Retractable windshield and flare panel assembly

A windshield and flare module for a motorcycle, comprising:

• a vertically moveable windshield having side edges;
• windshield guides having tracks provided between the rear windshield support panel and a flare panel support panel, said flare panel tracks engaging and guiding the side edges of the windshield as the windshield edges slide vertically in the windshield tracks;
• a pair of oppositely-moving, horizontally-retractable flare panels each of said pair having top and bottom edges;
• flare panel guides having tracks provided between the rear windshield support panel and a flare panel support panel, said flare panel tracks engaging and guiding the top and bottom edges of the horizontally retractable flare panels as the horizontally retractable flare panels move horizontally as the pair of horizontally retractable flare panels move horizontally;
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• a mechanism for moving the windshield vertically up and down and for moving the flare modules horizontally, the mechanism including:
• a screw;
• a windshield retainer for engaging a hole formed in the windshield;
• elongated slots formed in the movable left and right flare panels and a pair of flare panel sliders, each of the sliders engaging a respective one of the slots formed in a respective left and right flare panels, wherein said elongated slot extends in both vertical and horizontal directions;
• a threaded drive block which engages the screw and which is coupled to the windshield retainer and to the flare panel sliders;
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• means for turning the screw to move the threaded drive block to vertically position the windshield and simultaneously horizontally position the flare panel sliders on each side of the windshield module.

A flaring module assembly for a motorcycle:

• a vertically moveable curved windshield which has side edges;
• front and a rear windshield support panels fixed together around the windshield;
• windshield guides fixed between the front and rear windshield support panels and having tracks formed therein for engaging and guiding the side edges of the windshield as the windshield edges slide vertically in the tracks;
• a flare support panel;
• a movable left flare panel having parallel top and bottom edges;
• left flare panel guides fixed between the rear windshield panel and the rear panel and having for engaging and guiding the edges of the left flare panel as the left flare panel slides horizontally in the left flare panel tracks;
• a movable right flare panel having parallel top and bottom edges;
• right flare panel guides fixed between the rear windshield panel and the flare support panel and having tracks for engaging and guiding the edges of the right flare panel as the right flare panel slides horizontally in the tracks;
• vertically extending angle brackets fixed to the flare support panel to provide additional rigidity to the windshield and flare panel module;
• a mechanism for moving the windshield vertically up and down and for moving the left and right flare modules horizontally, the mechanism including:
• a screw;
• a windshield retainer for engaging a hole formed in the windshield;
• elongated slots formed in the movable left and right flare panels and a pair of flare panel sliders, each of the sliders engaging a respective one of the slots formed in a respective left and right flare panels;
• a threaded drive block which engages the screw and which is coupled to the windshield retainer and to the flare panel sliders;
• means for turning the screw to move the threaded drive block and vertically position the windshield and horizontally position the flare panel sliders on each side of the windshield module;
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• a motor for turning the screw to vertically position the windshield in its tracks and to position the windshield and the left and right flare panel in their respective tracks;
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• wherein the curved movable windshield, left and right flaring panels, all of the tracks, the fixed front windshield panel, the fixed rear windshield panel, the fixed flaring rear panel are arranged to slide past each other.