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Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 18, 2005, 10:41:15 AM
Do they make tinted wind-screen for the Gs500F? Im trying to change the look of the front of my bike.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: John Bates on September 18, 2005, 12:24:21 PM
Search on the term tinted windscreen.  You'll get seven topics to look at.  Don't forget to select the search option Search for all terms

:cheers:
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: jordanearl on September 18, 2005, 01:52:58 PM
or just tint it yourself, a roll of film can be had at your local walmart, or kmart, target, favorite auto parts store, etc...
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 18, 2005, 03:04:33 PM
So no company make wind-screen that are already tinted for the 04 suzuki Gs500F
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: poormanracing on September 18, 2005, 04:01:29 PM
zero gravity  :roll:
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 20, 2005, 11:28:28 PM
what sux, none like the GS500 I guess.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 22, 2005, 07:26:15 PM
My brother used spray paint to tint his fornt wind-screen, Im thinking of buying aother OEM wind-screen and paintting it with spray paint. I found one at Oneidasuzuki.com for about $14 which to me sound like a pretty good deal?

This web-site is good if you drop you bike and have to pay out of your pocket, for the 2004 and up suzuki Gs500f.

Front upper cowling body $80.99
brake or clutch lever $8.99
Cowling under $96.99 (one side)
Fuel tank $479.99
Mirror $45.99
turn signal $18.99
Shifter $19.99
(Couldn't find the cowling for the rear of the bike or the rear break)
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: Phaedrus on September 22, 2005, 09:20:28 PM
Quote from: my_celica_is_jealouszero gravity  :roll:

Last I knew, they were not for sale yet? I called about them over the Summer and said they are still in production or development or some crap. So, I dunno if a  :roll:  is in order, since they might not yet be available? They weren't for me!  :(
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 22, 2005, 10:45:56 PM
Ill e-mail them and see if they for sale yet. It look like they are, they had a price and everything.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: SheDevil18 on September 23, 2005, 08:53:53 AM
Where on oneidasuzuki.com did you see a tinted one?
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: My Name Is Dave on September 23, 2005, 09:09:27 AM
Or you can paint it black, as I did here (thanks to tdan553527 for the idea):

By the way, getting drunk and holding it up to your face is an optional step  ;)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/all_out_of_gum/BlackScreen.jpg)
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: SheDevil18 on September 23, 2005, 10:49:57 AM
I was considering doing that but I was affriad it would chip and peal
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: My Name Is Dave on September 23, 2005, 10:58:57 AM
Quote from: SheDevil18I was considering doing that but I was affriad it would chip and peal

Negative, captain. Two reasons:

1) I only painted the inside of the shield.
2) From what I gather, it's a dye more than a paint. So while it does sit on the surface, it also has bonded with the plastic and made it black.

But like aaronstj, what do I know; I'm just a nood.

Dave  :cheers:
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: SheDevil18 on September 23, 2005, 11:01:56 AM
What kinda paint and where did you get it?
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: My Name Is Dave on September 23, 2005, 11:06:07 AM
Krylon Fusion. Looks like:

(http://data.solidcactus.com/cjimages/autobarn/krfusppaforp.gif)

GI Joe's for $5.79. It should be at any home & garden store.

About every color is available.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 23, 2005, 09:39:05 PM
No No, I was going to buy a OEM clear wind-screem and paint it like 2005-GS500-PDX. My brother did it to his 2003 honda 600rr and it came out looking pretty good.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: jason1080 on September 24, 2005, 05:22:45 PM
they have them http://www.exoticsportbike.com/gs500f.htm
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: jason1080 on September 24, 2005, 05:23:19 PM
http://www.exoticsportbike.com/gs500f.htm they have it
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: mountindewGS on September 24, 2005, 05:25:58 PM
Are you sure they have them in stock? because alot of people said they order tinted screen and then they said they don't make them for the Gs500f. That alot of money too I mean the OEM wind-screen is $14 and the paint is like $5 to $10.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: dbNnc on October 03, 2005, 08:09:32 AM
I just called exoticsportbike.com and the guy said another couple of weeks on the Zero Gravity windscreens. He said they haven't had any yet, so they aren't sold out, they just haven't yet gotten any to sell.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: blue05twin on October 03, 2005, 06:18:25 PM
Can you just use auto window tint film?
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: dbNnc on October 04, 2005, 07:20:32 AM
QuoteCan you just use auto window tint film?

Yeah, but I'm 6-foot-5 and want the sport-touring windscreen to deflect air a little higher.
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: Phaedrus on October 04, 2005, 12:40:12 PM
Quote from: blue05twinCan you just use auto window tint film?

Err, I dunno. I read about a few people trying that and it did not work out very well because of the extreme curvatures of the screen. Might be worth a shot, but I'd go with a new windscreen or painting/dying it before I'd try tint film on it.  :dunno:
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: My Name Is Dave on October 04, 2005, 12:47:45 PM
I can't emphasize enough how easy the painting process was. It really is not hard, assuming you know how to work a can of paint. And I really can't argue with the results:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/all_out_of_gum/Moto%20Mods/IMG_0493.jpg)
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: jason1080 on November 19, 2005, 06:46:43 PM
puig makes them
Title: Tinted wind-screen
Post by: fettcols on November 19, 2005, 08:48:17 PM
You can see in the avitar I tried the window film back in the summer of '04. It looked good from about 10 feet but looked like crap if you got any closer. I tried heating it, using more water, and even cutting some sections out of the film and it still looked like crap. But then of course there's guy down the street with a buick that had an even worse job on his back window and he lives with it. I ended up just taking off the film and rolling with the stocker...