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Replacment windshield for GK

Redman

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Anybody know any vendor for replacement windshields for GKs?
 
Here ya go: http://www.bikescreen.com/categories.asp

I bought a windscreen from them for my GS700ES. It looks identical to the factory screen, and is about half the price.

Screen got here in two weeks.

Edit: I just checked, they have your screen (stock height) for $169.95. You could also order it shorter or taller, with various degrees of tinting as well.
 
If your savvy with tools, save the $169 and just buy a small sheet of plexy, take old windshield off, use it as template for new one, cut it out with saw and drill holes for screws, sand down edges where you cut, and viola! new windshield for next to nothing! Not hard to do either.
 
Griff, Thanks, Will look into that place. (and, yes, the GS850G maybe for sale in a while.)

83GK, Hey, cutting one from flat sheeting sounds like an idea. Will have to contemplate the curvature though. hum . . . . . .
 
There's a fellow in FL that makes them for any old or new bikes. I got one from him for the wifeee's "85* GS 550 ES. I've lost his name. It's something like Lief Gistafsson, and he's somewhere in FL. The one I baught was apprx. $100, any shade or tint. Someone please post his name & imfo, I would like to have it for myself, & I won't lose it this time.
 
DUHHH !!!, I'll try to be more observant next time. Thanks a lot, I never would have remembered.
 
REDMAN said:
Griff, Thanks, Will look into that place. (and, yes, the GS850G maybe for sale in a while.)

83GK, Hey, cutting one from flat sheeting sounds like an idea. Will have to contemplate the curvature though. hum . . . . . .
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The curvature should be no problem -- the only shape the windshield has is created by bolting it to the fairing (i.e. no complex curves).

SV
 
Hey ya'll, plexiglass can be curved quite easily with a little bit of heat. It can be done by bending the curve you desire around any appropriately curved object and applying heat in the form of a heat gun (paint or wallpaper remover type) or even using a space heater. I have also done this by judicious use of lighter fluid right on the plexiglass surface and a match, but this is a bit of a learned experience and not to be jumped into without the expectation of a few thrown away practice pieces *GRIN*.
 
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