Improving the view

 So time to actually do some work on Zedster, rather than all this namby-pamby driving.

The screw that held the lower windscreen crossbar to the main frame had given up on life:

It wasn't particularly serious but looked a bit rubbish. To do this properly (you can see where this is going), I should take the screen off and redo that screw. However, that was a lot of work, removing wipers and worst of all, having to remove the self-tapping screws that hold the frame to the side brackets. I'm no expert on self-tappers in metal but in wood, I've rarely managed to get a self-tapper back into its original hole securely; they always end up much looser and I normally have to move their position and start a new hole. This isn't possible with the windscreen as there are fixed holes in the steel brackets the frame attaches to. 

So my cunning plan was a U-shaped bracket under the crossbar and screwed into the frame. This would mean having to cut a slit in the rubber strip under the crossbar which is a shame but it wouldn't be visible and needs must when the Devil vomits in your breakfast. 

Now, anyone with a delicate aesthetic disposition may wish to stop reading here - what follows isn't pretty. 

Simple bracket made (had to be more boomerang-shaped because of the curve of the crossbar) :

Relatively simple to cut a slit in the rubber, push the bracket through and bend it round so each arm folded up the frame. I then gently drilled 4 holes through the bracket and into the frame and job done:

It's very not pretty but does the job and should last longer than the screw ever did. 

I shouldn't be worried about what it looks like but there various forums and FB groups full of beautifully painted factory builds, with long threads on where to get carbon fibre indicator stalks, for example. I feel a little like a charity case...