| Author | Message | ||
     Slash6 |
I'm too cheap to spring for Mastad or Palmer brackets, so I built this setup. Has 4" height adjustment and at least that of tilt. T-track $16, 16 ga stainless sheet $35, Acrylic $20, probably $15 worth of stainless nuts and bolts. Replacement aluminum cowl is a recycled 55 mph speed limit sign. Now I just need to find the right color orange paint.   | ||
| Motorbike |
Very nice work! Since that speed limit cowling is aluminum, maybe you could just polish it and leave it natural colored? Just a thought. If you plan to paint it, you may have a hard time matching that color unless you take it to a professional body shop supplier. Also, what are the blue channels made of? Have you ridden the bike with the new shield yet? Looks like it would work well. Thanks. | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
That's doing it your way. Good work. | ||
| F_skinner |
What Eglider said, nice work.... I bet a air cover in the same material would look cool. Kind of "Terminator" like. I really like the adjustment rails.... | ||
| Boogeyman |
Thanks for sharing, thinking of something similar myself. We'll see where I end up. I bet the blue rails are aluminum, looks anodized. Something like this... http://www.ttrackusa.com/track_%20systems.htm Got any close ups of the support rods holding up the back? | ||
| Slash6 |
Boogeman you are correct on the T-track, it was sourced from a local woodworkers supply. I am not too proud of the support rods, they are kind of heavyweight but I am limited to a wire welder. They consist of 1/2" tube with an allthread connector welded to one end and 5/16 allthread with a flange welded on the other end, electric clamps on the bar brace. I had thought of retaining the plastic cowl but was not sure of the strength and did not want to screw it up since the bike is now 'vintage'.  | ||
| Etennuly |
That is some nice looking work you have done there. I have a tip for the paint. Since none of the Uly's orange parts were painted, there is no color code. In 2008-09 Ford had a color that they used on Mustangs that is very similar. I mixed my own from my mixing system before Ford's color came out. If I had to do it again, without the mixing system, I would get their's and tint as needed to match. That sign material is galvanized, don't forget to prime first with a chromate primer. | ||
| Slash6 |
Nope - the sign was aluminum, but I will prime it first anyway | ||
| Etennuly |
Oh, cool, that is even better!  Chromate primer is still what you need though. | ||
| Ratbuell |
+1 on Vern's color idea. The bag panels on my Uly are painted with Testor's plastic model spray paint in the Ford color. I can never remember, though..."grabber" or "hugger" orange. One's right...the other is waaaay red. | ||
| Babalugatz |
Great set up Where did you get the pivot brackets that attach the windshield to the track? | ||
| Slash6 |
Made the brackets myself - 16 ga stainless. | ||
| 12bolt |
How did you mold the acrylic? | ||
| Eulysses |
If you get head buffeting with that screen...it is probably coming up from underneath. Put your hand down there while on the highway and see if it subsides. The screen increases that air from underneath. Some homemade "wings" on the forks below the windscreen will create a nice comfy cabin. | ||
| Slash6 |
I used a hand held heat gun for the acrylic, and straps to bend it - you can only do simple curves and have to keep the heat gun moving to heat it uniformly. I have used Lexan before in a thinner stock and it seems to take more heat to bend - the acrylic used for this shield was .220 I think - I wasn't sure the thin stuff would be stiff enough. I don't get any head buffeting but am getting a lot of wind on my chest from down below - fork leg deflectors are the next project, have to get ready for winter. | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Looks pretty good!! Just curious, where di you get the brackets that connect the windshield to the track? | ||
| Ourdee |
He made the brackets out of a sheet of stainless. I wonder how he did the bends. |
