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Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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One pretty sccoter. Worship
I would love to see that cowl with a dark tint on the windscreen. Biker Heart


08-27-2013, 09:54 AM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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(08-27-2013, 07:06 AM)silascopathic_imp Wrote: its raw metal and awesome! be careful though, because it can be bent. i currently am awaiting another as the first one bit the farm when i layed the bike down.

Ouch! I'm sorry to hear that...hope you are OK.

Do you find the raw aluminum oxidizing over time? I think the cowl looks absolutely awesome-very old school-but am worried it may end up taking a bit of maintenance over time..Still, I'm seriously considering it.


08-27-2013, 06:33 PM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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(08-27-2013, 09:54 AM)Inline4_imp Wrote: One pretty sccoter. Worship
I would love to see that cowl with a dark tint on the windscreen. Biker Heart
Thats the plan! I am testing tinting on my old cracked windscreen. Hopefully its rather easy and i can tint the new one ASAP!
(08-27-2013, 06:33 PM)veech_imp Wrote:
(08-27-2013, 07:06 AM)silascopathic_imp Wrote: its raw metal and awesome! be careful though, because it can be bent. i currently am awaiting another as the first one bit the farm when i layed the bike down.

Ouch! I'm sorry to hear that...hope you are OK.

Do you find the raw aluminum oxidizing over time? I think the cowl looks absolutely awesome-very old school-but am worried it may end up taking a bit of maintenance over time..Still, I'm seriously considering it.

Ouch! I'm sorry to hear that...hope you are OK.

Do you find the raw aluminum oxidizing over time? I think the cowl looks absolutely awesome-very old school-but am worried it may end up taking a bit of maintenance over time..Still, I'm seriously considering it. honestly I had it for almost 2 months and didnt need to do anything except polish it with the rest of the bike. I think we are all gonna have to wait and see if that happens once I have it on for a while longer


08-27-2013, 09:33 PM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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How does one tint a windscreen?


08-27-2013, 11:21 PM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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Will probably just need waxing and polishing from time to time. More so if you live near salt water. Plenty of aircraft with aluminum skins that survive just fine (and look great with a lot of polishing Smile ).


08-27-2013, 11:41 PM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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Are you getting any increased head buffeting or wind noise with this cowl?


08-27-2013, 11:55 PM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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you can tint 2 ways to my knowledge, with a film or using a translucent spray. with the spray you will need to wet sand the surface first with a very fine grit. I will try this on the broken shield and if its a pain in the ass i will buy a film.
yea the cowl just needed a polish every other day to get the finger prints off of it.


08-28-2013, 12:59 AM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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(08-28-2013, 12:59 AM)silascopathic_imp Wrote: you can tint 2 ways to my knowledge, with a film or using a translucent spray. with the spray you will need to wet sand the surface first with a very fine grit. I will try this on the broken shield and if its a pain in the ass i will buy a film.
yea the cowl just needed a polish every other day to get the finger prints off of it.

Ahhh. I forgot about tint film and had it in my mind you would dye the shield somehow. I didn't know they even had a spray.

Let us know how it works. Smile


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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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nice clean mounting points very nice


08-28-2013, 11:24 PM
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RE: Aluminum Bikini Cowl installed!
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I'am waiting on mine. Made to order apperantly.


08-29-2013, 05:33 AM
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