ER6n mirrors?

[Matt]

Well this is week 2 of the ER6, and I'm really enjoying it with the bike loosening up nicely - just need to get some slightly warmer gloves to stop my fingers from going numb but apart from that all is well with the world - The only thing that is really bugging me are my mirrors - despite mucho messing about I can still only see arm/shoulder in them (guess the my big new jacket doesn't help either), and it seems worse than some bikes I've ridden like the Hornet.

It does make me do a really good shoulder check everytime I move, but I was wondering can you get decent aftermarket mirrors/extenders??

Matt

[dawnrazor]

To quote SARGE when I told him I thought the mirrors on the new GSXR750K6 where shite after a test ride recently;

"Dude, the fights in front of you"

And he has a point

Anyways even if you could see anything in them, the vibes off a parallel twin would reduce it all to a blur

[SPman]

just need to get some slightly warmer gloves to stop my fingers from going numb but apart from that all is well with the world
Matt

Don't know about mirror extenders,views of your shoulder seem to be par for the course on most modern bikes... but get some heated grips - only $120 or so and 20 mins to fit.
After .....35.years of frozen hands fitted some last month and what a difference. And for those who think Im a woos - stiff shit - I got warm hands and you havent!!!

[Hitcher]

It does make me do a really good shoulder check everytime I move, but I was wondering can you get decent aftermarket mirrors/extenders??

If you know an engineer you should be able to get something made and then powdercoated. A ZRX1200 forum I used to subscribe to had a guy in the States who made mirror extenders for those. Basically a flat plate with a hole at one end to hold a bolt that goes into the existing mirror hole, and then a threaded hole at the other to take the mirror. It had a couple of lugs to stop the plate twisting, but pretty basic and effective.

[Matt]

Thanks for the replies - managed to get some wideners ordered from a place in the US called twistedthrottle.com, so hopefully they'll come soon

[James Deuce]

Let me know how they go Matt, because my mirrors suck too.

[Hitcher]

A mirror-extending tip from an FJR owners' forum is to replace the stock mirrors with those off an FZ1. Same base plate. Brilliant!

[Hitcher]

Let me know how they go Matt, because my mirrors suck too.

Are you sure it's not back-pressure from the fairing?

[moko]

Bob that does most of the news forum here has got one of the faired ER6`s and he wasn`t impressed with the mirrors for the same reason.He actually contacted the U.K. importers about it,their reply was something along the lines of "well nobody else has complained",well that`s alright then is it? Easy enough to sort out but a bit more interest towards someone who`s just paid good money for one of their bikes would have been nice,prohbably would have got some if they`d known he does a bit of bike journo work.Mirrors might not be a big deal to some in N.Z. but here with faster moving traffic and the average car driver i.q. apparently barely reaching double figures they`re essential.

[Wheeliemonsta]

Gidday,
Kawasaki have an extension kit available - it moves the mirrors out by 40 mm which should solve the problem...

Part # is 119-MIS-0002

About $85.00 retail

Cheers

Have a good one

[Matt]

Fitted the mirror extenders at the weekend - quality bits of kit (Motech) and they make a MASSIVE difference, really worth the cash (was about NZ$90) and I can now see something else other than my elbow! Feels alot safer too.

Matt

[Matt]

Couple of pics of the Motech mirror extenders - highly recommended!

Just waiting for the "tall seat" option to arrive, and then I'll have a proper tallies bike!

Matt