semongtaulie
Well-known member
Perfect weather for motorcycle riding here in the Bluegrass state last Friday. Took the bike on my 35 mile I-75 interstate commute to work and had a great ride. Started out great on my ride back home until my Rifle windshield decided to become detached, barely missing my helmet and shooting into the stratosphere somewhere behind me.
I was in the middle of three lanes doing about 80 (keeping up with traffic) when all this happened. It happened so fast, there was no flutter of the windshield or anything. Just "Wham" and it was off. I did a quick check of the mirrors and caught a glint of something but I couldn't take my eyes off the road to see if was in the shield. I was about 7:00 to a semi in the right lane and had a car to my 10:00 in the far left lane.
After I said "Oh S%$#, about three times I was able to get in front of the semi and pull off the road. No one pulled off behind me so thankfully the windshield didn't hit anyone. I went ahead and got off the interstate and took the back roads home. The extra airflow did make for a nice cool ride and I was able to air out my drawers
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When I got home I checked the damage. I don't know what in the heck happened. All the plastic bolts were still in the Rifle blocks but the heads were sheared off.
The Yamaha trim piece was missing as were the two bolts that held it on. I am wondering if the vibration from the windshield caused the two trim bolts to loosen and they dropped out allowing all the stress to be put on the plastic windshield bolts.
The Rifle was the best shield for air management I've owned. My buddy and I have ridden with the Calsci, V-stream and Yamaha Touring shield at some pretty good speeds and never had this happen.
Anybody else ever lost a windshield??
I was in the middle of three lanes doing about 80 (keeping up with traffic) when all this happened. It happened so fast, there was no flutter of the windshield or anything. Just "Wham" and it was off. I did a quick check of the mirrors and caught a glint of something but I couldn't take my eyes off the road to see if was in the shield. I was about 7:00 to a semi in the right lane and had a car to my 10:00 in the far left lane.
After I said "Oh S%$#, about three times I was able to get in front of the semi and pull off the road. No one pulled off behind me so thankfully the windshield didn't hit anyone. I went ahead and got off the interstate and took the back roads home. The extra airflow did make for a nice cool ride and I was able to air out my drawers
When I got home I checked the damage. I don't know what in the heck happened. All the plastic bolts were still in the Rifle blocks but the heads were sheared off.
The Yamaha trim piece was missing as were the two bolts that held it on. I am wondering if the vibration from the windshield caused the two trim bolts to loosen and they dropped out allowing all the stress to be put on the plastic windshield bolts.
The Rifle was the best shield for air management I've owned. My buddy and I have ridden with the Calsci, V-stream and Yamaha Touring shield at some pretty good speeds and never had this happen.
Anybody else ever lost a windshield??