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#Post#: 498--------------------------------------------------
Screen
By: banquo Date: February 20, 2015, 8:35 am
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I always prefer to make things myself, when it falls within my
limited capabilities, so when I bought Tony's fairing with a
broken screen, the immediate response was, "I can make one."
I borrowed George's one, which is intact bar a couple of
Yugoslavian scratches (having no fewer than 5 known NFs in
Scotland is useful at times), measured it up, and then got on
Google to find out how people did it.
And then discovered it's not as simple as it looks, and you
really need an oven and a quality former, and that polycarbonate
bubbles if you get it wrong, so you're stuck with Perspex, and
it's not cheap, and even less so when you have to remake it
three or four times, and so it goes.....
Net result is that I gave up, spotted a new screen on Escher's
eBay site, and bought that.
Seems it's the same part as the V7, and somebody must be making
them new. It remains to be seen if it will fit as well as it
looks, but so far, it's looking pretty good.
At 78 Euros delivered in a nice box to Scotland (in less than 5
days) it was the only sensible choice.
Or so I'm telling myself....
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Re: Screen
By: nick949 Date: February 20, 2015, 1:44 pm
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That looks identical to the one on my Eldorado (which I can
hardly see through - it's so gravel dust pitted). I wonder what
shipping would be to Canada? Naw - it would make the rest of
the bike look to scruffy.
It will be good to see it installed on your bike.
Nick
#Post#: 500--------------------------------------------------
Re: Screen
By: banquo Date: February 21, 2015, 4:40 am
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[quote author=nick949 link=topic=105.msg499#msg499
date=1424461452]it would make the rest of the bike look too
scruffy[/quote]
You think YOU've got a problem! ;D
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Re: Screen
By: banquo Date: February 21, 2015, 9:18 am
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Quality product and fitted straight on with no modifications.
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#Post#: 502--------------------------------------------------
Re: Screen
By: nick949 Date: February 21, 2015, 10:02 am
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Could it be that you also have the mounting for the v7/Eldorado
etc. On my Eldo, two stays bolt to the top of the handlebar
clamps. You can see the empty mounts in this pic.
Nick
PS Your bike looks great!
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#Post#: 503--------------------------------------------------
Re: Screen
By: banquo Date: February 21, 2015, 10:19 am
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It has 5 holes along the base Nick. You can see the screw
fixings though the alloy bar. 5 x M5 countersunk screws go
through the alloy bar, then a rubber channel that sandwiches the
screen, through the fairing and then there are penny washers and
nuts on the back. Unfortunately, my alloy bar is broken through
the 4th screw hole, but that doesn't affect much.
#Post#: 504--------------------------------------------------
Re: Screen
By: nick949 Date: February 21, 2015, 12:14 pm
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Are those new springs on your seat? They look nice and shiny -
mine are a bit rusty. I envy you those panniers. The support
rack looks mega-strong!
Can you tell I'm twiddling my thumbs until flight time on
Monday?
Nick
#Post#: 505--------------------------------------------------
Re: Screen
By: banquo Date: February 21, 2015, 4:10 pm
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They say the camera never lies, but that's a lie! My bike always
looks much better in pix than it does in the flesh. It's covered
in rough brush painting, is rusty around the edges, and the
chrome is far less than pristine. I reckon the seat springs had
been rechromed before I got the bike, but it's not a great job,
and they have the brown spots to show for it.
The panniers frames are huge, and very well designed for
strength. I especially like the way that big tube comes around
the back, so it's one strong assembly, and I far prefer the
teardrop steel bags to the more practical and cavernous square
ones. I think they must be unique to the Yugoslav models,
because I've never seen them anywhere else.
Is this your trip starting on Monday?
They're forecasting gales and snow for the rest of the weekend,
but it will be balmy compared with what you lot have had this
winter!
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Re: Screen
By: nick949 Date: February 21, 2015, 4:18 pm
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Yep - I fly in to Manchester arriving in the morning of Tuesday
24th Feb. From there I catch a train to Scabbyborough, then
start walking across the country. If my body clags out, I'll
just get the bike sooner and ride for longer, but after multiple
long distance hiking trips, I fear my body is unlikely to bail
on me. Think of me when you're tucked up in front of the fire.
I'll be snuggled up in my bivvy bag, eating half a Mars Bar and
a chunk of beef jerky! (yes - I do this for pleasure! The world
is full of weirdos)
Nick
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Re: Screen
By: banquo Date: February 25, 2015, 3:58 pm
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Enjoy getting cold and wet Nick. Just found this photo of my
fairing and panniers when they arrived from Serbia fitted to
Tony's bike.
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The new screen's a definite improvement...
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