Windsheild? Anyone have one for their bike.

[fatboy250]

I've been looking at the ATV type with quick release and wondered if anyone else has experimented with this?

http://www.amazon.com/Release-Universal-Windshield-Without-Headlight/dp/B0003J23A8

Jason

[blimpman]

I would think there wiould be too much wind resistance. But if you just want to keep the cold off of you and ride at slow speeds, it might be just the ticket.

[tzrider]

Got one on my goldwing right over the stereo speakers, but not the dirt bike. Have a sport fairing on the SV650 with a Zero Gravity double bubble.

[fatboy250]

I would think there wiould be too much wind resistance.

Yeah, but it couldn't be any worse than my not-so-aerodynamic body cutting through the wind. I feel like a parachute when I ride 50-60mph. I haven't had that feeling for a long while. My other bike is a Kawasaki Concours.

Jason

[frostbite]

A guy in my local DS club made his own out of a plastic bucket:

http://www.nbdsc.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34&highlight=windshield

He said it made a big difference on the road, cuts a lot of wind to the chest.

[tzrider]

You can do the same with a chunk of plexiglass. You can either drape form it in the oven over a mold you make out of sheet steel (temperature is critical) or just use a heat gun to heat and bend.

Dirt bikes ain't supposed to have windshields, though! :lol: Do ya see a winshield on Carmichael's 450? How about McGrath's motard, does it have a windshield? Those motards get up over 100 mph in the asphalt sections. You just scoot a bit back on the seat and lean into it and enjoy the breeze. :D Hey, 55-60 ain't bad at all. You ought to try 170 on an old school GS1000 Yoshimura superbike. :lol:

[fatboy250]

Hey, 55-60 ain't bad at all. You ought to try 170 on an old school GS1000 Yoshimura superbike. :lol:

Never been 170, but I did have a GS850 (no windsheild) that would hit 125mph stock. Fantastic bike! Man, I sure wish I still had that old bike. Still, I'm not missing anything really with the Concours. Right out the box, this thing is faster and is as fast as I need to go anywhere.

Jason

[CathastrophiX]

Not me, not my bike, but here´s some pics...
http://www.yuki.cz/silkway/4/03.jpg
http://www.yuki.cz/silkway/9/5.jpg
http://www.yuki.cz/silkway/13/3.jpg

[fatboy250]

Any idea where to find something like this? I think this is what I'm after.
Jason

[tzrider]

Hey, 55-60 ain't bad at all. You ought to try 170 on an old school GS1000 Yoshimura superbike. :lol:

Never been 170, but I did have a GS850 (no windshield) that would hit 125mph stock. Fantastic bike! Man, I sure wish I still had that old bike. Still, I'm not missing anything really with the Concours. Right out the box, this thing is faster and is as fast as I need to go anywhere.

Jason

The bike of which I speak was an endurance ride I had back in the late 70s and it was scary fast. We finished 10th in the Lester Wheels WERA endurance series nationally in open superbike and second in CRRC open superbike and never left Texas to race.

My SV650 is faster than necessary in a 70 mph world.

I did the drape forming thing and have used a heat gun on plexiglass. Neither is terribly tough to do and for what you want, I'd suggest you look into that. It only takes a small screen to keep the wind blast off your chest. I had a small quarter fairing on a VX800 that I fashioned a screen for, was an old Vetter Sting that had a cracked screen. It worked out great. I took that thing to Sturgis one year, 1500 miles one way from here. Rode it 800 miles in one day coming home. My back was in good shape, though I thought it had given me a hemorrhoid for a while when I got home. :?

I don't think my 200 would push much of a windscreen, especially against a decent wind.

[RPM]

Jason,
The first one that comes to mind is JCWhitney.
Try http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Browse/tf-Browse/s-10101/N-111+10211+600014185/c-10111

A lot of these are quick release and pretty much universal as most simply attach to the handlebars. National Cycle has been making these for many years. Slipstreamer and Maier are a couple of good names to look at, too

There are many sites on the web that you can visit that offer shields like these that you can use:

www.caparralmotorsports.com
www.competitionaccessories.com
www.shadetreemotorcycle.com

Hope this helps!
Tom

[fatboy250]

Thanks for the input and the links. I like the look of this one

http://www.jcwhitney.com/wcsstore/jcwhitney/images/imagecache/G_10678G_CL_3.jpg

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2000678/p-2000678/N-111+10211+600014185/c-10111

But I'm not sure if I'll be able to fit it behind the headlight assembly that comes with the bike.

Jason

[srreynolds2003]

fatboy250:
Did you ever put a windshield on your DS. I am thinking about going the JCW route too, but I would like to see a photo of one first on a DS

[Motoman]

I've got a faceshield plastic that I'm fitting to my headlight fairing to divert the wind over my head. The're cheap and plentiful at any industrial safety supply outlet. Just another thought and inexpensive. A friend of mine did this on his Harley chopper and it really worked out pretty neat.

[katoranger]

Faceshield plastic is a unique idea.

Allen

[newbie555]

i just built one out of plastic from a $2 trash can. Works and looks great, will post pics soon

[katoranger]

Do post it. It may be a good thing for the winter riding.

Allen

[fatboy250]

No I never did get around to it. I just got used to the wind I guess.

Jason

[newbie555]

Here are the pics of the shield I made. The last one is of the trash can that i started with, which I got at walmart for $2.50. I cut it, and sprayed it black, then I drilled and tapped 3 holes in my headlight fairing and screwed it to it, it works great. Not quite a windshield, but more of a rally fairing.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa52/newbie555/shield001.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa52/newbie555/shield002.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa52/newbie555/shield003.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa52/newbie555/shield004.jpg

[fatboy250]

good going there newbie. How much wind is it catching for you?

[newbie555]

it pretty much catches it all, a little gets me at the top of my helmet, but it keeps it from going up inside of it, which is mainly what i wanted. i also cleaned the edges up a little more, and painted it with gloss paint to match the headlight