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<blockquote data-quote="bramfrank" data-source="post: 447718" data-attributes="member: 2163"><p>As someone who has been launched through the windshield of a previous motorcycle, I can say with authority that you do NOT want to use steel screws to hold the windshield in place.</p><p></p><p>Bad enough that both knees were dislocated as they rotated backwards when I went over the bars - the shield broke away (as it should have) - I can't imagine what might have happened had I broken it - perhaps with the edge slicing open my neck.</p><p></p><p>I was told that I flew about 20 feet up and 20 feet back after being bounced off the windshield of the car that I had my head-on with on a 2 lane highway in 2005.</p><p></p><p>Extensive bruising from neck to ankles, plus internal bruising of the kidneys and spleen, a bone chip in my ankle and a torn rotator cuff were the only injuries - I couldn't walk normally for a couple of months, but I was riding the next day in spite of my injuries.</p><p></p><p>I could envision how the jagged edge of a broken windshiled could slice open something very important if it had been screwed solidly to the bike.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bramfrank, post: 447718, member: 2163"] As someone who has been launched through the windshield of a previous motorcycle, I can say with authority that you do NOT want to use steel screws to hold the windshield in place. Bad enough that both knees were dislocated as they rotated backwards when I went over the bars - the shield broke away (as it should have) - I can't imagine what might have happened had I broken it - perhaps with the edge slicing open my neck. I was told that I flew about 20 feet up and 20 feet back after being bounced off the windshield of the car that I had my head-on with on a 2 lane highway in 2005. Extensive bruising from neck to ankles, plus internal bruising of the kidneys and spleen, a bone chip in my ankle and a torn rotator cuff were the only injuries - I couldn't walk normally for a couple of months, but I was riding the next day in spite of my injuries. I could envision how the jagged edge of a broken windshiled could slice open something very important if it had been screwed solidly to the bike. [/QUOTE]
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