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disturbed
11th June 2009, 16:12
well ive taken off the origional mirrors and got a set of bar end mirrors off trademe, must say im very impressed! just had to machine up a couple of allow bushes so that they mount nicely to the end of the bars.


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Sparrowhawk
11th June 2009, 16:43
Looks a bit different aye? What's the rear view like?
My only worry is that if you drop the bike, they're the first thing that would go, even at slow speed, rather than just scraped bar ends.

h20boy
11th June 2009, 16:46
Looks a bit different aye?

Thats one way to put it ......:no:

disturbed
11th June 2009, 16:50
Looks a bit different aye? What's the rear view like?
My only worry is that if you drop the bike, they're the first thing that would go, even at slow speed, rather than just scraped bar ends.

yeah i know they will be the first thing to go, rear view is amazing!! they look much nicer in person i must admit

White Boots
11th June 2009, 17:00
The improved vision from bar end mirrors out weighs the thought of them being smashed. You have two of them and if both mirrors are broken then you will prob have more to worry about. Love my bar end mirror :banana:

disturbed
11th June 2009, 17:10
for 100 bucks for the set it wont break the bank if they are damaged and i can just slap the origionals back on

98tls
11th June 2009, 17:21
Work well dont they,only use one myself.Nice to see something else other than your elbow.

p.dath
11th June 2009, 17:25
Make sure you carefull riding between cars during rush hour. It looks quite a bit wider. :-)

disturbed
11th June 2009, 17:27
hard to believe i think its actually narrower, the edges of the origionals stuck out a long way

jono035
11th June 2009, 17:49
Yeah, given that the mirrors are much closer to you, you probably get a much better view behind you for the same width of bike...

YellowDog
11th June 2009, 17:51
I looked at these for my Tiger, which has overly small mirrors. Unfortunately they spoil the look.

cowpatz
11th June 2009, 18:05
That second pic looks like a character out of Pixar's "Robots" movie.

Zealnz
12th June 2009, 08:00
Heh yeah it looks like it has angry eyebrows, or it's doing some sorta strong-man pose.

Looks great though!