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Crap mirrors on '98
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01-08-16, 07:31 AM
(30-07-16, 03:34 PM)darrsi link Wrote: Nice one flakey, even at £14.50 they're a bargain, but i've just offered £10 as well, see what happens. :thumbup They just responded with an offer of £13. I can't be arsed with all the haggling lark because i would've paid way more so £13 it is. 
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
02-08-16, 12:41 PM
(01-08-16, 07:31 AM)darrsi link Wrote: [quote author=darrsi link=topic=20325.msg238304#msg238304 date=1469889265] They just responded with an offer of £13. I can't be arsed with all the haggling lark because i would've paid way more so £13 it is. [/quote] Keep us posted - I want full pictures side by side, exact comparison measurements, full funky chicken test, and vibration test, and then I might have a look at offering £12 so I can say I got them cheaper than you :pokefun
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
30-07-17, 11:31 PM
I'm struggling with this too. I'm 15 stone and fairly broad shouldered. Have a he'll of a job trying to get the mirrors in a position where I can see the road behind and not me/sky/who knows!!
The mirrors you guys bought on eBay are still available from the same seller so I'll give it a go!! Are there any modifications needed? Ie drilling or just a straight swap? Cheers
31-07-17, 07:25 AM
(30-07-17, 11:31 PM)motodevcam link Wrote: I'm struggling with this too. I'm 15 stone and fairly broad shouldered. Have a he'll of a job trying to get the mirrors in a position where I can see the road behind and not me/sky/who knows!! They're not too well made, and i wasn't expecting them to last long to be honest, but they're still on the bike a year later surprisingly enough. The rubber part is just a bit ill fitting, but i've kept them on simply because they give me about 40% more mirror to look at. Basically you're getting what you pay for.
More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
31-07-17, 08:30 AM
I’m tempted, but half the riding I do is at night and being able to cut out the glare of the trillion-candlepower headlights behind with my elbows is a massive benefit of crap mirrors!
31-07-17, 10:00 AM
(31-07-17, 08:30 AM)Fazerider link Wrote: I’m tempted, but half the riding I do is at night and being able to cut out the glare of the trillion-candlepower headlights behind with my elbows is a massive benefit of crap mirrors!They should make them with that flip up thing that car rear-view mirrors have
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
31-07-17, 11:14 AM
31-07-17, 05:21 PM
http://www.motea.com/en/mirror-extension...4868-0.htm You can buy them. The price takes some swallowing though, but they're SW Motech so they were never going to be cheap. 
01-08-17, 12:46 PM
(31-07-17, 05:21 PM)vinnyb link Wrote: http://www.motea.com/en/mirror-extension...4868-0.htm If you produce a decent engineering drawing of the spacers you should be able to 3d print these parts for a fraction of the cost.
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02-08-17, 01:54 AM
my mirrors give awful reflections
i walk in the bathroom - i look awful :eek i have a coffee and walk past the hallway - i still look awful :eek but on the bike i just look over my shoulders and ride faster than everyone else :lol :evil
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02-08-17, 12:10 PM
I got a pair of the cheap ebay FZS1000 mirrors on the boxeye, and they are alot better visibility wise. They do shake a bit, but at least you can see beyond elbows. I has to run a M6 die down the thread as its wasn't quite right, by hand as the studs are close together.
ebay seller was xmotor-2008 Left hand one collects rain when your're parked as i have found out these last couple of weeks... 
04-08-17, 01:16 PM
Just got a set off Ebay seller 2015**** offered £12.00, they came back with £14.00 so offered £13.50, just to throw it back and they accepted so waiting now. Let you all know what I think. Mine were just scraped when I got the bike possibly through getting down the side of houses? :lol
13-08-17, 06:45 PM
New mirrors fitted! £14 from the same seller. Fitting dead easy, need to tighten the pivot bolts a little as they are a bit floppy lol I know they're a wee bit big but I can now see behind me. I did think about bar end mirrors? Not sure if id still have the same problem? New cockpit view attached.
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13-08-17, 08:23 PM
Have you just burgled B&Q :lol
I don't do rain or threat there of. dry rider only with no shame.
20-08-17, 10:15 PM
(31-07-17, 10:00 AM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=Fazerider link=topic=20325.msg265242#msg265242 date=1501486205]They should make them with that flip up thing that car rear-view mirrors have [/quote] Don't know if it would work? I think they rely on rear windows reflection?
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