Contributed by Mike Pratt

I just installed the F-15 Sport shield.  It took a while for National Cycle to ship it since they have had a huge response to its introduction.  Here are my observations so far:

The mounting system is a little cheesy, as you might expect for a "universal mount" screen.  You can get a good idea of the mounting system by looking at the "Tour Shield" image on the ZR-7.com site.  Since the tour shield is clear (as opposed to the "Sport Shield", which is dark tinted), you can view the mount easily.  This brings up a nice feature.  According to Ann at National Cycle, the plexiglass is interchangeable on the mount, so you could easily change levels of protection for temperature, type of ride, mood, etc., fairly inexpensively by buying both shields.  I don't know yet if National will sell just the fairing (sans mount), but it's a possibility.

My only real complaint is with the clamps that are intended to help lock in
the rake of the shield.  I have only ridden 65 miles with mine so far, but
suspect that the clamps might loosen with vibration over an extended ride. I'll probably fabricate a slightly different clamp.  If it works out well,
I'll supply a drawing and jpeg.  The rake is supposed to be adjustable over a twenty degree range, but the back of the brackets actually butt up against the nuts on the turn signal mounting bolts.  This isn't as bad as it might seem, because the resultant rake seems just about perfect.

The slot in the bottom of the brackets (which the headlight mounting bolts
pass through) could be a little longer, since mine are at the end of their
travel and the shield actually overlaps the headlight bezel a little.  You
could lengthen the slots yourself, but that would mess up the nice powder
coating that has been applied.  I don't seem to get any headlight reflection
back as a result, though, and the shield looks great as installed.  BTW, the
mounting kit includes new headlight mounting bolts, but they're way too
short.  The bike's original bolts are easily long enough, plus they're
stainless.  The bolts supplied by National are only cadmium plated.

Additionally, the bolts supplied for the clamps were much too long (in
addition to being the wrong diameter -  they sent 5/16" bolts for a 1/4"
clearance hole and called them 1/4" in the instructions).  Oops.  Nothing
that a trip to the hardware store didn't fix.

Having said all that, the shield installation is very quick and easy (once
you have the right clamp bolts).  Protection is good for me.  I'm 5' 6" and
the wind seems to hit me right at the helmet and just a bit on the
shoulders.  The shield has effectively eliminated those nasty wind-induced
steering inputs.  You bigger guys might want to go for the Tour Shield for
its additional height.

Overall, I'm well pleased with it.  I was looking for a minimal shield - a
little more than the flyscreen and a little less than the Rifle - and
although both of those options look great, this shield seemed to fit the
bill best for me.  It's also hard to beat the price.

Needless to say, if I encounter any difficulties after more experience with
the F-15, I'll let everybody know.

Mike

Additional helpful photos contributed by Scott Maclean:

Final fitted fairing:

Headlight bracket (left):

Headlight brackets (front):

Wiring bracket which needs to have a small piece cut out of it to allow the headlight bracket enough room: