Blind spot mirrors?

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Blind spot mirrors?

#1 Unread post by jonbailey19808 »

My mirrors are pretty useless. I have wide shoulders and i cant see much in them. I just wondererd if anyone had tried sticking on those blind spot mirrors and if it would help?
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very little, I am going to a shop to see if they can custom make a longer post(bar) for the mirror, I have the same issue.
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I fitted a set of CRG bar ends, and I can see the tail of my bike past myself. I get a little bit of elbow, but can see sooooo much more. As an added benefit they look way better too.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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Sev wrote:I fitted a set of CRG bar ends, and I can see the tail of my bike past myself. I get a little bit of elbow, but can see sooooo much more. As an added benefit they look way better too.

Not familiar witht he product where did you get it?
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#5 Unread post by Flting Duck »

Here's an example of bar-end mirrors:

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Google up "napoleon bar end mirror" to find out where to buy them.
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To be honest I have never seen those, where can you purchase them?
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big_ry_ry wrote:To be honest I have never seen those, where can you purchase them?
Flting Duck wrote:Google up "napoleon bar end mirror" to find out where to buy them.
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#8 Unread post by nate1714 »

lol...and always keep in mind that moding the bike is up to u..i would just add mirrors to wear i need them if i had that problem...
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#9 Unread post by Koss »

I use those fish eye convex mirrors attached to the bottom right (for left mirror) and bottom left (for the right mirror). They are fantastic... and work great. In some of my video's you can see it in action and see the cars and how it looks on the stock, and fisheye mirror.
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#10 Unread post by Sev »

big_ry_ry wrote:
Sev wrote:I fitted a set of CRG bar ends, and I can see the tail of my bike past myself. I get a little bit of elbow, but can see sooooo much more. As an added benefit they look way better too.

Not familiar witht he product where did you get it?
Well, I typed "crg bar end mirrors" into google and got this website as the first hit, but there are hundreds that carry them, or similar products.

http://www.bevelheaven.com/stuff-for-sale-mirror.htm

They're the second "section" down. I have the three inch ones I believe... look like this, much better then those huge square things posted above.

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Hope this helps.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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