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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => Accessories and modifications - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: Barry on May 29, 2012, 02:40:02 AM

Title: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Barry on May 29, 2012, 02:40:02 AM
Hot here in Va finally.  Left my air deflectors on last year (group purchase, forgot the brand).  Took them off this year and hit them up with some masonry sealer to black them out.  I will source black hardware from a local hardware store.  Will post pics of blacked out steel mounts later.  Turned out REALLY good.

Barry
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Conrad on May 29, 2012, 05:40:22 AM
Mine are off too. I need to get some black hardware for mine as well. The spray paint that I used didn't hold up.
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Jeremy Mitchell on May 29, 2012, 06:33:44 AM
I took my deflectors and tall shield off back in March when we hit 90.  They haven't been back on since.  It is gonna be a hot one this year.
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: So Cal Joe on May 29, 2012, 07:15:08 AM
Good idea, I guess I'll do the same. Last year I changed my deflectors from large ones to smaller ones and just rode with the Cee Bailey shield in the down spot. Might try changing to stock shield this year
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: stevewfl on May 29, 2012, 07:34:44 AM
I rode on the ULTRA tall Cee baileys last year through thousands of miles of above 112 degrees  :D

As far as exhaust/engine heat goes my Connie if the coolest bike I've ever owned.
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: maxtog on May 29, 2012, 03:47:55 PM
Hot here in VA finally.

I wouldn't say "finally", it has been fairly hot for fleeting days here and there over the past month.  Parts of this weekend were brutal, for sure.  Of course, Hampton Roads tends to be much hotter than most anyplace else in the Commonwealth.

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Left my air deflectors on last year (group purchase, forgot the brand).  Took them off this year and hit them up with some masonry sealer to black them out.  I will source black hardware from a local hardware store.  Will post pics of blacked out steel mounts later.  Turned out REALLY good.

I think I need some ANTI wind deflectors... "wind collectors"?  The Concours is just too good at wind protection- I can wear mesh, but without air hitting me, it isn't all that effective.  I went from being perpetually frozen to death in cold weather on a ZRX to being cooked to death in warm weather on the Concours.  Can there be no medium?
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Barry on May 29, 2012, 04:00:00 PM
Agree... I need some custom air scoops to pull cool air towards me.  If someone has a pair of the REALLY nice foam things for the fairing, I need some.  I had a crappy pair that looked like A$$ and tossed them.  I need the good ones to block the heat.

Anyway, here is what is going back on in winter with black hardware.

Masonry sealer... FTW.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/barryandsandra/844591f3.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/barryandsandra/c8a6bf15.jpg)
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Gumby on May 29, 2012, 04:17:03 PM
Mine are off too. I need to get some black hardware for mine as well. The spray paint that I used didn't hold up.
Did he say he wanted some BLACK stuff?
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: gPink on May 29, 2012, 04:27:19 PM
 :yikes:
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Conrad on May 29, 2012, 06:54:24 PM
Did he say he wanted some BLACK stuff?

 :-[     ;)
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Pokey on May 29, 2012, 06:56:39 PM
How is deflectors off cooler, thought their job is to deflect the heat? ???
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Jeremy Mitchell on May 29, 2012, 06:59:13 PM
How is deflectors off cooler, thought their job is to deflect the heat? ???

I meant hand wings........kinda like deflectors, only for your hands.
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Barry on May 29, 2012, 07:11:31 PM
Some pics of short screen.....  hand trimmed by MOI!

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/barryandsandra/3abb24ee.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/barryandsandra/ee795a24.jpg)

AND...

Gratuitous German Shepherd pic.  Cause I can.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/barryandsandra/8410bf08.jpg)
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: ZG on May 29, 2012, 07:54:22 PM
:-[     ;)

 ;D ;D ;D   
 
Welcome to the dark side C! :chugbeer:
Title: Re: Summer is here, wind deflectors off, short screen on....
Post by: Conrad on May 30, 2012, 07:20:00 AM

 ;D ;D ;D   
 
Welcome to the dark side C! :chugbeer:

I gotta do something to slow that Silverdammit down right?