2012 KAWASAKI CONCOURS 14 Visibilitywiper Problems

IN NOVEMBER 2013 I PURCHASED A NEW NON-CURRENT INVENTORY 2012 KAWASAKI CONCOURS 14 MOTORCYCLE. PRIOR TO RIDING IT THIS SPRING I INSTALLED A LARGER AFTERMARKET NATIONAL CYCLE V-STREAM WINDSHIELD FOR INCREASED WIND PROTECTION. DURING MY FIRST RIDE I WAS SURPRISED AT THE AMOUNT THAT THE NATIONAL CYCLE V-STREAM WINDSHIELD FLEXED IN WIND. WITHIN 20 MILES OF RIDING THE EXCESSIVE FLEXING RESULTED IN THE ORIGINAL KAWASAKI PLASTIC WINDSHIELD MOUNTS BREAKING. I PURCHASED ANOTHER SET OF KAWASAKI MOUNTS, THEY LASTED 35 MILES AND ALSO CRACKED. WHEN COMPARING THE THICKNESS OF THE OEM ORIGINAL KAWASAKI WINDSHIELD TO THE NATIONAL CYCLE V-STREAM AFTERMARKET WINDSHIELD I FOUND THE NATIONAL CYCLE V-STREAM WINDSHIELD TO BE .018 INCHES THINNER THAN THE ORIGINAL KAWASAKI WINDSHIELD. THE LARGER SURFACE AREA AND THINNER CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL CYCLE V-STREAM WINDSHIELD COUPLED WITH THE REDUCED CLAMPING PRESSURE PROVIDED BY THE OEM KAWASAKI WINDSHIELD MOUNTS (DUE TO THE NATIONAL CYCLE V-STREAM WINDSHIELDS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KAWASAKI CONCOURS 14, EQUIPPED WITH A NATIONAL CYCLE V STREAM WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD BEGAN TO MOVE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BOLTS WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.