Headlight

Ever since I bought the bike I wondered why doesn't my bike have windshield in front of the headlight. Every other bike I see has. At first I thought it was just an older model I have but more and more I became convinced I am missing it. Who knows what might've happen. Maybe got hit with the rock. Whatever is the case I need to find one.

Since the bike is getting up in the age and is rare as it is I was not able to find one. So it seems that I have to fabricate something myself......
From Menards I got .093 Polycarbonate Plexiglas sheet for a different project and that was just the right size.



















For next I found a cereal box for template.



















Then I cut the cardboard smaller and taped it to light cowl so it wouldn't move when I trace it.



















First I traced it with the marker so I know if it has moved even after taping. After that went around with compass tracing another line 1/8 of an inch in. Thinking that should give enough room for rubber seal between the shield and light cowl.



















Than I cut the template out by the line I made last with compass and traced that on plexiglas. I recommend using brighter color marker.




















That way it will show up better on black writing. Now scroll saw came really handy. Just in case I changed the blade on it to the finest so it wouldn't chip the plexiglas. After cutting it out I scraped the edges to get all the shavings off.




















After removing plastic from plexiglas I installed it in the cowl.



















Job's done! Had to move around a bit to take a pic so there would be some glare otherwise you could even see there was shield in front of it.