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IcyHound · #11 Unread post by **IcyHound** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:11 pm

I don't use mine much.

I use them at stops and I check behind me occasionally but mostly I look ahead. Fixating on my rear view makes me miss the deer, bags of trash, dead slimy things smeared and the pot holes.

Lane changes get a mirror check and a head check.

I see my elbows and move my arm to see.

You will relax more as you ride more and find that you don't wander off the road every head check.

Shorts · #12 Unread post by **Shorts** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:57 pm

I rely on my mirrors quite a bit, even in my truck, especially after my accident that my neck has limited ROM to the left. I still do headchecks for vital moves on the road, but it is important that you get your mirrors where you like and need them. You never know when they'll help you out.

Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:02 pm

+1 to what everyone else said about getting used to it.

Very nice choice in bike. I seriously debated the Breva and Nevada but, the distance to a dealer make me second think it.

Stay Safe!

darsek · #14 Unread post by **darsek** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:57 pm

Like other have said, bar end mirrors are a great addition to the stock mirrors. I have just one mounted on the left side and I can see to the left, just behind and even the lane to the right of me.

andrwhock · Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:52 pm

Smooth head checks and such will come with experience. Don't let a bit of an unintentional steering input freak you out, just use it as a reminder not to have a gorilla grip on the bars. Stay in control and play it safe. Practice making head checks at slow speeds and in parking lots or uncrowded roads before you head out into the dangerous real world.

Grey Thumper · Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:31 pm

Well, you could try sticking one of those small "blind spot" mirrors on the lower edge of the stock ones. I did with mine, and Breva's seem to have the same round mirror shape.

They don't actually take the place of head checks. They reduce the need to do headchecks in the sense that they say "NO" more often (or more clearly). Everytime you DO decide to change lane, that's when a headcheck comes in.

Edit: fantastic bike choice! Gooses (geese?) are great! I was seriously tempted to get a Breva around a month ago.