summer windshield

475772 · 01-20-2010, 05:31 PM

I'm planning to build a new windshield. I want it shorter than the original and wider than the org. I've learn how to cut the plexiglass, but how do I get the plexi to curve like the original shield. Thaks inadvance chubsey

cactusjack · 01-20-2010, 05:51 PM

I think you'd have to build a form out of wood with the desired curvature and use heat to mold it to fit the form. That's the 50,000 foot flyover, I'm sure it's more involved than that.

jasperboy · 01-21-2010, 04:55 PM

For what it is worth I have made several windshields and lowers for both my 1999 and now my 2006 simply using 1/4" Lexan. 3/16 is a little stiffer and harder to get to "curve". I simply made cardboard templates for size, and then cut them out on a bandsaw, finished the edges with sand paper and emory cloth, and used the natural curve of the hardware to bend the windshield to shape. I can't imagine what it would require to heat and bend the stuff, but I didn't really find it necessary.

**Jared** · 01-21-2010, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jasperboy

For what it is worth I have made several windshields and lowers for both my 1999 and now my 2006 simply using 1/4" Lexan. 3/16 is a little stiffer and harder to get to "curve". I simply made cardboard templates for size, and then cut them out on a bandsaw, finished the edges with sand paper and emory cloth, and used the natural curve of the hardware to bend the windshield to shape. I can't imagine what it would require to heat and bend the stuff, but I didn't really find it necessary.

I haven't done this myself, but I have a friend that did the same think. Just cut it out and used the hardware to bend it. It's still just fine

475772 · 01-22-2010, 09:07 AM

Thanks . I'll go with let the hardware do the bending.

scott2007nomad · 01-22-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jasperboy

For what it is worth I have made several windshields and lowers for both my 1999 and now my 2006 simply using 1/4" Lexan. 3/16 is a little stiffer and harder to get to "curve".

I hate to get picky, or I'm just dumb, but isn't 1/4 > 3/16? Why would it be stiffer?

Sorry if this is a dumb question.

garyo4 · 01-22-2010, 01:17 PM

He probably meant 3/8"...

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475772 Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brantford Ont. Canada Posts: 30	summer windshield I'm planning to build a new windshield. I want it shorter than the original and wider than the org. I've learn how to cut the plexiglass, but how do I get the plexi to curve like the original shield. Thaks inadvance chubsey Login or Register to Remove Ads
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cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	summer windshield I think you'd have to build a form out of wood with the desired curvature and use heat to mold it to fit the form. That's the 50,000 foot flyover, I'm sure it's more involved than that. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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01-21-2010, 04:55 PM	#3
jasperboy Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wadsworth, OH Posts: 1,238	summer windshield For what it is worth I have made several windshields and lowers for both my 1999 and now my 2006 simply using 1/4" Lexan. 3/16 is a little stiffer and harder to get to "curve". I simply made cardboard templates for size, and then cut them out on a bandsaw, finished the edges with sand paper and emory cloth, and used the natural curve of the hardware to bend the windshield to shape. I can't imagine what it would require to heat and bend the stuff, but I didn't really find it necessary. __________________ Current Bike - 2011 Victory Vision Tour Previous Bike: 2006 Nomad Original Nomad: 1999 G/G Nomad VBA #931R VROC #16379R
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01-22-2010, 09:07 AM	#5
475772 Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Brantford Ont. Canada Posts: 30	summer windshield Thanks . I'll go with let the hardware do the bending. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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garyo4 Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 275	summer windshield He probably meant 3/8"...
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