Windshield installation (Help!)

I bought a new windshield for my seca and the rods are too short to be used with the mirror adapter kit. I want to use the adapter kit so I don't have to cut my rubber handle bar covers. Those things are hard to find. I can have the rods cut lengthened and bent, but I wanted to know your thoughts on this before I cut into a new piece of metal.
Yes the chrome is getting redone sometime over the winter. Planning on powder coating the frame too.

 

You have three options: Have longer rods made, Have adapters made that will lengthen the rods, or remove the bar covers and stow them away for show days. The third option is what I did.

 

Ya. I should try the third option first. If I like the windshield I may have the rods cut and lengthened. I like the rubber bits. It goes with the whole weirdness of this bike.

 

I attached the windshield to the handlebars to see how well it would work before I went any further. I got home and took it right off again. Way too much wind buffeting. I Don't know if I will revisit the windshield idea or not. It seems good enough without it for me anyway.

 

That windscreen does buffet the helmet a bit. Setting the angle so it's slightly shallower than the fork tubes seems to improve the situation. It's really about 8" too short of a windscreen for me, so I made an extension from some plexi scrap I had on hand. You could also try cutting it down by about 4" to get the turbulance between your chin and shoulders; you' have clear air on your helmet, and less pressure on your chest. I did that on my scooter's windscreen and it was perfect.

 

That may be the thing to do. I'm going to leave it for another time though. The riding season is closing in up this way. Once the salt brine hits the road, my bike is mothballed. That stuff ruins bikes.

 

you can also play with the windshield height.....I have the spitfire on my 700, and the wind goes right over the helmet. Bottom of windshield is about 4-5 inches above the top of the headlight.

dave