 160K miles. And it's no secret - I use polishes intended for plastics, such as Plexus. On tour, I carry a small can. Washing bugs and dirt off, I simply use a soft, damp cloth and wipe with a towel, using only up and down strokes. Too many bugs and I spray hydrogen peroxide on 'em using a spray bottle.
 
RICZ said:
The problem I find with furniture polish it has no UV protectorates. I have had the same w/s on bikes I have owned over 20 years and rode over 160K miles. And it's no secret - I use polishes intended for plastics, such as Plexus. On tour, I carry a small can. Washing bugs and dirt off, I simply use a soft, damp cloth and wipe with a towel, using only up and down strokes. Too many bugs and I spray hydrogen peroxide on 'em using a spray bottle.
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Mr Ricz,
I've heard of the peroxide use, is there any precautions about using it around any materials? I once made the mistake of using Purple Power on aluminum, boy that was a mistake I couldn't take back.
 
h0gr1der said:
Mr Ricz,
I've heard of the peroxide use, is there any precautions about using it around any materials? I once made the mistake of using Purple Power on aluminum, boy that was a mistake I couldn't take back.
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Hydrogen peroxide eats proteins, and bugs are mostly that. I have never had HP harm any thing on a bike, but I am careful to keep it solely on the w/s. I have used it on the painted surfaces on cars with no negative effects.
 
I'm quite tall (6'-6") and I bought one of these and with the W/S all the way up I look between them and haven't had many, if any, bugs or pebbles fly thru the opening. It's much cheaper than a new W/S.

MRA 4025066125036 X-Creen Clear Bolt-On/Add-On Variable Windscreen Spoiler Blade
 
+1 on the Plexus, great product. To clean windshield, it is easy if you lay a soaped wet rag (t shirt) on the shield for 10 or 15 minutes. Bugs come off easily.
FYI Windshields on motorcycles are meant to be looked over, not through. According to National Cycle, (largest producer of aftermarket motorcycle windshields) you should be looking 1.5 to 2" over the top of your shield. I am not tall, so I have cut off every windshield that I ever had.
 
The stock windshield is made from MR10 which is a polycarbonate. At F4 Customs we provide a polycarbonate windshield which we bake in a proprietary hard coating with a UV inhibitor that greatly reduces the attacking on the shield from the sun. Also this coating provides great rain shedding and seals the shield so it can we cleaned with any glass cleaner and paper towels.
To hear more about our product look us up on the web at f4customs.com or give us a call at 330-968-4644
 
F4 Customs said:
The stock windshield is made from MR10 which is a polycarbonate. At F4 Customs we provide a polycarbonate windshield which we bake in a proprietary hard coating with a UV inhibitor that greatly reduces the attacking on the shield from the sun. Also this coating provides great rain shedding and seals the shield so it can we cleaned with any glass cleaner and paper towels.
To hear more about our product look us up on the web at f4customs.com or give us a call at 330-968-4644
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Sounds like a great replacement! For now, I've decided to live with the sparkles on/in my windshield. I'm hoping that they haven't weakened the structure so that it implodes/explodes. :-) The sparkles are only an issue when I'm at just the right angle to the sun, and I can always lower the windshield and look over it.
 
I finally gave up trying to see through all the "sparkles", and bought a new windshield. It was incredibly easy to remove the old one, and install the new one! The new one has "vents" which don't cause any additional wind flow on the rider, but do seem to calm down the buffeting from wind gusts and 18 wheelers. :-)
 
Haze said:
The sparkles (In my case) are the result of the windshield being sand blasted during the vicious wind storms we have in Nevada.
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That's the same thing that popped into my mind when I read his post. Had exactly the same thing happen to my windshield way way back when I was stationed at Edwards AFB in the Mojave Desert. Windshield was sand blasted by the desert sand.
 
solidgranite said:
I finally gave up trying to see through all the "sparkles", and bought a new windshield. It was incredibly easy to remove the old one, and install the new one! The new one has "vents" which don't cause any additional wind flow on the rider, but do seem to calm down the buffeting from wind gusts and 18 wheelers. :-)
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What one did you buy?
 
To solve the "sparkles" problem, I replaced the windshield. I got it from SlingMods.com for about $170. The windshield is a Show Chrome Wide Clear SM6143 Touring model. It was easy to remove the old and install the new! I made a "slip on cover" for it, so when its parked in the yard, I can cover the windshield and protect it from the ultra-bright and strong sun light we get here in NC. :-) Here's a pic of the old windshield with the sparkles clearly showing:

sparkles.jpg
 
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