buffing - windscreen mistake

[KYchris02]

I went a little wild buffing something off my windscreen last season and just noticed that i buffed right through the top clear coat layer of the windscreen. It is very low on the outside of the screen about a dime in size at the moment. When my GPS is mounted It is behind the unit.

Other than... "stop buffing through the plastic dipshit"... I'm wondering of there is a way to protect that spot and stop it from getting larger or further peeling as dirt and grit start pelting in those tiny spaces.

I was thinking about a piece of clear tape cut to size of the blemish. I even considered a tiny BMW sticker as the spot is pretty center.

Is there is a poly-product for this purpose?

any advice appreciated...

[wilbar00c]

My LT fell over on a Long Island Ferry Ride resulting in an I beam scraping some of the coating off in 3, 1/8" zones on the left side upper area. It has been 3 1/2 years now with no change in the appearance. I have an early 1999 unit so I do the alcohol and "Plexus" treatment a dozen times a year. With your polished feather edge of the coating I don't see why would have any problem with pealing of the coating. Stay out of sand storms and you will not see any change.

[messenger13]

Is there is a poly-product for this purpose?Why yes...Cee Baileys makes a wonderful poly-product. It looks a lot like a new windshield . . . but it's a lot clearer than your OEM shield. And their "#2 shield" reduces the wind buffeting by 90%+.

[dshealey]

Why yes...Cee Baileys makes a wonderful poly-product. It looks a lot like a new windshield . . . but it's a lot clearer than your OEM shield. And their "#2 shield" reduces the wind buffeting by 90%+.

I wish Cee Bailey, or any other aftermarket windshield manufacturer, WOULD make a "Poly" product, as in Polycarbonate. Unfortunately, they only make Acrylic, which is far less safe in an accident.

I guess having been involved in four accidents on motorcycles over the years (3 on LTs) I am quite a bit more attuned to accidents than people who have not had one, yet. ;)

[messenger13]

My 55 mph crash in '95 was on a bike with an OEM polycarbonate shield. Thinking back, I'm not so sure it was a good thing. It did break (shatter?). I'm just fortunate that I wasn't impailed by it.

There is a new company in their infancy based out of northest Ohio that wants to make polycarbonate shields for bikes and small aircraft that does NOT scratch. I saw their display booth at the IMS show in Cleveland. VERY impressive. Imagine a shield for the LT, shaped like the CB #2, made of polycarb...yet does NOT scratch.

[hschisler]

There is a new company in their infancy based out of northest Ohio that wants to make polycarbonate shields for bikes and small aircraft that does NOT scratch. I saw their display booth at the IMS show in Cleveland. VERY impressive. Imagine a shield for the LT, shaped like the CB #2, made of polycarb...yet does NOT scratch.Joe, I also saw their display at the Cleveland IMS and spoke with the owner. Small company, a pure start-up at this time, as you said. They don't have a windshield for the LT but will soon.

Their display had a windshield wiper going back and forth over the windshield... with steel wool the entire length of the wiper. No scratching.

[messenger13]

Yep...that display was pretty impressive. Their shop is only 15 minutes from my house. I should pay them a visit this spring and find out what it would take for them to manufacture a shield for the LT.

[meese]

See if they'll add the windshield wiper option as well. :D