Screen bubbling

[Gavs]

Love my new Sprint ST. Looks horn and especially after fitting dual braided brake lines and a larger master cylinder. It now stops as good as it goes. I have also upped the suspension, but thats another story.
One thing though. The supplied screens as made by Acerbis sux. The standard screen and the after market Aero screen have both bubbled up where the screens are black. It looks like a bad tinted window job! I returned the standard screen to my dealer and am awaiting replacements of both screens.

Seemed to have started when any heat dissipates through the fairing after rain or a wash.
I had a look at a demo Sprint at the shop and it had done the same!
Anyone else got this?

[dmbikerguy]

Not yet, but I'll be looking for it.

[clsmitty]

I also had the bubbling problem. i just scraped off the old paint, then resprayed the screen with some flat black rattle paint. All told it took me a day to do.

[Gavs]

Sounds good, what did you scrape it off with? I dont want to scratch the plastic if possible. Sorry, don't know what black "rattle" paint is.

[DaneB]

There is another thread somewhere here on this issue. I'm on my third screen as each (including the current one) has bubbled up. Triumph is apparently aware of the issue and will hopefully come out with a fix in the not-too-distant future. Don't know that there needs to be any water involved to start the process, though, as mine's never been wet. I would be willing to bet that the manufacturer of these didn't prep the plastic properly before painting.

[clsmitty]

I just used a putty knife to remove the paint. Once it starts to bubble it comes off fairly easy if you just place the sharp edge of a knife at about a 15 degree angle and apply a little pressure and scrape. I also used some very fine grit sanding blocks to ruff up the surface prior to painting with aerosol spray paint.

[RedMick]

On 2005-09-09 18:54, DaneB wrote:
There is another thread somewhere here on this issue.

It's here

[Gavs]

Thanks for the advice.