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old3
January 28th, 2014, 02:12 PM
I was inspired by my bud Doggiepooch to add a few spacers under the shield/mirrors to get a bit more smooth air at speed.

He used a few rubbery washers, a pair on the rear mount bolt, a single in front to tilt the shield a bit more upright.

I ended up grabbing 4 3/8" nylon spacers. The stock bolts are about 4X as long as they need to be already so no new hardware was needed.

With a little stretching and slight force, it went together under my Kawi touring screen. See the following posts for a few pics. I may try to reduce the front mount height to get the screen more vertical as I see what/if anything changed.

Thanks to DP for the advice! :thumbup:

old3
January 28th, 2014, 02:13 PM
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old3
January 28th, 2014, 02:13 PM
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JohnnyBravo
January 28th, 2014, 02:46 PM
Smooth air?

old3
January 28th, 2014, 03:00 PM
Non turbulent. I get some decent buffeting behind the touring screen.

Smoove air mon. Tis a gud ting! :thumbup:

JohnnyBravo
January 28th, 2014, 03:36 PM
Good deal :thumbup:

Klondike1020
January 28th, 2014, 05:44 PM
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/q71/s320x320/1622686_483679605084968_1130757114_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/q71/s320x320/1545913_483679845084944_1426353564_n.jpg

That is Trick. nice mod:clapping: