Just a note about materials:
"Lexan" (polycarbonate) is hard to break, but scratches pretty easily. As
far as I know it comes in clear and maybe white.
"Plexiglass" (acrylic) is not as tough, but comes in more choices of
thickness, and dozens of colors, including many shades of "tinted"
transparent. It also scratches, but can be polished with Novus plastic
polish.
Both are available from TAP Plastics, which will cut to your dimensions at
their stores.
Just in case this helps someone...
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 8/14/06 5:32 AM, Paul Root at ptroot@iaces.com wrote:
> This mornings drive into work, I passed a CBB with wires
> in red, with the top improperly configured in the up position.
>
> I tried to wave, but the cell phone was firmly planted
> in the left ear. I bombed past.
>
> The car had Wisconsin, plates, so had gone at least twice as
> far as I had at that point. I think it was a little West of 3M on
> I-94.
>
> I tried out my weekend fabrication on the way in. I made a wind
> deflector. I had a piece of Lexan I got off ebay a couple years ago.
> 30x5 inches. A couple of electrical conduit clamps, and a couple or
> 18 gauge plates, 2x9 inch. Bolted to the tonneau bar with some small
> rubber strips used in mounting bike computers on the handlebars to
> hold it steady.
>
> It works pretty well, I still get a little wind, since the piece is
> a bit small, but not near as much. I am able to turn the radio down
> almost ten increments on the volume control. It's a cheap CD player
> I got a few years ago. At highway speeds to hear songs I had to have
> it at 52-54 or so. It would go to 60 but it's all distortion there.
> Also, one of the speakers in my driver seat (Miata) has a rattle
> at that volume. Now, I can have it turned down to 43 or so.
>
> My big problem is that the piece was old. I got it 2-3 years ago for
> this purpose, but never got around to it, until Oliver posted last
> week. Well, the protective covering didn't want to come off. With
> a little work, we got one side pretty well, but the second side just
> won't come off.
>
> I tried some cleaner. Goof Off, or Goo Gone, something like that. It
> seems
> to have made it worse. Not sure what to do there.
>
> I still need to figure something else about storing it. I'm thinking
> maybe
> wing nuts on one side of the Lexan so I can separate the bars. I
> might also
> double up the 18 gauge plates, as it moves a bit.
>
> Paul.
>
>
> On Aug 13, 2006, at 9:24 PM, David Breneman wrote:
>
>> I've actually had a couple guys on motocycles wave at me this
>> year. I guess it's sort of a brotherhood of non-cocoon motoring.
>>
>>
>> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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