Out of frustration with the wind noise, and past my third week of waiting for the Clearview I ordered, I removed the windscreen completely and went for a 30 minute ride. Without the badly designed screen of course the helmet wind noise was vastly diminished. However, sitting in the upright position, rather than having one's torso canted forward, as on a sportbike, I could see that the wind's pressure on my chest would be quite tiring after a few miles.
So I returned home and tried to reinstall the windscreen. I couldn't get the rubber flanges through the holes, no matter how hard I tried. So I asked Pauljo how he did his (see Page 3 of the Gas Mileage thread).
He said line up the windscreen holes over the mounting holes in the bracket, simply insert a screw into the rubber mount (there's a threaded nut concealed within) which - aha! - he had first removed by pulling them out of the mounting bracket.
Well, that made things easier. So I tried pulling them out of the mounting bracket, when it suddenly occurred to me that if I removed the mounting bracket first, I could simply pull the rubber nut fasteners out from the rear of the mounting bracket. This was amazingly easy. I inserted a screw in each rubber nut fastener, turned it until it caught in the threads, then pushed each one easily through the windscreen which I had laid on a nearby table.
I replaced the mounting bracket. I then positioned the windscreen properly in front of the bracket, lining up the holes, and pushed each rubber nut fastener into its appropriate hole in the mounting bracket - again quite easily. Then you tighten the screws, remount the front cover, and go for a ride.
Pauljo suggested I do this for practice, since I would have to learn how to do it when the Clearview arrives. I appreciate that, sir. I am now a professional AN650 windshield R & R technician.
So I returned home and tried to reinstall the windscreen. I couldn't get the rubber flanges through the holes, no matter how hard I tried. So I asked Pauljo how he did his (see Page 3 of the Gas Mileage thread).
He said line up the windscreen holes over the mounting holes in the bracket, simply insert a screw into the rubber mount (there's a threaded nut concealed within) which - aha! - he had first removed by pulling them out of the mounting bracket.
Well, that made things easier. So I tried pulling them out of the mounting bracket, when it suddenly occurred to me that if I removed the mounting bracket first, I could simply pull the rubber nut fasteners out from the rear of the mounting bracket. This was amazingly easy. I inserted a screw in each rubber nut fastener, turned it until it caught in the threads, then pushed each one easily through the windscreen which I had laid on a nearby table.
I replaced the mounting bracket. I then positioned the windscreen properly in front of the bracket, lining up the holes, and pushed each rubber nut fastener into its appropriate hole in the mounting bracket - again quite easily. Then you tighten the screws, remount the front cover, and go for a ride.
Pauljo suggested I do this for practice, since I would have to learn how to do it when the Clearview arrives. I appreciate that, sir. I am now a professional AN650 windshield R & R technician.