Tanker2Biker wrote on 03/12/10 at 06:50:31:

OK, I got home and raised it, and tilted it back some.  I took it out for a ride, and it is much better on my head, but now there is a 6" high gap over the headlight, 5" forward of the handlebars.  Seems like it will let a LOT of cold air through there in bad weather.

Tanker2Biker wrote on 03/12/10 at 18:29:03:

That gap is supposed to be for your headlight.  You obviously need to mount a 7" headlight in that gap.  Not that difficult.  Get a bottom mount 7" Harley headlight, measure where the bottom mount should go, make a bracket to fit from there to the stock headlight mount.

Anybody ever try making a windshield out of 1/8" Lexan plastic ? What would be so hard about that,....mount it w/ some alumunum or stainless stock. Lexan ain't cheap, but you can cut it,  bend it, drill it, it won't break, or even crack.
I gotta give that some thought. I'm outta projects,....can ya tell ?

Well, thats what I thought about a year ago when I went to the glass shop to get 1/4" plexiglass 2' x 4' for a windshield on my new Kawasaki Mule.
He talked me into the 1/8" Lexan instead because of the much better workability and durability. But I questioned the 1/8"....almost flat surface going down the hiway @ 70 mph, (on trailer of course ) and he said it would be plenty heavy enough, especially because it won't crack etc etc.
Well, he was right. It is tough stuff. I think the 1/8" would be perfect for forming a curvature by bolting it to a radiused pc of 3/16 x 1 1/2 alumunum FM toward the bottom, which would also be used for mounting.

Hey,....I'm just thinking out loud

verslagen1 wrote on 03/13/10 at 20:10:24:

Versl,
I just micro-metered the Spitfire on my bike below, and it is exactly .125  I believe they are Lexan material. True, it isn't a large shield,  but I sure wouldn't underestimate the strength and impact resistence of 1/8" Lexan.
Seriously, the more I talk about this, the more it just may be a "next project" My wife just hates my "projects"

Aw, those must be metric sizes, I only know .125 .187 & .250

Curving horizontal, no problem, but that would leave it a straight line vertically,....or I wouldn't know how to curve it both ways. I can't really visulize how that would look. Maybe a new trend ? Maybe I'll see what the guy at the glass shop says. He said there ain't nothin they ain't put a windshield on

Then again, maybe I could just add a pc on the bottom where it sets 5" above the headlite.