Plexistar II Windshield (aka Moe's windshield)

[blaine]

I also have the SPITFIRE.On & off in less than a minute.No loss of adjustment.Fits bike very well.

[alanmcorcoran]

Me and the Geezer have been spending a little more time together ever since I put the crappy saddlebags on her, and so I had some more motivation to screw with the Plexistar II mounting. Not sure if these are even sold anymore, but, I figured I'd do one final post on this just for closure.

I actually have done three significant revisions to my mounting recently, some of which involved me relearning from mistakes made previously. Screwing around with your Plexistar is not unlike sex - the more you do it, the better you get at it. And there's the mounting...

Revision number one was made to address two problems - difficulty locking the front wheel and rattles of the lowers against the forks. Although I fixed both problems, the result was I ended up with the shield up too high and too far in front of the speedo. This created a new more annoying problem - lots of air coming up right through the bottom of the shield - sort of defeating the purpose.

My last two revisions were my efforts to:

1) Cut down on the gap between the shield and the speedo.
2) Maintain the rake with the fork angle.
3) Eliminate any rattles.
4) Try to keep the thing fitting to the bike geometry, especially in the brake/clutch, upper triple tree and turn signal stems.

There is a point of diminishing returns, the shield is only so high, and the hand guard cutouts are not perfectly placed for the GZ, but I think I have finally achieved the best overall fit. See pictures below.

[blaine]

A medium sized cover made for bikes with a windshield fits well.The brand name is"THE FIST"

[waya]

Originally Posted by blaine

A medium sized cover made for bikes with a windshield fits well.The brand name is"THE FIST"

My Googling for this comes up empty....

[blaine]

Originally Posted by waya

My Googling for this comes up empty....

IIRC this was bought at Princess Auto about 4 years.Probably long gone.
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[mrlmd1]

Any medium sized cover will fit over the GZ with a windscreen, with lots left over lying on the ground.. There's also no need to spend a lot of money on these - I bought one on JCWhitney for less than $20 3 years ago and still using it in my S50, and recently, a cheapo one on eBay shipped from China for $12.99 3 months ago which is still intact and working fine. The JCWhitney one even had padding on the back side of the front of the cover to cover the windshield and I never had any scratches on either windshield. Don't spend a whole lot of money on a cover, just tie it down well with some line around the front around the bars below the lights and looped under/over the bike's seat and frame to keep it from excessively blowing around and it will last a long time.

[Water Warrior 2]

Wal-Mart has a fair to decent bike cover too. Not expensive and light enough to pack if you need one on the road.. I have a Dowco cover and it is a great product but you need someplace to park it when not in use. It is kinda bulky due to the type of material used.

[waya]

I currently am using a tarp I found at Wal-Mart, I didn't see any bike covers when I was poking around in there.... what section/area did you find it in?

[Water Warrior 2]

In this store they have the usual auto service center. It is in their area rather than just out in the automotive sales on the main floor area. A little strange in my mind but Wal-Mart does have a method to their madness. When all else fails just ask some one who is busy..........it always works for me.

[blaine]

The only thing the Wal- Mart here sells is helmets,nothing else bike related.
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