Fill 'em up on me barkeep.

I'm planning on cutting my stock Ultra windshield down about 1.5" I've
watched several videos of guys doing this and am wondering what I'm
missing. Of the videos of guys who cut HD windshields like the ones on
the Ultra, I just don't understand why they all cut them from the top?
I can understand it on some of those sport bikes that have irregular
lines at the bottom of the shield. But if you cut the top, you have to
get that perfect curve, then do all the sanding and polishing at the cut
to make it acceptable looking. I didn't see one video of anyone cutting
one from the bottom. I get the part about using the bikes mounts to
hold the piece for the cutting, but am pretty sure I can secure it
enough with a little help from the ol' lady. If you cut the bottom
instead of the top, you've got the established curve, and don't have to
worry too much about cleaning up the edge that goes into the fairing.
Am I missing something?

sticks

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On 4/17/2021 6:29 PM, Sticks wrote:

Fill 'em up on me barkeep.

I'm planning on cutting my stock Ultra windshield down about 1.5"  I've watched several videos of guys doing this and am wondering what I'm missing.  Of the videos of guys who cut HD windshields like the ones on
the Ultra, I just don't understand why they all cut them from the top? I
can understand it on some of those sport bikes that have irregular lines
at the bottom of the shield.  But if you cut the top, you have to get
that perfect curve, then do all the sanding and polishing at the cut to
make it acceptable looking.  I didn't see one video of anyone cutting
one from the bottom.  I get the part about using the bikes mounts to
hold the piece for the cutting, but am pretty sure I can secure it
enough with a little help from the ol' lady.  If you cut the bottom
instead of the top, you've got the established curve, and don't have to
worry too much about cleaning up the edge that goes into the fairing. Am
I missing something?

sticks

How far up the shield does the curve start ? If you cut the bottom
you might narrow it enough that it either won't fit properly or it'll
just look weird . I usually use a bandsaw with a fine blade , use
masking tape on the saw table to prevent scratches . I tried using tape
on the windshield once , it peeled the coating off that reduces
scratching .
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Snag
In 1775, the British demanded we give them our guns.
We shot them

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Sticks <Wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

Fill 'em up on me barkeep.

I'm planning on cutting my stock Ultra windshield down about 1.5" I've watched several videos of guys doing this and am wondering what I'm
missing. Of the videos of guys who cut HD windshields like the ones on
the Ultra, I just don't understand why they all cut them from the top?

<snip>

Er...Unless they changed the way they mount the windshield on
Ultras in the last 15 years or so since I got out of the bizz, the
bottom has the notches/holes cut so the fasteners can fit through. If
you remove that, then you have to cut new ones, which would suck.


Phil
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philb@philb.ca http://philb.ca

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On 4/19/2021 4:43 PM, Phil Boutros wrote:

Sticks <Wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

Fill 'em up on me barkeep.

I'm planning on cutting my stock Ultra windshield down about 1.5" I've
watched several videos of guys doing this and am wondering what I'm
missing. Of the videos of guys who cut HD windshields like the ones on
the Ultra, I just don't understand why they all cut them from the top?

<snip>

Er...Unless they changed the way they mount the windshield on
Ultras in the last 15 years or so since I got out of the bizz, the
bottom has the notches/holes cut so the fasteners can fit through. If
you remove that, then you have to cut new ones, which would suck.

Phil

Yeah, you hit the part I missed. I wasn't expecting the complicated
tabs, and even the design for the hole cut. I was expecting to just
drill a hole. I see now why people choose to cut the top, and Snag had
the right idea in using a bandsaw to make the slice if you were going to
do that. I gave mine away and forgot all about it.
I decided to just go buy what they claim is the 10". It actually lowers
it a full 3 inches from the original, almost twice what I was going to
do. You can get replacements from places other than HD, but I just
wanted to get it done and paid around $152 for theirs. I saw others for
well under $50. Don't know what the quality would be like.

Thanks for the help. Have one on me.

sticks

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sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

Yeah, you hit the part I missed. I wasn't expecting the complicated
tabs, and even the design for the hole cut. I was expecting to just
drill a hole. I see now why people choose to cut the top, and Snag had
the right idea in using a bandsaw to make the slice if you were going to
do that.

Yeah, if you do decide to cut it, many people without bandsaws use
a jigsaw. Just use a very fine blade, make sure you tape it and mark
your curve first, etc...


Phil
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AH#61 Wolf#14 BS#89 bus#1 CCB#1 SENS KOTC#4
philb@philb.ca http://philb.ca

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