windshield ideas

[Curtis_Valk]

We'll see what happens over the winter.

If you emerge in spring with said large tools protruding from various bodily orfices, we'll know what her answer was!! 

Curtis

[Charles S Otwell]

If you want to build them for fun and you have the money, then I'd say go for it!! If on the other hand your planning on making money at it, the key is cheap, mass production. Hope your wife is real understanding ..

PS there may be some large manufactoring plants available in the near future,

[Jester]

I'll just go to uncle sam and ask for a bailout!!!

[hootmon]

I'll just go to uncle sam and ask for a bailout!!!

Oh, Jester, Is that you right behind me in the bailout line??? I thought I saw a Black and Orange Magna in the parking lot... 

[Jester]

black and orange?  I thought my bike was orange and black?     Someday i'll have money again.  after I finish school...

[dgc67]

Man, I need to jump on the Bail out wagon!   

Riding in today, about 45 degrees, I dressed lighter than I should and was pretty chilly even behind my slipstream.  I got up on the freeway, well the HOV lane and with no one in front of me cranked it up to about 85 or so.  I warmed up a little and thought it must be the extra heat from all the traffic (in Houston it is noticeably warmer on the freeways) and my getting used to it.  I caught some cars and had to slow down to about 65 and got cold again.
I realized there was more "backdraft/pressure" at that speed than at 85.  The wind comes around the screen and kinda pushes me forward some.  So my conclusion is at the higher speed this effect decreases and therefore I felt warmer.
I like this.  I go faster to get warmer!  Nice!   

[L J VFR]

The screen that is on my bike now is made of acrylic and has a DOT stamp on it.  Methyl-Ethel-BADSTUFF  has been found by the state of california to cause cancer   .   I haven't worked with lexan.  I would be curious as to how the heat would affect it's overall performance and opacity.   What would you use for a mold?  I was thinking high density foam but that may leave a rough surface.  I suppose the first step is to build the forming device.

After doing about 2 seconds worth of research I found an establishment that will sell a  1/8"X4'X 8' sheet of clear lexan for $140   sounds like it would be easy to work with also.  

MEK?  I put it in my coffee!  (not really).  Yeah, it's bad stuff if mishandled.  I figured I could trust you to read the MSDS though.  Just put it in a long line of stuff that is known to be a carcinogen (including used motor oil and I've had my hands and arms soaked with that stuff many times).

My tinted Cee Bailey's shield is also DOT acrylic and C.B. also makes aircraft windscreens.  I would imagine there are different grades of acrylic.  My Tulsa is sratch resistant coated Lexan.  It's the second one I've had and both have given good service.  My first Tulsa was taken out by my rib cage when I went over the bars in an unplanned get-off in '05.  I'm glad it wasn't acrylic (I think).  Parking in summer sun in Dallas has not affected the Lexan in any way that I can tell.

The piece of Lexan that I experimented with was not sratch resistant, but it was just a trial so I didn't care.  I build a jig from the thin wood from an old closet door to establish the curvature I wanted.  I merely laid the shield on the curve and stuck it into the oven.  I can't remember what temprature I used, but I think I found it in my internet research.  It is hot enough to relax the Lexan but not hot enough to "imprint" the mold onto it.  It worked like a charm and put the desired curve in the lexan.  Problem is, my oven is not big enough for a full size shield.  Here's a pic of the shorty I was experimenting with:


I really was serious about making shields for a while, but my interest waned before anything came of it.  Short attention span, I guess.

Curtis

Curtis it is amazing what people will use and not know it is harmful.  Just yesterday I supervised a batch called 5 alarm marinade.  One of the ingredients used is Garlic concentrate.  The metal jug it came in had poison with cross bones on the side..    We dumped it right into the batch.    Talk about take your breath away.

[lragan]

     ... Curtis it is amazing what people will use and not know it is harmful.  Just yesterday I supervised a batch called 5 alarm marinade.  One of the ingredients used is Garlic concentrate.  The metal jug it came in had poison with cross bones on the side..    We dumped it right into the batch.    Talk about take your breath away.

They say garlic will ward off colds and flu -- and indeed it will, if you eat enough -- no one will get close enough to infect you!!

[Curtis_Valk]

Curtis it is amazing what people will use and not know it is harmful.  Just yesterday I supervised a batch called 5 alarm marinade.  One of the ingredients used is Garlic concentrate.  The metal jug it came in had poison with cross bones on the side..    We dumped it right into the batch.    Talk about take your breath away.

I didn't know you were in food industry.  I work for Kraft and before that I worked for the evil man himself Don Tyson.  Some of our ingredients are flammable and must be stored as such.  Others such as vitamins and additives can be quite harmful on the skin.  Of course, once you add the few cupfuls to a 5000 pound batch it's no longer harmful.

Curtis

[Jester]

Hey Curtis,

Can you send me a case of Kraft macaroni and cheese?   mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm  my favorite

[TLRam1]

Just open his pantry!

[KTC]

cheese gives mice gas

[lragan]

cheese gives mice gas

So is this where the expression "cut the cheese" comes from? 

Feed 'em more cheese -- maybe the little vermin with explode!!

[KTC]

yes, exactly!  eat more beans too

[MarylandMagnav45]

Curtis it is amazing what people will use and not know it is harmful.  Just yesterday I supervised a batch called 5 alarm marinade.  One of the ingredients used is Garlic concentrate.  The metal jug it came in had poison with cross bones on the side..    We dumped it right into the batch.    Talk about take your breath away.

I didn't know you were in food industry.  I work for Kraft and before that I worked for the evil man himself Don Tyson.  Some of our ingredients are flammable and must be stored as such.  Others such as vitamins and additives can be quite harmful on the skin.  Of course, once you add the few cupfuls to a 5000 pound batch it's no longer harmful.

Curtis

Damn... and I really enjoyed eating Tyson Chicken Tenderloins in the big wholesale bag at BJ's.