New member in DFW area. Went from an FJR to the Concours.

[LeeV]

Sold my FJR AE model and bought a 2008 Concours ABS model.  Got what I feel is a great deal on it but it had the broken windshield problem.
Really a clean bike with 20000 miles, Seargeant seat, Dekelvic slip on, bar riser and Cee Bailey windshield.  Other then that the bike is pretty stock as far as I know.  Looking forward to getting a tune in the near future.

I ended up taking off the bar risers for now.  Want to try without initially.

Gave $3500 for the bike but did have to fix the cracked bracket that supports the windshield.  I ended up making a bracket to take the place of the original out of 304 Stainless with a slot cut in it.  Then cut a couple pieces of teflon and backing plates to mount it.  Works perfectly as far as I'm concerned although I never experienced the original in working order.

Read a bunch on the site before buying the bike and really appreciate all of the content available.  Hopefully I can add some wisdom at some point.

Thanks,
Lee

[gPink]

Welcome to the forum. Did you take any pics of the windscreen repairs? We like pictures.

[LeeV]

I haven't taken any pics yet, I've got to redesign one of the teflon parts and put a lock nut in there so I'll be taking it apart again and be sure to get some pics then.  I'll also try to pull some screen shots out of ProE.

[LeeV]

Some pics

[LeeV]

Here are some screenshots of the mount from the 3d software.

The mount is made on three parts tig welded together.  I had to do three parts to get the same crown that the original mount has.  Works really well up to 70 so far, it's been raining here so I haven't had the opportunity to run it up faster.  I definitely feels solid at speed though.  I bought the bike broken so I don't know what the factory mount felt like.

Still need to tweek one of the teflon parts.  Would it be worth while to try to sell some of these?

Lee

[VirginiaJim]

Excellent indeed!