BcVulcan wrote:
I'm looking for some sort of touring windshield myself. The best thing I see so far, (of course I haven't tried any of them), is the Laminar Lip. But I'm still open to suggestions. Privateer, I'm listening...
I got back from Denver about midnight last night, this is the first time in a week I've had time to read posts on this forum.
I like the Zero Gravity Sport Touring shield well enough. Its pretty solid and I took the laminar lip off because it creates vortexes and they grab your helmet and jerk it around. The ST by itself doesn't do that.
So far, even Rifle has turned me down on a custom windshield, probably only because they doubt they could sell enough to make it worthwhile. Vacuum molding polycarbonite in those kinds of shapes is not easy.
The most likely source could actually turn out to be Zero Gravity. They could just tweak their mold for the ST to get 2" more height with little expense and it would mold just as easily as the ST.
Until then, I am running a ZG ST with a Vario VTA-1 extension spoiler. I'll have to adjust the position based on riding it and seeing at what setting it works best.
Drilling mounting holes in the ST was a pain, I did it when the temperature was in the 20s and my holes chipped a little. If I do it again, I'll make sure the ST is quite warm, and drill halfway from one side and then halfway from the other, with a very small bit, and then do the same with the correct size bit. At least I'll have a good template (the old ST) to mark the hole locations.
But its good enough to ride this season with and find out how the Vario works.
Living the Gypsy Life