Grandson dropped his Venture...almost on me.

[Venturous Randy]

Shane, my grandson and I decided to ride out and get some dinner and he dropped his bike at a redlight. I was in front and came to a stop in the left track of the lane and he pulled up in the right track. We were first in line in the right lane of a four lane divided street with the road having a lean to the left. As Shane was coming to a stop, he got his boot caught on something and before he could recover, he tipped over to the left. Fortunately, he was far enough away from me that he did not knock me over too, but it was close. When it happened, the guy in a pickup behind us jumped out and ran up to help pick up his bike. With me knowing I needed to pull up some so there would be room, as I moved forward, I caught my highway foot peg on his windshield and broke it off. The sad part is this was a very clear windshield.

With the breaks being behind the windshield trim near the mounting screws, if I knew what this windshield was made of, I would glue it back together, as we have all the pieces. This is a Markland windshield. Anybody got any suggestions?

RandyA

[Yammer Dan]

Plastic weld??

[Eck]

Randy,

I really don't have an idea on how to repair it. I really would not trust any type of glue for the constant vibrations caused by changes in speed, withstanding the repetitive changes in wind pressures put on it, all these variables could cause it to become weak, then a piece could possibly break loose and fly off into his eye and then he could have a worse crash where he would not be able to tell us about it.

Just my 2 cents bud. Not so sure I would even try to repair it..

Also another thought here

I don't know how bad (big) of a chunk is broke out of it, but maybe you could just sand the broken edges smoothe and just leave the windshield being chipped out... no pieces could break loose hit him in the eye

[Flyinfool]

:sign yeah that:

 

With the breaks being near the mounting points, if it were to fail there the whole widshield will end up in the grandsons face, it is most likely to break at high speed like on the freeway. That could easily cause a lose of control between the shock factor, the impact of the windshield, and the sudden blast of wind he is likely to end up in the back seat.

 

I hate to say it, but I have to agree with Eck. Time to go windshield shopping.

[CaptainJoe]

Since it's near the mounting screws...

 

The only repair I'd trust in this case is to draw a template of lower portion of windshield then transfer to good portion, cut and drill.

 

You'd loose one to one and a half inches in height? and possibly have small gap at ends of trim?

[beltfed50]

F4, or baggershield...I have both, use both, like them.

[Eck]

Since it's near the mounting screws...

 

The only repair I'd trust in this case is to draw a template of lower portion of windshield then transfer to good portion, cut and drill.

 

You'd loose one to one and a half inches in height? and possibly have small gap at ends of trim?

 

This is a strong possibility to repair it if it is broke near mounting screws.

If you don't want to trim off the lower portion, you could make (2) metal strips (bans) and "Sandwich" the windshield between the two strips bans.

Then you can drill a few extra holes thru both strips and windshield in other places to help secure the windshield.

However, taking this action may call for longer mounting hardware screws.

[Venturous Randy]

Ya know, I had not thought about the possibility of moving the windshield down an inch or so. I have another windshield that came off the 85 bike that may be useable, but I don't think it is very clear. I will try to find it and see how it will line up and use it for a template to cut it off and drill new holes, or I can take mine off.

That's what makes this site so great, sometimes we can get target fascinated on only doing something one way and not even consider any other options. Thanks for the suggestions and comments and I will see how it will do.

RandyA

[Yammer Dan]

THATS IT!!! Give Joe all the credit!! We were trying!!! It does sound like the way to go. Everything would be good and solid. :clap2:Eck's idea is also something to think about. :think:Could work if it didn't make screws unusable. Hard to replace those special screws. I guess the rest of us are just here for decoration :duck:although if you were real good with the plastic welder........ Good luck with it Randy.

 

Good idea Joe.

[dacheedah]

cut the bottom and drill new mounting points

[cowpuc]

Yea,, go with joe!!!

sorry to hear bout the accident randy,, tell that grandson ol puc says we all fall! Dust himself off an get back on again!

glad no one was hurt!

puc