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Being truly lazy, like yours truly, involves deeming the stock mirrors "good enough." Then going to burn through a couple tanks of gas, because gosh-dangit, those thunderstorms are fun to be chased by!

Skier wrote:Being truly lazy, like yours truly, involves deeming the stock mirrors "good enough." Then going to burn through a couple tanks of gas, because gosh-dangit, those thunderstorms are fun to be chased by!

Uhhhh, I swear I didn't just do that. Anyone want to buy some bar end mirrors?

earwig wrote:legal or not... anyone who splits lanes between cars that tight is asking to get hurt...

How so?
I squeeze past cars with millimetres to spare all the time and with bar-end mirrors I could no longer get between cars on most roads.
This is whilst cars are stopped I must say.
Also, bar-ends themselves are good for those occasions when you accidently drop the bike or graze a wall maneuvering in the garage. With mirrors on there it is just more $ to replace them.

*gone*

I guess I shouldn't have assumed you meant moving cars... what type of bike do you ride again? And how wide is it? Even with my bar end mirrors on they aren't as wide as some of the cruisers people are riding anyway ... check this out....

"Above see the black & grey "LS" Hindsight - everything is black except the elbow as you can see in the pictures above. You can easily pull the mirror back while you ride or fold it back out against the stop. The detent folding mechanism is calibrated to retract [fold back] if you hit anything while riding, pushing it back against the stop puts it right where you had it set before. The pivot of the hinge features a ball / spring detent which holds the mirror bezel in the full open or full retracted positions. The pivot also features Teflon thrust / dust rings that provide years of maintenance free operation."
Where do you live that squeezing is so tight anyway? I live in NJ and never have a problem squeezing around.

Mintbread wrote:

earwig wrote:legal or not... anyone who splits lanes between cars that tight is asking to get hurt...

How so?
I squeeze past cars with millimetres to spare all the time and with bar-end mirrors I could no longer get between cars on most roads.
This is whilst cars are stopped I must say.
Also, bar-ends themselves are good for those occasions when you accidently drop the bike or graze a wall maneuvering in the garage. With mirrors on there it is just more $ to replace them.

i agree that bar ends make the bike too wide, at least my bike. especially in the city.

If i didnt ride in the city 98% of the time i'd probably get some though. Those folding ones are neat, i might have to pick some up for my 360!

earwig wrote:what type of bike do you ride again? And how wide is it?

I have a 1200 Bandit with a set of Renthal streetfighter bars on it that are barely wider than stock.

earwig wrote: Where do you live that squeezing is so tight anyway? I live in NJ and never have a problem squeezing around.

I am from Sydney Australia and on a lot of roads here it is nigh on impossible to get between cars on a bicycle let alone a motorcycle.
Either way, I like the look of bar-end mirrors but they are simply not practical for where I ride.

It's illegal to lane split here, so that's irrlevant

It is illegal to speed but is your engine restricted?

Mintbread wrote:It is illegal to speed but is your engine restricted?

Point well taken.