blur mirrors to short

justscooten · Post by **justscooten** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:40 pm

i got out for a short ride today about 3-4 miles and all i can see in the mirrors is my sholders. i have ajusted and moved them all around . the stems need to be longer. anyone else have this problem....and its still darn cold 36 today

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:10 pm

yeah - A lot of people installed barend mirrors. They work great and they dont shake when you're idling.

afriendofcheese · Post by **afriendofcheese** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:09 pm

jasonkoscho wrote:yeah - A lot of people installed barend mirrors. They work great and they dont shake when you're idling.

Picture or link? I'm thinking about a similar mod as I'm having the same issue.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:57 pm

That was from modern vespa, there are many different models/brands, but that is a example of what a bar end mirror looks like.

justscooten · Post by **justscooten** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:45 pm

that im not to crazy about looks like i need to make longer mirror stems

Post by **illnoise** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:32 pm

try adjusting the angle of the stems (forward or backward), that can make a big difference too.

Most bar-end mirrors stick out past the bars more, the ones in that photo are sort of unique. I tried them on my Vespa a long time ago and I thought they vibrated even more, and I didn't care for the positioning, or the extra width they took up, but that's just me.

I'm a pretty wide dude and I've been really happy with the stock mirrors, but everyone's different of course.

Bb.

justscooten · Post by **justscooten** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:10 pm

i did move the stems back they where angeled in . it did help but it just seems they need to be moved out about 1 inch.

tempalte · Post by **tempalte** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:42 am

I installed a bar end mirror and love it.
http://windmeadow.com/node/52

I can actually see behind me now.

Modern Buddy

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