Reviving A -99 Tdm 850

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The windscreen



As I was riding, I did some experimenting, putting my hand up making the screen taller. It seemed as if the screen was 5 to 10 cm higher it would become much more effective.

I was thinking about buying a different screen, but it was quite expensive, and how well a different screen would perform was not known.



I went wit the idea of fitting an adjustable wind deflector. (as on many MRA screens).



I purchased 2 MRA sparepart "hinges". And a piece of lexan

I was told by the glazier guy that lexan was the way to go for a windscreen, much better than the plexiglass. It could also be bended without warming, he told.

The lexan cost me about 2 eur. <img src='http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ipb/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />





The sheat begining to take shape







The shape is about right,

These are the hinges I will be using.







The bending of the lexan sheet was very difficult. I could bend it so the shorter edges touch each other, but the sheet regained it original flat shape. After much shaping aginst a 40 mm steel tube I got the curvature. Some careful measuring and drilling and it could be attached to the original windscreen.

Downside was that the lexan became a bit "milky" because of the bending. When flat you it was fully transparent. I wonder if it would have been better to form it with a heat gun.















For my lenght and riding position this works ok up to 90 km/h, with higher speeds it more windy but still better that without.

The total cost for this mod was under 30 EUR. The result was not as pretty as a new purchased part would be. But it does its job, and unless you examine it in detail, you cannot tell its homemade.



And some action pics of the finnished result.