Digging on my new Ducati... a '13 M796... but being 6'2" I catch a bit of wind. I found a slightly taller windscreen by Gen-X on sale (MotoWheels) and thought I would give it a try...
First off, the instructions are in Italian, so I had to break out some Google-Fu to decode everything and make sure I matched the right parts up. Everything is bagged separately, so it's fairly easy to assemble and keep track of the parts.
It does require removal of the handlebar mount... the main stays mount under the handlebar mount, with the addition of a spacer. The good news is it raises the bar clamp up about 3/8".. maybe enough where I won't have to get a riser later on. The tricky part is where to put the handlebar while the install is going on... you have to have the bar on the tank side of the instruments, and then thread the windscreen stays up through the bars, and then reset the handlebar mount back down. 4 hands helps here... but not being a mutant, I juggled everything with my only 2 and did OK. Do NOT torque everything down yet... leave it loose until everything is assembled.
Next, I mounted the windscreen body to the 4 mount points. I had some difficulty getting everything smashed together and wound up cutting the rubber grommets in half to accomplish this task. I quite literally did not have the strength to push everything together and get the nut threaded...
Full size grommets:
Cut grommets:
Once the body was mounted, I put the clear part of the windscreen on. Word of caution here... try to line up the mount holes on the clear portion of the screen by sliding the body up or down on the stays. Putting the body at the uppermost position on the stays, the clear screen didn't quite line up. Me being me, I forced it and cracked one of the mount holes... we will see how durable the screen is after a few rides.
Once the screen is mounted, I started working my way down, tightening up everything... the clear screen insert, the body clamps, torqued the handlebar mount, set the handlebar, torqued the handlebar clamp.
The end result:
The kit came with a foam rubber block, ostensibly to fill the gap between the headlight shroud and the lower part of the windscreen body... it wound up being worthless and there is quite a gap in any event, or you can slide it down the stays where it rests against the headlight shroud... and will surely mar it in normal operation... and there is
still a gap. The screen stays are visible but not unsightly, you can, however, see right down in front of the instrument cluster and the associated wiring. You have to look straight down... but it's there.
Fairing stays mounted under the handlebar mount...
Scale of 1-10 I'd give it a 5. Build quality is decent, but the cracked mount hole has me worried. The fact that I couldn't get everything quite line up was a problem, and then there is the gap between the fairing and the headlight nacelle.
The real test will be how it handles wind... road test to follow...
