Foam piece behind windscreen

[Niklos]

Hello everyone.
My original blue hero windscreen is in very bad shape. I would like to keep it like this but also buy a new windscreen. I was thinking of an aftermarket carbon one as the guenuine Buell one are really expensive. But the carbon windscreen will come without the black piece of foam behind it. I was wondering if it was necessary or not to have it. Thanks !
That stuff :

 

[34nineteen]

You can go to a hardware store and buy a similar piece of weatherstripping

 

[Niklos]

Thanks. I will try that. I also found some on aliexpress for really cheap : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/3285...l5pz2tTRLQKgozXmVFObX8YP67cfRNTDy6iaPV23HEx-U
Where should I put it ? I think it was placed on the middle of the windscreen just like on that picture :

I was thinking to put it at the top of the windscreen so the water would not come in from the top. I don't really understand what it is for.

 

[user_deleted]

ALL XB models that left the factory with transluscent bodywork and ALL replacement factory transluscent windscreens have TWO STRIPS as part of the windscreen package.

STRIP #1-thin black piece of tape resembling common electrical tape. is installed transversely with bottom of same even with top mounting pre-drilled attachment holes. IT IS A HEADLIGHT REFLECTION DIFFUSER
STRIP #2-piece of foam. is installed transversely just above #1. it helps block air seeping up between windscreen and gauge cluster and provides a bit of relief from helmet buffeting.


installing these 2 bits anywhere else but where the factory intended defeats their intended purpose.

INCLUDED WITH EVERY OEM TRANSLUSCENT WINDSCREEN. TRANSLUSCENT BEING KICK-ASH...ORANGE KRATE...HERO BLUE....CHERRY BOMB.


TOP ARROW FOAM STRIP
BOTTOM ARROW BLACK TAPE

 

[34nineteen]

2 strips! Who knew?

 

[Outlaw]

John knows all things Buell .

 

[34nineteen]

He is the Buell whisperer. The parts speak to him. When he closed his eyes and touched the bike with the tip of his fingers, he heard:

"You need a thin strip of black tape"

"Check the ground!"

"Don't tighten me to factory spec" (oil drain plug)

"All I want for Christmas is a Deka battery"