Any ideas for a mirror change?

[msewelly]

Hi,


I have a foxeye 02 model, the mirrors have great sight but they do stick out quite far, I know i'm being fussy but I was hoping for a sleaker set of mirrors to aid filtering and just general look.


Any ideas?


Thanks

[darrsi]

I think you're gonna have a queue of people wanting to swap!  :lol

[Slaninar]

:rollin


Maybe he's just joking. 




I have a fazer 2001 and I'd like to swap it for a can of beer.  :lol

[Punkstig]

Best mirrors out there- just fold them in when tight filtering!

[noggythenog]

I think what the others are getting at is that you could swap them over for some earlier years mirrors which dont stick out as much.


The reason folk are chuckling is that mostly its the other way round with folk trying swap for your type mirrors.




Or you can always take them off, blank off the holes & use handlebar mounted mirrors.....but i cant remember whether some handlebar mirrors will foul the fairing...mine is naked but i love my bar mount yamaha xt660 mirrors even if they do look a bit like mickey mouse ears from the front.

[unfazed]

Think he is having a laugh :rollin Foxeye mirror are probably the best out there, you can see behind you and see flashing blues lights in the distant rear. :eek
Fold them in when filtering and doing track days, what more could you want?  :lol

[fazersharp]

Hi,


I have a foxeye 02 model, the mirrors have great sight but they do stick out quite far, I know i'm being fussy but I was hoping for a sleaker set of mirrors to aid filtering and just general look.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Perfect I will do you a straight swap - my 98 mirrors are perfect for looking at your elbows

[ChristoT]

I have a fazer 2001 and I'd like to swap it for a can of beer.  :lol

Deal! I'll even give you a 6 pack if you'll deliver! :lol :lol :lol

[Sannox]

If you're filtering that close where you need to fold in the mirrors, you're a bit close to the other vehicles imho :-) Just looked at my 2002 foxeye and the exhaust (std) sticks out just about as far as the mirror, the LH mirror is the furthest part sticking out, but only by a few inches from the handle bar.

Personally, keep them and use them as early warning devices for being too close as they will be knocked in :-)

[kawasutra]

If you're filtering that close where you need to fold in the mirrors, you're a bit close to the other vehicles imho :-)

Not necessarily too close to the other vehicle, but their mirrors!

[unfazed]

[quote author=Sannox link=topic=13038.msg147624#msg147624 date=1399818883]
If you're filtering that close where you need to fold in the mirrors, you're a bit close to the other vehicles imho :-)

Not necessarily too close to the other vehicle, but their mirrors!
[/quote]

:thumbup especially vans with their big mirrors.

[msewelly]

Haha some replies are intresting, I was just generally curious but after looking it would be inpratical to fit smaller ones, I also only just found out they fold in!  :eek
Which can help in small spaces!

[apage16]

I always fancied getting a set of these:


http://www.ebay.de/itm/Verkleidungsspieg...4ac9a8fc82


Or these:


http://www.ebay.de/itm/Verkleidungsspieg...4ac9a8fc83




(sorry, german ebay postings, but they are available in the UK)


So that for countryside blasts I can have them extended out, and for the city commutes, just shorten them in!


Sadly, they aren't E-marked so no go for me. but could work for you! And I've not seen many bikes with them on.

[fazersharp]

So Heir apage16 ----  gutentag
Are you saying they are extendable on the move - or at least without tools as it looks like you set the position and then do up the alan bolt, cause for me to get to das countryside I have to get through der city.

( good at german, me )

[apage16]

Perfect German mate!


I would imagine it's an allan key at most.


If I had stayed in the UK and bought these mirrors, I'd have switched the allan headed bolt for some kind of thumb screw.


I have done the same with the screw that holds the petrol tank down. It's saved me many a time when I've forgotten to turn the fuel back on after a tinker under the tank!

[fazersharp]

Good idea with the thumb screw
What i think it needs then is one of those like on some tent pole and stuff where it is a spring loaded ballbaring type thing that you press to dis-en-gauge and slide and then it pops back up and clicks into a new position

[apage16]

That would be ideal for quick adjustment. The tight fit needed to avoid rattly mirrors without a mechanical 'clamp' would likely drive up the cost of the mirror though. Manufacturing tolerances, quality materials etc..


Maybe a system like the quick release clamp of a bicycle seat post?


We're doing the designers work here!


Who has contacts in China!?....

[AndyL]

Trekking pole mechanisms might work better on smaller diameter tubing