Anyone have a good source for as close to the 999RS windscreen as possible? Had a good googling around and the closest seems to be Bursi in Italy. Anything closer to home?
I think Skidmarx is as close as you can get. I’m sure I was told a while back that Leon Haslam used a Skidmarx screen on his BSB 999RS https://www.skidmarx.co.uk/ducati-d...reen.html?search_query=Ducati+749&results=621
Too add a bit more, I was after a screen as close to the original RS version. Of course, they weren't all the same as riders preference often determined the final shape. The Bursi screen was fairly close but the rear edge of the screen has an upward flick, which was not what I was after for the Parts Unlimited replica. Here is the Bursi screen: Then, 15 minutes later the modified one: Much closer to the Parts Unlimited screen: The one Toseland used on the Fila bike was even lower: Please with the final result.
Or you could have just gone for the skidmarx screen I posted a link to above for £60 and saved yourself the hassle of cutting your rather more expensive Bursi screen. The Skidmarx screen was used on Haslams 999rs and Shakey is using one this season on his Pani
How did you mark and cut it accurately? I'd be interested in doing this for my 'R' and my 'S' which are each slowly evolving into track only spec. I have several self-levelling lasers I use in my business so I think I could mark the screen accurately but cutting cleanly might prove more of a challenge! I checked out the Bursi site, some beautiful stuff but jeez the price of some of it. I'll go for a couple of screens though for now I think, I tend to try and avoid skid marks wherever possible!
With everything fitted to the bike, I used a piece of string to mark the centre line from nose to tail and over the top of the screen. Then used a sharpie to mark the centre line on the screen in the area that I wanted to remove. Using a piece of paper held over one half of the screen, I drew the shape I wanted, cut the paper along that line and transferred onto the screen. Then flipped it over to the other side and marked it again. I was a bit hesitant about cutting it, knowing that perspex crack pretty easily. In the end, I used a fine tooth saw blade in my Dremel (not a cutting disc as that would heat up the perspex too much) at low speed and made several passes just shy of the line. I clamped the screen onto my work bench at the rear edge of the flanges left and right. It took about 5 passes until the blade cut all the way through. I then used a 2 inch sanding drum in my cordless drill (again at slow speed) to trim exactly to the line. And finally used a bit of 600 grit wet and dry by hand to clean up the edge. This worked out well and without drama. Took all of 10 minutes (not including the marking).
