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<blockquote data-quote="bigjohnsd" data-source="post: 1154110" data-attributes="member: 86475"><p>Zilla, I changed out a Memphis Shades Fats windscreen on a bike several years ago that the rider claimed to have gone through when he rear ended a car in Sturgis. Speed was slow, they had changed the forks after the crash and came in to purchase a new windshield.</p><p></p><p>The Acrylic windshield was split vertically between the mounting brackets which were both bent as well.</p><p></p><p>The rider was not wearing a helmet but was wearing a leather jacket, he was not hurt seriously, some bruises on chest and arms. He ended up on the trunk of the car.</p><p></p><p>When I had my shop one of my employees wearing full gear hit a forest rat on I-90 doing at least the speed limit on his VFR. He went through the front windscreen. A kind trucker found him unconscious in the fast lane. The bike was totaled, he was unconscious for 30 minutes and suffered bruises and a broken collar bone probably from the landing. The rat perished in two pieces.</p><p></p><p>I don't believe that the plastic screws provide any more crash protection from rider windscreen impact than steel screws would. It appears to me that the helmet hits the windscreen first, assuming one is wearing one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigjohnsd, post: 1154110, member: 86475"] Zilla, I changed out a Memphis Shades Fats windscreen on a bike several years ago that the rider claimed to have gone through when he rear ended a car in Sturgis. Speed was slow, they had changed the forks after the crash and came in to purchase a new windshield. The Acrylic windshield was split vertically between the mounting brackets which were both bent as well. The rider was not wearing a helmet but was wearing a leather jacket, he was not hurt seriously, some bruises on chest and arms. He ended up on the trunk of the car. When I had my shop one of my employees wearing full gear hit a forest rat on I-90 doing at least the speed limit on his VFR. He went through the front windscreen. A kind trucker found him unconscious in the fast lane. The bike was totaled, he was unconscious for 30 minutes and suffered bruises and a broken collar bone probably from the landing. The rat perished in two pieces. I don't believe that the plastic screws provide any more crash protection from rider windscreen impact than steel screws would. It appears to me that the helmet hits the windscreen first, assuming one is wearing one. [/QUOTE]
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