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Scooters - 125 to 300 => People GT 300i => Topic started by: PDXGT on May 24, 2014, 02:22:49 AM
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I've been looking at windscreen options for the GT and there's not a whole lot out there. The Biondi would have been my first choice but it looks like it's not available at this time. Puig has a direct bolt on but it's on the large side http://www.scootervilleparts.com/kymcopeoplegtipuig.htm (http://www.scootervilleparts.com/kymcopeoplegtipuig.htm) . Anyone have this windscreen on their GT?
I went to the Puig website and it looks like they have a smaller screen option but I'm not sure if I can find it in the states.
http://www.puigusa.com/tuning-bikes/kymco-people-gt300i-2013/trafic/c171en/f1-r27-m4070/ (http://www.puigusa.com/tuning-bikes/kymco-people-gt300i-2013/trafic/c171en/f1-r27-m4070/) I like the looks of this one but not sure if it would be enough coverage. I have a feeling that this one could possibly direct the air right into my helmet causing buffeting. Opinions?
(http://www.puigusa.com/imagenes/PUIG16696.jpg)
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Ermax for abt $120 from moto machine
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Ermax for abt $120 from moto machine
This one? I like the looks of that. Similar to the Biondi. The mounting seems complicated from the photo though. Do you have experience with it?
http://www.motomachines.com/Ermax-Sportivo-Screen-Windshield-for-Kymco-PeopleShadow-GTI-10-12_p_3713.html (http://www.motomachines.com/Ermax-Sportivo-Screen-Windshield-for-Kymco-PeopleShadow-GTI-10-12_p_3713.html)
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That's the one I got the fully tinted windshield. Shipping with them takes a long time. I think they order monthly from France. If you don't mind waiting its a great deal.
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That's the one I got the fully tinted windshield. Shipping with them takes a long time. I think they order monthly from France. If you don't mind waiting its a great deal.
How was it to install? Did you have to modify any of the body panels?
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It mounts where the us turn signal lights mounts so you have to hook up euro turn signals and it uses a euro 150 degree base bulbs. That's been covered in previous threads.
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Don't go with a wind screen with only two mount points on the plexi. You're more likely to have a failure at high speeds.
Ride safe.
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Don't go with a wind screen with only two mount points on the plexi. You're more likely to have a failure at high speeds.
Ride safe.
That was one of my concerns with the Puig that I posted above. Looks like air could come up under the bottom of it also causing more stress on the plexi. I'm guessing that particular screen is designed more for around town riding.
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I got a Slipstreamer windscreen for my GT300 and am very pleased. I think it was an "XX 66" on Slipstreamers site. I can look over it easily and see the road about 50-60' in front. Very reasonable in cost also ( about $75) as I remember. It does have a headlight cut out on the bottom edge, but that's fine, and I noticed the screen offered on Kymcos site (Puig?) also has the cut out. I've ridden the scooter up to 80mph and no flexing.
Karlu
Las cruces, nm
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I put on the GIVI. It is made for the GT300i, looks nice and you don't have to remove the USA blinkers. I cut mine down 3.5 inches as it comes way too tall. That also takes a lot of stress off the windshield when driving high speed. I think they have the cracking issue cured as they come with plastic fasteners instead of the metal ones that were often cranked down so tight that it would contribute to cracking issues.
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I have searched the web up & down for a windshield for my '13 GT300i. I too think the Puig is too tall. I really like the Prima Universal Medium sized windshield which can be found all over the web. There is a very cheap knockoff of this windshield made and/or sold by "Scrappydawg". It appears identical to the Prima. It is only $25 bucks so I ordered it just to see how it would fit. Came the other day and mounted up just like it was made for the GTi. I am 6'4" and I feel the line of site to be perfect. The screen actually mounts just behind the short air spoiler on the GTi. Gives it more of a Biondi finished look rather than just hanging out in front. DONT GET ME WRONG.. this Scrappydawg shield is very, very cheap and I really do not trust it. However I already ordered the Prima, which is a quality windshield. (my wife had one on her Vino) Anyway, just my two cents but appears to be an option for all those GTi riders in search of something else.
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I actually found a few on ebay.com as well. However all the goodies for kymco are located in Europe :-\
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Before you buy. Check out Just Gotta Scoot the reviewer there owns a People 300 GTi and has i think three different windscreens he talks about. One snapped on him and you should avoid buying that one.
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The key is buying a LEXAN windscreen. Plexi glass or Acetate screens are cheap, and can/will shatter if they are torqued or. impacted.
They are the perpetuation of cheap China crap.
Lexan by its nature cannot crack or shatter. Nor will it craze or discolor from sunlight.
I personally despise windscreens but this info may help save some hard earned denaro's.
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Hi Guys...received the Prima windshield yesterday and planned on the install today....NO GOOD!!!
A few very small differences between the cheapo "Scrappydawg" and the Prima just didn't allow it to mount up nicely. Sorry for the bad information. The Prima is a nice quality product though. I am not sending back because of restocking and shipping fee's. It's just not worth it. If anyone has a different scooter and does the research and could use it...let me know. It's all boxed up.
Just one of those days..................
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Is it just alignment issues? Hardware? Shape?
A Heat gun will reform that into anything you need. I know... Just saying...
Maybe post up a Pict. in the For Sale section here.
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You know what the crazy thing is? I love the bike the way it is. The no windscreen doesn't even bother me. I just got caught up in the fact that there are so few options out there that I thought I found a deal. I think that there are a lot of members out there like this. Just because something is available doesn't mean that you need it. Kymco made a nice scoot right out of the box. (My God...I hope it stops raining soon...I am starting to sound like my wife)
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Need to go for a ride huh.
Maybe it's that Stockholm Syndrome thing. You just figured it out?
Five minutes from now you will be content again. She's got you sir!
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She had me at hello....and she rides :)
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Lucky dog! I still haven't found that. 55 years...
Salute!
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I'm not sure who is the lucky one. I didn't mention that she wasn't the first but came along right around 40 yrs. I would have guessed that you had an EX in New Jersey just by reading your hatred.
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Montecelo NY, and Naugatuck CT. (X's)
I simply had two cars stolen in Jersey when I was a kid, and one Special Forces type husband ( John Coffee / Green Mile big) express his feelings to me in Cherry Hill.
That stuff, and we used to play in the Meadowland's before the stadium, and Hoffa's new "home" were built. We used to look for gangster guns... I think you understand some of what we would find.
Then there is the 95 corridor, (near the GWB) and of course Atlantic City...
Jersey has never been good for me.
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Monticello is right up the road from me. I will be passing through there on Sunday on my way the Bethel Woods to see James Taylor. Maybe I will run into her and tell her you said hello. Mine is in Texas....Good place for her. I am convinced that is why they have all that bad weather now. I had one of those John Coffee guys in my jurisdiction. On parole for killing one of his professors down in North Carolina. Had calves like tree trunks. Could bench press a house. Used to jog backwards all day while shadowboxing. Luckily for me we had a good relationship. He saw my partner and I give a very justified "adjustment" to a crack addict....he respected me ever since. Definitely a "two sticker". I also need to cancel my therapy appointment with Zombie. Sun is out and I got about 50 miles in today. All better.
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You will definitely know my ex if you were working up there or just reading the local papers... Helen Walsh. she's just turning 50, and still doing all the stupid sh**.
Small world, and getting smaller by the second.
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I'll wait for you to come up and visit. We'll ride up there together. We can stop at the Dancin' Catz for a Burger & a beer. My treat. Great Burger!
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Well that is by far the best offer I have had all day. Forget the visit part... I'm coming up for the beer.
I'll stop at some Internet Cafe when I'm about a week out from there. 50cc's ya know. I'll leave in the morning maybe see ya around September ish.
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Came across this on the Puig site, anyone seen or tried one?
http://www.puigusa.com/tuning-bikes/kymco-people-gt300i-2013/windscreen-ts/c171en/f1-r277-m4070/ (http://www.puigusa.com/tuning-bikes/kymco-people-gt300i-2013/windscreen-ts/c171en/f1-r277-m4070/)
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That's a very nice looking screen. I see no reason they would make a bad design so I would trust Puig.
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Yeah I like the looks of that screen. Looks like simple installation too. I wonder if any dealer that carries Puig could order it?