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aftermarket rearviews
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:35 am
by DirtyD86
i was browsing around the net today and i saw a picture of an r1 with rear views on the handlebars. ive got a ninja 250 with no fairing on the front currently, and the stock rearviews being so large makes the bike look goofy from the front end. heres a picture of what i am talking about
http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img30004sf.jpg
could i install these on a ninja 250? would it require any prerequisite mods?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 10:50 am
by Evel's Baseball Bat
I'm sure you can find a variety of bar end mirrors for your 250, I just wonder how well you'll be able to see. A lot of those mirrors are tiny.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 11:57 am
by earwig
Dirty, Check these out:
http://www.bevelheaven.com/stuff-for-sale-mirror.htm or these:
http://www.skykingracing.com/skykingproducts/item_005/ or go to your bicycle store or look for 3rd Eye Bar End Mirrors, they are only 10 bux each and work great
Re: aftermarket rearviews
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:05 pm
by KarateChick
DirtyD86 wrote:
could i install these on a ninja 250? would it require any prerequisite mods?
If you find some that work, let me know please. Those stock mirrors are tuff for seeing behind me many a time. Thx.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:09 pm
by Mintbread
Consider how much wider your bike will be with the mirrors on the end of the bars. In a lot of cases it is bye, bye lane-splittng.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:14 pm
by earwig
legal or not... anyone who splits lanes between cars that tight is asking to get hurt...
Mintbread wrote:Consider how much wider your bike will be with the mirrors on the end of the bars. In a lot of cases it is bye, bye lane-splittng.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:15 pm
by KarateChick
Good point. Around here though, lane-splitting is illegal.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:23 pm
by Sev
I just picked up a set, but now I need to mess with my bar end weights which involves removing everything from the bars. I think they'll sit on the shelf until I pick up some new bars.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:25 pm
by Skier
Sevulturus wrote:I just picked up a set, but now I need to mess with my bar end weights which involves removing everything from the bars. I think they'll sit on the shelf until I pick up some new bars.
Wait, I thought those bar ends just screwed in to the internal weights. Is this not the case?
Also, someone makes bar-end mirrors that clamp onto those bar ends. I believe my latest Aerostich catalog has 'em.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 7:28 pm
by Sev
Skier wrote:Sevulturus wrote:I just picked up a set, but now I need to mess with my bar end weights which involves removing everything from the bars. I think they'll sit on the shelf until I pick up some new bars.
Wait, I thought those bar ends just screwed in to the internal weights. Is this not the case?
Also, someone makes bar-end mirrors that clamp onto those bar ends. I believe my latest Aerostich catalog has 'em.
Yup, but I need to pull out the internal weights which involves removing the grips to get at the "catch" which allows me to slide out the internal weights. Not really worth it right now... but I could also machine down the bar ends, or alternately find some smaller screws and just replace the bar ends with the ones that I have.
I'm just being lazy right now.
