Another place to watch for problems

[stingray]

While detailing my R3GT yesterday I noticed missing weatherstripping at the bottom front of the windscreen cowl. On further inspection it is missing almost 3 inches of the welting allowing rain, sand, and bugs (I found an almost whole dragonfly that had found its way in). I cleaned out all of the sand and bug parts before reassembling. It should be easy enough to find replacement at local parts store or will order a few feet off the web.

 

[imcool]

While detailing my R3GT yesterday I noticed missing weatherstripping at the bottom front of the windscreen cowl. On further inspection it is missing almost 3 inches of the welting allowing rain, sand, and bugs (I found an almost whole dragonfly that had found its way in). I cleaned out all of the sand and bug parts before reassembling. It should be easy enough to find replacement at local parts store or will order a few feet off the web.

I have same, i think its missing so it can drain if something goes in?

 

[stingray]

I doubt it. Poor design then allowing road grime and rain directly into the electrical connections at speed. I'm sealing it up because there are plenty of drain holes in the back of it. Good luck with yours.

 

[imcool]

I doubt it. Poor design then allowing road grime and rain directly into the electrical connections at speed. I'm sealing it up because there are plenty of drain holes in the back of it. Good luck with yours.

I will wait for more people to confirm if they all have 3 inches missing.
if all have 3 inches short then its by design and I would leave it like that on my bike,
but if i find more than couple riders with full weather strip and not missing 3 inches then I will seal mine too.

now, I am curious about other people weatherstrip lol, I will start digging this now.

 

[stingray]

It only needs about 31 inches of the rubber J channel trim. Easy to fix before problems start. It took longer to clean all of the sand and bugs out than to install the new seal. I put the seam up with a dab of silicone.

 

[ruzzle]

I think it is warping of the plastic housing. Mine had a gap of perhaps 6 mm for about 75mm of the TOP edge. (Worse, for water entry.)

I just built up a couple of beads of good ol' silicone along the edge of the gap bit, waited till it almost set, then put the lid on. Seems to have conformed nicely and sealed the gap.

Water in there is definitely not a good thing.

 

[gadget_ho]

Looking through the service manual, it makes no mention of replacing or checking the seal in the remove/install flyscreen instructions? And the drawings don't obviously show one. Maybe it's been added later in the manufacturing cycle as the flyscreens were warping in the heat and letting water in? Exploded view attached:

 

[imcool]

Looking through the service manual, it makes no mention of replacing or checking the seal in the remove/install flyscreen instructions? And the drawings don't obviously show one. Maybe it's been added later in the manufacturing cycle as the flyscreens were warping in the heat and letting water in? Exploded view attached:

i thought to look into manual as well for that seal. You are one step ahead.

 

[ruzzle]

Spares listing....

 

[gadget_ho]

Spares listing....

Interesting. I suspected that the seal may have been added mid-life. Would be good to find a later version of the service manual, as I know some things have changed, like the ABS brake bleed process...