I ordered the double bubble a couple of weeks ago, and ended up getting a little adventure out of it.
I ordered it on a Friday. I called back two weeks later to check on the status, as that was when they had anticipated it would be shipped out. I found out at that time it had actually shipped the Monday after that Friday I had ordered. It had arrived at the hotel I am staying at on Wednesday, and one of the employees had signed for it.
Since it was a week and a half after that when I found out this info (last Friday), I began to wonder what might have happened. After work I stopped by the front desk and asked about the package. They could not find it, and the person that had signed for it was not there, but supposedly was going to be in on Saturday.
I went back then, and the general manager ended up searching the cleaning rooms for my package, but to no avail. Since they had apparently lost it, they said to order a new one and they'd pick up the bill. I was not too happy at this point, as I wanted to get the windscreen on before the trip back to San Diego this Sunday. But, eh, what can one do.
This past Monday morning I did a lot of calling between Zero Gravity and the hotel to get everything taken care of. Once I thought that was taken care of, I started in on my day's routine.
But, things suddenly got better just before I headed out for lunch. The hotel called. They had found the windscreen! It was out of the box (not sure how that happened) and was in one of the offices. Since the manager had been looking for a box, the shape of the windscreen hadn't stood out earlier. The second order was stopped (yay for less paperwork
).
I popped back to the hotel during lunch and got the windscreen. Though it was out of the box, the original wrapping had kept the screen in perfect shape. I zipped out, yanked off the old screen, pulled the rubber grommets by hand (with a colorful running commentary, they were a pain) and put the new one on. It probably took about ten minutes, but it would have been shorter had I been using the proper tools. The fit was perfect. I didn't have to make any adjustments, and road testing resulted in no screen noise (have not gone above 90 mph though . . . CHP in this area are really active . . . )
I can now see the instrument panels from any lean without having to look through the windscreen. The shape is nice, and I'm glad I got the screen. Short term driving on the freeway did not show any radical differences in wind buffeting if sitting up, but there are definite differences when leaning more than normal.
I must report that all calls the Zero Gravity resulted in talking to people that were friendly. By the end of it all, they knew me by name, hehe. Screen quality is good, and phone service is good. That concludes my adventure and report! OK OK, it might not have been a true adventure per se, but I was really thinking I wouldn't have my new 'toy' before the trip.
Now . . . if the weather reports are right, I'll be missing heavy rain by a day, woo woo!
I ordered it on a Friday. I called back two weeks later to check on the status, as that was when they had anticipated it would be shipped out. I found out at that time it had actually shipped the Monday after that Friday I had ordered. It had arrived at the hotel I am staying at on Wednesday, and one of the employees had signed for it.
Since it was a week and a half after that when I found out this info (last Friday), I began to wonder what might have happened. After work I stopped by the front desk and asked about the package. They could not find it, and the person that had signed for it was not there, but supposedly was going to be in on Saturday.
I went back then, and the general manager ended up searching the cleaning rooms for my package, but to no avail. Since they had apparently lost it, they said to order a new one and they'd pick up the bill. I was not too happy at this point, as I wanted to get the windscreen on before the trip back to San Diego this Sunday. But, eh, what can one do.
This past Monday morning I did a lot of calling between Zero Gravity and the hotel to get everything taken care of. Once I thought that was taken care of, I started in on my day's routine.
But, things suddenly got better just before I headed out for lunch. The hotel called. They had found the windscreen! It was out of the box (not sure how that happened) and was in one of the offices. Since the manager had been looking for a box, the shape of the windscreen hadn't stood out earlier. The second order was stopped (yay for less paperwork
).I popped back to the hotel during lunch and got the windscreen. Though it was out of the box, the original wrapping had kept the screen in perfect shape. I zipped out, yanked off the old screen, pulled the rubber grommets by hand (with a colorful running commentary, they were a pain) and put the new one on. It probably took about ten minutes, but it would have been shorter had I been using the proper tools. The fit was perfect. I didn't have to make any adjustments, and road testing resulted in no screen noise (have not gone above 90 mph though . . . CHP in this area are really active . . . )
I can now see the instrument panels from any lean without having to look through the windscreen. The shape is nice, and I'm glad I got the screen. Short term driving on the freeway did not show any radical differences in wind buffeting if sitting up, but there are definite differences when leaning more than normal.
I must report that all calls the Zero Gravity resulted in talking to people that were friendly. By the end of it all, they knew me by name, hehe. Screen quality is good, and phone service is good. That concludes my adventure and report! OK OK, it might not have been a true adventure per se, but I was really thinking I wouldn't have my new 'toy' before the trip.
Now . . . if the weather reports are right, I'll be missing heavy rain by a day, woo woo!