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I had to re weld one of the rear uprights where a stress fracture was starting to appear, and that now appears sound. | I had to re weld one of the rear uprights where a stress fracture was starting to appear, and that now appears sound. | ||
One of the big things that I have learnt is that the windscreen which I'm pretty sure is Perspex and not polycarbonate, will acquire tiny little scratches called swirl. If you are riding into the sun, or bright headlamps these scratches make it more difficult to see through the windscreen. In cloudy conditions there is no problem and the scratches are invisible. | One of the big things that I have learnt is that the windscreen which I'm pretty sure is Perspex and not polycarbonate, will acquire tiny little scratches called swirl. If you are riding into the sun, or bright headlamps these scratches make it more difficult to see through the windscreen. In cloudy conditions there is no problem and the scratches are invisible. | ||
As mentioned above I polished the windscreen with a power polisher, a lambswool pad and 3M Finesse It II plastic renovation cream, and it removed almost all of the swirl and made riding directly into low sunshine much easier. I can thoroughly recommend this to anybody with Perspex windscreens. It only takes a few minutes to do. If the windscreen wiper scratches the Perspex more I will test buffing a scrap piece of Perspex with high-grade wet and dry sand-paper before buffing with the same cream. If that works the life of the windscreen will be many many years, with occaisional polishing.. | As mentioned above I polished the windscreen with a power polisher, a lambswool pad and 3M Finesse It II plastic renovation cream, and it removed almost all of the swirl and made riding directly into low sunshine much easier. I can thoroughly recommend this to anybody with Perspex windscreens. It only takes a few minutes to do. If the windscreen wiper scratches the Perspex more I will test buffing a scrap piece of Perspex with high-grade wet and dry sand-paper before buffing with the same cream. If that works the life of the windscreen will be many many years, with occaisional polishing. If you are going to try this for the first time, do a small test patch first to make sure that there aren't any special coatings which may be damaged by the cream. | ||
Happy riding folks! | Happy riding folks! | ||
