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http://1drv.ms/1s8JXvo Ron [b]From:[/b] rharaseth@... [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, November 03, 2014 11:27 AM [b]To:[/b]
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com ; rharaseth@... [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: WINDHSHIELD VISOR Looks like I ll have to move the pics and post a link. Ron [b]From:[/b]
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Monday, November 03, 2014 11:23 AM [b]To:[/b]
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: WINDHSHIELD VISOR
I started out playing with a full face shield (very light material,but something to play with low $$). After a couple of iterations, I picked up a scooter windscreen (Ebay approx $35) which included some mounting hardware to which I supplemented some stainless bolts, nylock nuts and some assorted nylon bushings/washers and ended up with my current version which has proved to work very well.
It cans be pulled up or down by hand from the seat as need arises. Up for highway, bugs, rain, etc. Down for visibility on dirt. Stays where you put it (with the right tension on the bolt/nylock nuts). This is in conjunction with the wheat whacker mod and a brace from the side mounts up to a dashboard that helps stabilize the whole assembly. Its been very effective and I have close to 20,000 miles 75 % hardcore dirt. Makes the highway work much more tolerable. I m 6 4 with extra seat padding and the wind flow is about the top of my helmet with no turbulence. Part of the effectiveness is the laminar edge of the original short windscreen pressurizing a stream of air up on the inside of the main screen so a small gap between the two helps.
Hope these pictures come through. Did the same to my second KLR which I just sold. Sorry to say this KLR is also up for re-ownership as I am moving on to team orange a 690. I have already modified the 690 with a fabricated from fairing which will receive the same clear windscreen modification this winter.
I am using vinyl post material (square tube) which is VERY structurally sturdy, workable, and highly moldable with controlled heat.
Vinyl fence material fairing. Combo of flattening the cut/square tubing (you can see the corners
still which add to the rigidity of a large flat surface. If I d only discovered this material s versatility
earlier. Easy to work, form. Very rigid, but extremely sturdy bends and retains its cold memory.
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Switch panel cut with normal wood-working tools and formed with heat gun. Formed the upper
piece to snap tightly onto the handlebar. Grip heaters, auxiliary light, dedicated GPS power supply.
Will miss the KLRs, but dancing the rear end at 50 MPH in fourth fully loaded on any loose surface priceless.
100 pounds less and twice the horsepower (yes TWICE). I know...you pays the price, but I m getting too old to not enjoy
my last few years on the dirt.
Ron
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Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: WINDHSHIELD VISOR
Mark, I'm not understanding the set-up which you wish to discuss. Could you describe in more detail? Perhaps at a level of someone who has an IQ around room temperature, keeping in mind that we're in Celcius here in Canada.
I have made higher windscreens from Lexan and am planning to do the Wheat Wacker modification on a donated fairing to try. I'm thinking of making that one adjustable. Others have made laminar type systems which have worked well. I think this is an area which I have neglected for attention so it is very interesting when someone suggests an idea.
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