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Some of you may have seen my windscreen mod in a discussion about wind protection on my 98+ Kat.
I found the stock windscreen directed the wind into my upper body, arms and helmet which made long rides tiring and uncomfortable. I found a Euro screen windscreen from Lockhart Phillips on the KatRiders FS forum and installed it a couple of years ago. The Euro screen was about 1-1/2" taller than stock with a little vertical spoiler.
Although the Euro screen did improve wind protection over the stock screen, I was still eating a lot of bugs and I couldn't open my helmet visor at speeds over 60kph.
Doing a bit of reasearch I got some inspiration from the MRA variotouring screen. http://www.mra.de/html/gb/gb-products.htm I found a local shop that would order just the hinges... prices weren't provided so I don't know how much they would have been.
Talking to my buddy who rides a Vstrom with an adjustable windscreen he stated that once he found a good screen position he hasn't moved it since.
With the MRA design in mind and the extra windscreen in my garage I figured I could rigs something up.
I reinstalled the stock screen then cut down the Euro screen to size and shape I thought would work well. I tried to use as much of the old screen as possible to provide as much protection as possible (ya can always go smaller right?).
Here are a few pics of the Euro screen cut down:
I found the stock windscreen directed the wind into my upper body, arms and helmet which made long rides tiring and uncomfortable. I found a Euro screen windscreen from Lockhart Phillips on the KatRiders FS forum and installed it a couple of years ago. The Euro screen was about 1-1/2" taller than stock with a little vertical spoiler.
Although the Euro screen did improve wind protection over the stock screen, I was still eating a lot of bugs and I couldn't open my helmet visor at speeds over 60kph.
Doing a bit of reasearch I got some inspiration from the MRA variotouring screen. http://www.mra.de/html/gb/gb-products.htm I found a local shop that would order just the hinges... prices weren't provided so I don't know how much they would have been.
Talking to my buddy who rides a Vstrom with an adjustable windscreen he stated that once he found a good screen position he hasn't moved it since.
With the MRA design in mind and the extra windscreen in my garage I figured I could rigs something up.
I reinstalled the stock screen then cut down the Euro screen to size and shape I thought would work well. I tried to use as much of the old screen as possible to provide as much protection as possible (ya can always go smaller right?).
Here are a few pics of the Euro screen cut down:
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