Kawasaki Concours Forum
Introductions - Tell us a bit about yourself => Introductions => Topic started by: LeeV on September 02, 2020, 09:01:08 AM
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Sold my FJR AE model and bought a 2008 Concours ABS model. Got what I feel is a great deal on it but it had the broken windshield problem.
Really a clean bike with 20000 miles, Seargeant seat, Dekelvic slip on, bar riser and Cee Bailey windshield. Other then that the bike is pretty stock as far as I know. Looking forward to getting a tune in the near future.
I ended up taking off the bar risers for now. Want to try without initially.
Gave $3500 for the bike but did have to fix the cracked bracket that supports the windshield. I ended up making a bracket to take the place of the original out of 304 Stainless with a slot cut in it. Then cut a couple pieces of teflon and backing plates to mount it. Works perfectly as far as I'm concerned although I never experienced the original in working order.
Read a bunch on the site before buying the bike and really appreciate all of the content available. Hopefully I can add some wisdom at some point.
Thanks,
Lee
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Welcome to the forum. Did you take any pics of the windscreen repairs? We like pictures.
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I haven't taken any pics yet, I've got to redesign one of the teflon parts and put a lock nut in there so I'll be taking it apart again and be sure to get some pics then. I'll also try to pull some screen shots out of ProE.
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Some pics
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Here are some screenshots of the mount from the 3d software.
The mount is made on three parts tig welded together. I had to do three parts to get the same crown that the original mount has. Works really well up to 70 so far, it's been raining here so I haven't had the opportunity to run it up faster. I definitely feels solid at speed though. I bought the bike broken so I don't know what the factory mount felt like.
Still need to tweek one of the teflon parts. Would it be worth while to try to sell some of these?
Lee
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Excellent indeed!