Sorry to hear about the mishap Randy. Hey - I wouldn't get another windshield if the stock unit seems to be doing ok - plus - summer is just around the corner and I'd be willing to bet that you'll like the smaller "air blocker!" Got pictures? I am going to start taking my camera with me all the time. You never know what you'll see or experience!
Ouch !
Ranting of of madman, Or lessons I learned today
A hill at a rest stop, broken gravel, a slow speed turn, a car from nowhere and my scooter with the help of gravity over came my objections to falling, for a second there I was winning, but I lost....
Seems I learn 3 lessons to day and all worth passing on.
Well I think I found out why -kind of like- locking the gate after the horse escapes-
I now ride with the back rest removed, I never removed the rest while I had the stock shield on, I took it off after the Givi was installed. It seems moving back 3 inches allows the air blast to rise up over my helmet.
Which now gives me an interesting problem, do I get a new Givi windshield just for the hand protection or just keep the stock, maybe next winter and by then I will have forgotten picking pieces from the ground and getting blood all over my jacket.
Well I feel better now -thanks for letting me rant- and like they say" Enjoy the ride and dress for the fall " 8)
A hill at a rest stop, broken gravel, a slow speed turn, a car from nowhere and my scooter with the help of gravity over came my objections to falling, for a second there I was winning, but I lost....
Seems I learn 3 lessons to day and all worth passing on.
Well I think I found out why -kind of like- locking the gate after the horse escapes-
I now ride with the back rest removed, I never removed the rest while I had the stock shield on, I took it off after the Givi was installed. It seems moving back 3 inches allows the air blast to rise up over my helmet.
Which now gives me an interesting problem, do I get a new Givi windshield just for the hand protection or just keep the stock, maybe next winter and by then I will have forgotten picking pieces from the ground and getting blood all over my jacket.
Well I feel better now -thanks for letting me rant- and like they say" Enjoy the ride and dress for the fall " 8)
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Ouch! I avoid gravel, sand, leaves, wet grass, and any other surface covering that keeps my tires from contacting hard pavement. The only spill I ever had, on my original 50cc moped, was sliding on leaves that had blown onto the road.
At one point I lived with 3-miles of gravel road between me and the highway. The 250 Honda would skitter and get blown by strong crosswinds going down that road. I pretty much kept my feet outboard to touch down with if the slip got edgy. The key to survival was SLOW DOWN IN THE CORNERS. The centrifical force of the wheels tended to keep the scooter straight on the straightaways, but their was no "leaning into the curve" on loose gravel.
But you know that now, don't you!
Dave B.
At one point I lived with 3-miles of gravel road between me and the highway. The 250 Honda would skitter and get blown by strong crosswinds going down that road. I pretty much kept my feet outboard to touch down with if the slip got edgy. The key to survival was SLOW DOWN IN THE CORNERS. The centrifical force of the wheels tended to keep the scooter straight on the straightaways, but their was no "leaning into the curve" on loose gravel.
But you know that now, don't you!
Dave B.
...all of which leads me to an old question that i havent seen addressed here - (maybe I haven't looked hard enough! ).
When should a helmet be replaced? If it's been butterfingered out of someones hands over wall to wall carpeting, if it rolled off the seat while you were "suiting up", if you "bump a wall" when walking out of the house, if you're hit by an errant fastball launched from your 18 yo Son from 30 yards away? etc etc.
I know that this is one of those "gray areas" but..... :?:
). When should a helmet be replaced? If it's been butterfingered out of someones hands over wall to wall carpeting, if it rolled off the seat while you were "suiting up", if you "bump a wall" when walking out of the house, if you're hit by an errant fastball launched from your 18 yo Son from 30 yards away? etc etc.
I know that this is one of those "gray areas" but..... :?:
Pete wrote
If your wearing a helmet then you have looked at the pro & con already, so when to replace it should be a little easier, after all you made the decision to protect your head ,now it a matter of keeping the protection up to par. Yes you can get them checked, but I never met anyone that did.
Right now seating here I know that my helmet has fallen off the seat a few times, and I still use it, but after today I feel it's time for a new one and this one is less then 2 years old.
And I guess you think in term of years, not riding season, because it wears out just being on a shelf.
GEOBOISE wrote
Sounds like a good question Pete, they say even if it just drops off the seat and bounces on concrete. That does not seem like enough to me. But factor in age, material break down and it could be. I guess to some degree it's a "seat of the pants" thing.
If your wearing a helmet then you have looked at the pro & con already, so when to replace it should be a little easier, after all you made the decision to protect your head ,now it a matter of keeping the protection up to par. Yes you can get them checked, but I never met anyone that did.
Right now seating here I know that my helmet has fallen off the seat a few times, and I still use it, but after today I feel it's time for a new one and this one is less then 2 years old.
And I guess you think in term of years, not riding season, because it wears out just being on a shelf.
GEOBOISE wrote
There is not enough left to made cutting it down doable
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