As per title, I'm looking to change the mirrors on my Tiger as next week will be commuting to London and the current mirrors are the same bloody height as van mirrors.
Had an idea - the current mirror 10mm holes are as per usual inboard of both grips. So was thinking that if I could get stubbies with 10mm thread then I should be able to see under my arm and straight down the side of my body.
Been hunting around but can't find any.
Have attached a pic of the sort of thing I'm after. The pic shows bar end style - I'm looking for similar ones with a 10mm thread in place of the expansion bolt.
Any help as always much appreciated.
Those are my principles...if you don't like them I have others.
(19-05-15, 01:14 PM)Frosties link Wrote: Hiya fellas,
As per title, I'm looking to change the mirrors on my Tiger as next week will be commuting to London and the current mirrors are the same bloody height as van mirrors.
Had an idea - the current mirror 10mm holes are as per usual inboard of both grips. So was thinking that if I could get stubbies with 10mm thread then I should be able to see under my arm and straight down the side of my body.
Been hunting around but can't find any.
Have attached a pic of the sort of thing I'm after. The pic shows bar end style - I'm looking for similar ones with a 10mm thread in place of the expansion bolt.
Any help as always much appreciated.
Ho Frosties,
Am I right in thinking you have longer stems on your mirrors at the moment?
If that's the way they are and you want them shorter, a welding/fabrication shop would be able to 'cut out' a section on stem and reweld and smooth it off for you, I got this done on my gs1200 mirrors, admitted I got them extended, but same process for what I think your looking for. You might want to look at getting the stem straightened too as that might help you?
Colin
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Yup.........same issue as the GS - bike goes through the gap but the mirrors won't. :grumble
I'm fairly broad shouldered so straightening the bar will not help. Not a bad call on a fabrication shop having a bash but would like to try and find some straight replacements first.......if they exist.
Those are my principles...if you don't like them I have others.
I used these 'oberon' type mirrors on my last R1 streetfighter with 800mm wide bars. Best mirrors ive ever had to he honest. And if they're the convex ones, in reality you only need one, as your shoulder check covers the deficit blind spot on the nearside.
Got bar end mirrors on the current R1, but with flat glass, they're nowhere near as good.
(19-05-15, 01:50 PM)stevierst link Wrote: I used these 'oberon' type mirrors on my last R1 streetfighter with 800mm wide bars. Best mirrors ive ever had to he honest. And if they're the convex ones, in reality you only need one, as your shoulder check covers the deficit blind spot on the nearside.
Got bar end mirrors on the current R1, but with flat glass, they're nowhere near as good.
Have you got a link for those mirrors Steve?
Those are my principles...if you don't like them I have others.
(19-05-15, 01:41 PM)Frosties link Wrote: Yup.........same issue as the GS - bike goes through the gap but the mirrors won't. :grumble
I'm fairly broad shouldered so straightening the bar will not help. Not a bad call on a fabrication shop having a bash but would like to try and find some straight replacements first.......if they exist.
Maybe a bit of both? Straitened bar and a bit chopped off, in essence, your moving the mirror over towards the centre of the bike, but still at same height, but then if your saying your broad shouldered, that might not help, you could try underbar mirrors? I'm not a fan off them but if you look at most tourers, pan and the big bmw's have them on the fairing but you look under the bars to see in them?
Colin
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Ride fast, ride a red bike :-)
(19-05-15, 03:21 PM)stevierst link Wrote: Ok. I've got these on my current R1 and they're no wider than standard bar end weights, but a much better view behind you.
Cheers for those Steve.....could be a winner.
(19-05-15, 05:52 PM)sinto link Wrote: [quote author=Frosties link=topic=17026.msg196263#msg196263 date=1432039310]
Yup.........same issue as the GS - bike goes through the gap but the mirrors won't. :grumble
I'm fairly broad shouldered so straightening the bar will not help. Not a bad call on a fabrication shop having a bash but would like to try and find some straight replacements first.......if they exist.
Maybe a bit of both? Straitened bar and a bit chopped off, in essence, your moving the mirror over towards the centre of the bike, but still at same height, but then if your saying your broad shouldered, that might not help, you could try underbar mirrors? I'm not a fan off them but if you look at most tourers, pan and the big bmw's have them on the fairing but you look under the bars to see in them?
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Nearly...looking to move over and drop the height to as close to bar level as I can. Should be able to look behind between body and arm. The Pan type under bar jobs give a good rear vision but like you i'm not a fan - feel like i'm looking too far down from my line of sight.
Those are my principles...if you don't like them I have others.
(19-05-15, 10:45 PM)chaz link Wrote: what about these, they are to make them wider but why not narrower?
Don't know anybody that's said good of those sort of adapters, you can never get them tight enough, and your doubling the amount of chances of where they come loose
I'm sure someone, somewhere will be ok with them, just not my experience
Colin
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Ride fast, ride a red bike :-)
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