FzerozeroT
17th June 2006, 18:54
Mirrors with built in indicators, just seemed to be a shame to have some ghey sticky out bits halfway down my fairings.
Avaliable from any motorcycle parts dealer that deals with Forbes and Davies
Short Version- They're cheap and work, albeit small (and cheap)
Long Version-
Price: RRP is $65 but if you talk nice to your friendly parts supplier (Waikato Yamaha :cough:) he/she might be able to get you them a little cheaper.
Construction: The mirror 'head' is a glass/plastic assembly with 2 LED's inside orange clear plastic (see photo's)
The mirror is held by a hollow rod to the fairings with a ball joint on one end and a flat plate on the other, the plate is only angled in the axis that it is swept back aerodynamically, so it is designed to be mounted on a vertical part of the fairings, I therefore had to 'adjust' the rod (vice+hammer) to get the mirrors horizontal.
The rubber boots that are over that rod are the weakest point of these mirrors, it has been designed to curve slightly one way for the left mirror and then they just used the same one on the right mirror so once I bent the rod to suit the bike, the left rubber looks fine, the right one has a kink in it.
The indicator wire is 20~30 cm long which was plenty for me to hook it up, but doesn't come with any connectors on the end just bare wire.
Quality: In this case you get a little more than what you pay for, mirrors alone are normally ~$50+. But the plastic does seem a little brittle, In pulling the mirror off to adjust them I chipped one a little
Fitting: The plate on the mirror assembly has 4 threaded holes in it and the mirrors are supplied with 2 allen bolts per mirror, so choose which holes suit your fairing best and drill for two of the holes, remembering to drill an extra one in the centre for the indicator wire. The rubber plate that goes between metal plate/rod has the holes slightly out so needs modifying as well.
Fuctionality: These mirrors are rediculously tiny, but all that really means is a smaller view of my elbows as I couldn't see behind me before anyway, they are better in the fact that there is less obstruction to vision when looking through corners to the point that it feels like there aren't even mirrors there.
Overall: I'm quite happy with them, if you are looking for the cheapest option to get this type of thing I think this is it, as long as you don't mind having to get your hands dirty to get them on.
I'm not the best review writer so if you want to know anything else about them just ask.
Avaliable from any motorcycle parts dealer that deals with Forbes and Davies
Short Version- They're cheap and work, albeit small (and cheap)
Long Version-
Price: RRP is $65 but if you talk nice to your friendly parts supplier (Waikato Yamaha :cough:) he/she might be able to get you them a little cheaper.
Construction: The mirror 'head' is a glass/plastic assembly with 2 LED's inside orange clear plastic (see photo's)
The mirror is held by a hollow rod to the fairings with a ball joint on one end and a flat plate on the other, the plate is only angled in the axis that it is swept back aerodynamically, so it is designed to be mounted on a vertical part of the fairings, I therefore had to 'adjust' the rod (vice+hammer) to get the mirrors horizontal.
The rubber boots that are over that rod are the weakest point of these mirrors, it has been designed to curve slightly one way for the left mirror and then they just used the same one on the right mirror so once I bent the rod to suit the bike, the left rubber looks fine, the right one has a kink in it.
The indicator wire is 20~30 cm long which was plenty for me to hook it up, but doesn't come with any connectors on the end just bare wire.
Quality: In this case you get a little more than what you pay for, mirrors alone are normally ~$50+. But the plastic does seem a little brittle, In pulling the mirror off to adjust them I chipped one a little
Fitting: The plate on the mirror assembly has 4 threaded holes in it and the mirrors are supplied with 2 allen bolts per mirror, so choose which holes suit your fairing best and drill for two of the holes, remembering to drill an extra one in the centre for the indicator wire. The rubber plate that goes between metal plate/rod has the holes slightly out so needs modifying as well.
Fuctionality: These mirrors are rediculously tiny, but all that really means is a smaller view of my elbows as I couldn't see behind me before anyway, they are better in the fact that there is less obstruction to vision when looking through corners to the point that it feels like there aren't even mirrors there.
Overall: I'm quite happy with them, if you are looking for the cheapest option to get this type of thing I think this is it, as long as you don't mind having to get your hands dirty to get them on.
I'm not the best review writer so if you want to know anything else about them just ask.