Madstad base mounting issues/question

[MotoMike]

FUGLY...Can't wait to order mine.

[JGF6B]

Will,
I have a gap between the lower shield and the dashboard only where the dash is uneven (where your weatherstripping is on your dash). Below that is sealed tight. I shined light from inside and outside, no light was visible through the shield.
Yours isn't fitting correctly.

It is ugly but it either grows on you or you get used to it. Functionally it is awesome.

[Hornblower]

Will,
I have a gap between the lower shield and the dashboard only where the dash is uneven (where your weatherstripping is on your dash). Below that is sealed tight. I shined light from inside and outside, no light was visible through the shield.
Yours isn't fitting correctly.

It is ugly but it either grows on you or you get used to it. Functionally it is awesome.

+1
Either you go for looks or functionality. Rarely do you get both. It's no more complicated than that. At this point, I think there is very little argument that the Madstad is the best windscreen available from the perspective of functionality. Most of us that have Madstads agree that it's not the prettiest windscreen out there. Frankly, I don't care much about that. It's a great windscreen for how it functions and that's all I really care about.

[willtill]

+1
Either you go for looks or functionality. Rarely do you get both. It's no more complicated than that. At this point, I think there is very little argument that the Madstad is the best windscreen available from the perspective of functionality. Most of us that have Madstads agree that it's not the prettiest windscreen out there. Frankly, I don't care much about that. It's a great windscreen for how it functions and that's all I really care about.

Do you have a gap in the outer areas where the lower base meets the dash?

[Hornblower]

Do you have a gap in the outer areas where the lower base meets the dash?

Yep, similar to yours.

[willtill]

Yep, similar to yours.

Yes, I saw that from the link that Wing'n it provided earlier in this thread.

I am going to go to Home Despot and procure some thicker weatherstripping, and R&R the current weatherstripping that I applied previously from the Clearview windshield installation... I still need to reroute my power cord for my GPS anyway up under the Madstad windshield base. Look forward to having my GPS mounted directly in from of me now between the dash and the lower Madstad base

[lloydmoore1]

Mine is the same. Be careful not to over tighten the base or it will crack Just add some lock tite

[willtill]

Will,
I have a gap between the lower shield and the dashboard only where the dash is uneven (where your weatherstripping is on your dash). Below that is sealed tight. I shined light from inside and outside, no light was visible through the shield.
Yours isn't fitting correctly.

It is ugly but it either grows on you or you get used to it. Functionally it is awesome.

Thank you. I am waiting on Madstad's response to my email; basically what I wrote here in this thread.

This is certainly not a "I'm ripping this gardarned shield off and tossing it into the bushes" moment... but I like symmetry... a smooth finish.

[Wing'n it]

I posted this very question a long time ago and your getting the same answers I got. I will tell you that it does lay better after some time as mine has almost flattened out completely, but from the start it fits like sh**.

http://hondaf6b.com/showthread.php?7...Madstad-owners

[willtill]

I posted this very question a long time ago and your getting the same answers I got. I will tell you that it does lay better after some time as mine has almost flattened out completely, but from the start it fits like sh**.

http://hondaf6b.com/showthread.php?7...Madstad-owners

Good response! Good post! And good link!

Thanks Wing'n it !!!