I had/have no idea it was a rip off, but I have to say that with that bead that runs all around I would rather have the one I bought.
How do you know that this "rip off" company was not there first???
I'll say to you what i have already said here, good luck on figuring out who what where when and how a product comes to market.
I just buy what I want where i want and I will always try to by American. MRA is an over priced German product in my opinion and I have bought a lot of MRA products. One is posted right in this thread
the Chinese Ebay visor seems to be this upper visor shown with the windshield ... check the price !!!
https://www.twistedthrottle.com/mra-x-creen-tour-windshield-for-kawasaki-concours-gtr1400-08-14
You know, I'm thinking out loud here.. It might be better to discuss the merits or deficiencies of knockoffs or copyright violations in a new post in the Open area rather than cluttering up this post with that debate.
Yeah, you missed it somehow?
This is a blow up of one of the pictures from the link in the second post. Looks like a rim to me???
Gabriel: Thanks for the informative post, I need something exactly like that for my Yamaha Scooter. Don’t want to pay an arm & leg, so this might be just right.It's really cheap right now, I may buy a spare?
I think they are the bee's knees (at least the MRA, this is likely to be the same). I don't think they are flimsy, although at first I thought the strange joints would fail.... Nope. 4 years and many thousands of miles later, it still works perfectly. What it DOES do, however, is make the entire windscreen heavier and a more wobbly (it is a considerable amount of weight and force, and way up high as a lever). So far that hasn't caused any issues, but I do wonder if it puts more stress on the windscreen attachments.
It is just that extra bit of adjustment and placement that seems to really enhance the whole experience. It works much better than raising the existing stock windscreen to the same height, probably because it is offset and can have a different angle.
It has survived all this time and miles but I do put my hand on the windshield and help 'steady it' (brace it actually) when I pass a large truck on the highway
I never hold mine, it moves some but I don't care. In my case it doesn't hurt anything.
The issue isn't that you can tell now that it hurts something, but that over time the accumulated stress could cause cracks/fractures/distortions/wear/weaknesses that will eventually cause a slow or catastrophic failure in the bracket(s). Although far from common, we have seen such failures posted. Yet we have no direct evidence as to the exact cause (could be a flaw in the part, or accumulated stress, or something the owner did), it is reasonable to speculate that it is more likely with lifetime stress/vibration, and/or with heavier/larger screens, and/or with higher (raised) operation. Like most things on modern vehicles, it was designed with certain operational parameters in mind and might not have a lot of leeway for adding additional stresses.
Failure is expensive because the part(s) is/are expensive.
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=18687.0
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=22901
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=20193.0
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=22134