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Author Message   Ridenusa4l Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 04:54 am:        well guys, i was filling up m bike the other night, and while making sure not to over fill it i took the nozzle out of the tank, and i thought it wasnt pumping, and it got ALL OVER m bike. In a state of "panic" i got some paper towels at the station and began to wipe of the gas, most of which was on the windscreen. All was fine till the next morning when i go out to go riding and i see that my windscreen is badly scratched and DISCOLORED, to a moderately more opaque than clear. So now i have no clue how to restore the clearness of the windscreen, i was going o use plast-x for the scratches but i dont know wat to use for the opaqueness. So if anyone has any ideas about wat to do, PLEASE let me know, if i can fix it or if i have to go buy a new windscreen. THANX ALL, Jake   Zac4mac Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 09:50 am:        Jake- My first guess would be the Novus polish BMC recommends. However, gas these days has ethanol in it... I used straight ethanol(Everclear liquor) once to get some tape adhesive off my fairing and it crazed the surface. Might be time for a new Kick-Ash windscreen. My fingers are crossed for you. Z   Jdugger Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 11:24 am:        For what it's worth, when I spill gas on the road, I just let it evaporate. And, NEVER use paper towels on plastic. It will always scratch.   Ccryder Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 11:37 am:        Paint it or replace it.   Ron_luning Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 04:07 pm:        All I can think of that would fix this would be to wet sand the surface with progressively finer grades of sand paper. Then use a rubbing compound followed by a plastic polish. It might look 90% as good as a new windscreen. For all the time spent though, I would just purchase a new one. Did it not do any damage to the fairing?   Carbonbigfoot Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 08:05 pm:        Paint it. R   Ft_bstrd Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 09:37 pm:        Try this: Buffing Wheel and Buffing Compound   Ridenusa4l Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 - 11:21 pm:        well ive tried about everything, and nothing works...so im gonna get the trans. blue windscreen now do i want an oem standard, or a zero gravity standard height..any thoughts? i just dnt know if the zg is worth the extra cost.. Thanx Jake   Ccryder Posted on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 05:39 am:        I've got the ZG DB and it is (IMHO) very much worth the $'s!

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