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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2015, 12:45:18 PM »
hey, give the guy some credit. It took him 17 posts to mention his FOB  :chugbeer:
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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #21 on: January 26, 2015, 01:19:10 PM »
His FOB with fresh battery is so powerful it protects my bike a half continent away!

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #22 on: January 26, 2015, 03:35:35 PM »
His FOB with fresh battery is so powerful it protects my bike a half continent away!

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #23 on: October 14, 2017, 09:44:54 PM »
To fix your broken windshield bracket you remove the windshield from the mounts and remove the plastic cover in the front of the bike. You will see the bracket directly in front of you it looks like a big Y. You will note at the bottom this is the portion that is broken. You'll see a hole at the bottom of this bracket. When you move the windshield mechanism up and down you'll see the hole slide along the plate behind it. Take a sharpie stick it in that hole move the windshield mechanism up-and-down to mark the plate behind the bracket. Disassemble that bracket and the plate behind it. Use a dermal with a cutting metal wheel to cut a notch where you marked. Slide a bolt through the backside use to nuts on the front side and tighten them against each other. Make sure there is a little play in the bolt to allow it to freely slide up and down the notch. Mount the plate and bracket then reattach the windscreen mounts to the bracket.

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #24 on: October 15, 2017, 06:24:58 AM »
To fix your broken windshield bracket

Thanks for the info and video.  Hopefully I will never need it :)  Have never seen using silicone on nuts/bolts before, I wouldn't think that would be strong enough to prevent unwinding... I believe a nyloc nut should work better, and/or thread lock.
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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #25 on: October 16, 2017, 04:43:54 PM »
Well I will have an up date in a few days. I am pursuing a more permanent fix that will handle larger windscreens at high speed.  I will link a video when finished.

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #26 on: October 16, 2017, 06:04:29 PM »
Well I will have an up date in a few days. I am pursuing a more permanent fix that will handle larger windscreens at high speed. 

I am going to guess that the original/factory design is probably fine for the life of the bike *IF* one only ever uses the factory windscreen and no topper.  But a lot of us are using something larger or modified in some way (me included- I have an X-creen topper, which I love, but it is a significant amount of mass at the very top of the windscreen).  Wind pressure is one major factor and the other is an extra mass which can greatly amplify bumps and jarring into the support structure.
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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2017, 01:02:59 PM »
I have always found the greatest stress on my windshield is when caught in turbulent conditions, such as passing a tractor- trailer and similar. It is the repeated 'slaps' of air hitting the windshield that breaks things, not a steady pressure.

Normally I reach up with my left hand and brace the windshield when moving around a truck as I know the buffeting is coming. Probably not the safest thing to do but then again getting hit with a loose windshield would not win any safety awards either so I choose to brace....

My windshield is ~10" taller than a stock Gen. 1 C-14 windshield and has not broken..... yet. :-)

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I am going to guess that the original/factory design is probably fine for the life of the bike *IF* one only ever uses the factory windscreen and no topper.  But a lot of us are using something larger or modified in some way (me included- I have an X-creen topper, which I love, but it is a significant amount of mass at the very top of the windscreen).  Wind pressure is one major factor and the other is an extra mass which can greatly amplify bumps and jarring into the support structure.
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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #28 on: October 23, 2017, 10:51:29 PM »
Here is a permanent solution to fix the broken windscreen bracket on a Kawasaki Concours GTR 1400

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7BzB_eaaI&feature=youtu.be

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2017, 04:07:43 AM »
Nice video. Thanks!
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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2017, 09:10:19 AM »
Good information!
Thanks Jon.

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #31 on: March 15, 2018, 07:40:40 AM »
bump so I can find this later to watch video

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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2018, 03:23:03 PM »
bump so I can find this later to watch video

There is also a forum "bookmark" function which is useful
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Re: Broke the windshield bracket yesterday
« Reply #33 on: March 16, 2018, 05:47:00 AM »
There is also a forum "bookmark" function which is useful
This works too plus it help my post count  ;D