DIY windscreen

[chakup]

Tools Needed:
Phillips Screwdriver
11mm Socket
Spray Paint indesired color.


1) Remove side view mirrors. Use the 11mm socket to take these off.
2)Undo the top screw on each side of the windscreen, have a 8mm socket on the back side to hold the nut in place while you unscrew it.
3) Ok, now this is the part that took me the longest but is probably the easiest step. Nobody told me that the bottom 2 screws on each side of the fairing are held in by grommets in the fairing. I have an '02 R6 so this may vary by year but on my bike I found out I did not have to worry about dropping a nut in the fairing, just unscrew the bottom 2 screws. Now remove the windscreen.
4) Now tape off the front of the windscreen and any part you don't want to get paint on. Paint the underside of the windscreen. Use several thin coats of paint.
5) Here is a pic of the finished screen. ( I used a flat black and a cherry red for the top lip of the windscreen.)

6) I put on a couple of coats of clear coat to make it look a little better from the back.
7) Now reinstall averything the reverse of removal. I added some silicone to the gromets to make sure that they didn't pop out and play it safe!



I will put up some pics of it back on the bike once it is all dry.

Looks good. What type of paint did you use.

[chakup]

I used the $0.94 a can flat black and clear coat from wal-mart. I used some stuff that was about $1.67 a can for the red because it was the brightest red they had.

[chakup]

some pics on the bike:
before front:


before back

after back


after front

Thanks I wasnt sure if that kind would stick. I thought I might of had to buy that new kind called krylon fusion or fusion krylon. It is made just for plastic.

Looks awesome man.

[chakup]

just use light coats and yu should be fine. I think I did 6-8 coats of the black fairly light, ~6 of the red for the emblem, then another 2 coats of black to make the back side one color. then i did the coats of clear coat. Up close the logo is a lil meh, some jagged lines, same with the top of the windscreen, but I am overall very happy with it.

[Skolar]

Looks nice, insted of painting the edges, try putting some flat leds onto part of the screen you cant see, it looks really goo lit up, I put pics of mine on damnnet. Not real good pix though.