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    No mirrors fine?

    Does anyone know how much you can get fined for having no mirrors?

    i don't currently have any and deciding whether i need any. I only really need them at stops to see i'm not going to get rearended, but im currently commuting where i lane split most of the time so thats not really a risk. Headcheck all the time for everything else.

    Tried the folding bar end mirrors and they vibrated and were still kind of annoying.

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    Dont know about getting fined but you need at least one mirror for a WOF

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcshred View Post
    i don't currently have any and deciding whether i need any. I only really need them at stops to see i'm not going to get rearended, but im currently commuting where i lane split most of the time so thats not really a risk. Headcheck all the time for everything else.
    Call me stupid, but how can you ride on the road and not want to know who is behind you, who is catching up, who is making dodgy moves etc etc? I am constantly looking in the mirrors for plain old Commodores and cars with flashing headlights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Berries View Post
    Call me stupid, but how can you ride on the road and not want to know who is behind you, who is catching up, who is making dodgy moves etc etc? I am constantly looking in the mirrors for plain old Commodores and cars with flashing headlights.
    I'm not sure about you, but in most mirrors I see mostly my shoulders. To see what is behind me, I prefer to turn my head...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcshred View Post
    To see what is behind me, I prefer to turn my head...
    To see what is behind you, you must be an owl.
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    'Not up to WOF standard' will be on the ticket.
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    I think the fine would be greater than the cost of mirrors which work. Get the mirrors.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tcshred View Post
    I'm not sure about you, but in most mirrors I see mostly my shoulders. ......
    So fit mirror extenders like most of us do.
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    Cost me $20. Of course that was in 1979.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    'Not up to WOF standard' will be on the ticket.
    That, and failed to stop
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    Don't know how you can get by without at least one mirror.

    Situational awareness is a critical defense mechanism. Mirrors are part of that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    Cost me $20. Of course that was in 1979.
    Cost me $32. That was 3 years ago.
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    Try bar end mirrors. I like them.

    ANd yes, you need at least one. The law does not state what you need to see in them .....

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    Quote Originally Posted by tcshred View Post
    Does anyone know how much you can get fined for having no mirrors?

    i don't currently have any and deciding whether i need any. I only really need them at stops to see i'm not going to get rearended, but im currently commuting where i lane split most of the time so thats not really a risk. Headcheck all the time for everything else.

    Tried the folding bar end mirrors and they vibrated and were still kind of annoying.
    I wish everyone had your amazing skills to be able to observe what was going on behind you and beside you as well as concentrating on what
    is happening ahead of you without the aid of mirrors.

    I find indicators on a bike to be excess weight as I know which direction Im going
    Ive also decided on my new build not to remount any lights as I can see perfectly fine for over 100 metres
    on a moonlit night.
    Im not reattaching or wiring up the horn either as everyone will here me coming with no silencer.
    Decided not to mount speedo tacho or any of the dash cluster cos who looks at them anyway.
    Putting the boots away till winter and back into the jandels for summer
    Nothing like a 140khm summer breeze on your testicles wearing your stubbies.
    Ahh That feeling of the wind bristling through your underarm hair wearing only your tanktop
    Helmet can stay on the shelf till the weather cools and I need it to keep my ears warm in the winter



    Meh Ill be safe as bro You other phuckers on the road better watch out cos I wont be
    Last edited by gsxr; 6th December 2015 at 23:35. Reason: spelling

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    Quote Originally Posted by gsxr View Post
    I wish everyone had your amazing skills to be able to observe what was going on behind you and beside you as well as concentrating on what
    is happening ahead of you without the aid of mirrors.

    I find indicators on a bike to be excess weight as I know which direction Im going
    Ive also decided on my new build not to remount any lights as I can see perfectly fine for over 100 metres
    on a moonlit night.
    Im not reattaching or wiring up the horn either as everyone will here me coming with no silencer.
    Decided not to mount speedo tacho or any of the dash cluster cos who looks at them anyway.
    Putting the boots away till winter and back into the jandels for summer
    Nothing like a 140khm summer breeze on your testicles wearing your stubbies.
    Ahh That feeling of the wind bristling through your underarm hair wearing only your tanktop
    Helmet can stay on the shelf till the weather cools and I need it to keep my ears warm in the winter



    Meh Ill be safe as bro You other phuckers on the road better watch out cos I wont be
    Brakes are shit too, who needs em???

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