My upper wind wings

[justfun1]

I have an '86 scoot and this year I decided to make some wind deflectors to protect my hands better and hopefully widen the air bubble a bit too. They turned out well so I thought I'd share them with you all.

 

After a few nights in the shop tinkering I came up with a design that looks good, does not require you to drill holes to mount and works great as well. Basically it is very straight forward, I used the existing body mount locations to mount the wings.

 

The lower support is from a metal clip board (thin and stiff) and the heads of the bolts fit in the recesses of the faring covers.

 

The upper mount is a 1/8 x 3/4 aluminum that I put in a vice and twisted it. This turns out to be the trickiest piece to fit, but well worth the effort.

 

Mike

[Phoneman1981]

Nice. I hope they meet your expectations. I love to tinker also!!!!

[Marcarl]

Looks good. Do they actually do what they are supposed to? and how did you bend the plexiglass?

[KIC]

Looks good. Do they actually do what they are supposed to? and how did you bend the plexiglass?

 

 

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[justfun1]

They do work great. It really did widen the air bubble and my kids said that it made it less windy for them too. I wish I had done this a few years ago.

 

I used 2 different methods to bend the Lexan. For the one by the radio I used a torch to heat it up and bend it. This worked but it bubbled and distorted the plexi in the bend area.

 

For the other one I cold formed it using a metal brake I bought from Harbor freight (a cheap on I've had my eyes on for some time). This worked much better and produced a crisper result. It is important to note that you can only cold bend for Lexan brand plexiglass.

Edited March 26, 2012 by justfun1
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[chocking]

As usual, Whatever Mike tinkers with comes out awesome...They look fantastic.. and even better.. they work....

[Rosie1965]

I like that!