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08-23-2008, 10:25 PM
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| Clunked into first gear  Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina
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|  mirror extensions So, I cant use the mirrors on my bike. I am a pretty wide guy, and the mirrors just see my shoulders. If I adjust them so that I am not looking at me, I still can't see behind me, and I have huge blind spots. This would be solved if I could push the mirrors farther out to the sides somehow. Is there a way to do this?
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08-23-2008, 10:38 PM
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| Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer   Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: S4 Scatcat
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 3,622
| Options are: 1. Get longer stems (if yours are factory and have threads at both ends) 2. Get new mirrors with longer stems. 3. Option 1 or 2 plus possibly rotating your handlebars a bit to move the controls some (the bases where the mirrors mount). 4. Get new handlebars with more width and/or rise. |
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08-23-2008, 11:17 PM
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| Ditch Magnet  Joined: Feb 2008
Bike: '02 marauder vz800
Location: cedar rapids, IA
Posts: 155
 | i have a pair of M50 mirrors on mine and they stick out wider than the 'rauders OEM mirrors. or you could use almost any aftermarket mirrors that you wanna choose
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08-24-2008, 09:32 PM
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| In Training Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 88 Honda VF750 Supermagna
Location: Utah
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If someone hasn't mentioned it, you might also see if there are "bar end" mirrors available for your bike. I had them on my ducati, they worked great. | |
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08-25-2008, 03:15 AM
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| Muscle Biker   Joined: Jul 2004
Bike: Blue Suzuki GSX 1400 (2003)
Location: Canton Basel-Land, Switzerland (47.4493, 7.76536)
Posts: 12,073
| I had the same problem - all I saw with the stock mirrors was my own arms. This was my solution: 
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08-25-2008, 09:48 AM
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| Clunked into first gear Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina
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08-25-2008, 10:23 AM
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| U.B's LoveChild   Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 2007 Black S50
Location: Waukesha WI
Posts: 1,064
| I have the same problem with my S50. I'm considering the two options already mentioned here, bar-end mirrors or longer stems. I checked out all the bikes at the dealer and didn't see any stock mirrors that looked longer than mine. The bar-ends that I would get are the Napoleons here. I haven't seen longer stems to buy so I would have some made. I think they are 10mm diameter that I would have someone thread and bend for me. I've got new handlebars that might help so haven't done anything yet.
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08-25-2008, 01:59 PM
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| Newbie  Joined: Jun 2008
Bike: '98 Marauder
Location: Youngstown, OH
Posts: 18
| Spacer Jim on MIG seel the spacers for the OEM mirrors. It might be how he got the name... Just giving you grief! I have the same bike and I can see ok on the stock lollypop mirrors, but I want some with a little more style. Maybe the oblong M50 mirrors to start. Dave |
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08-26-2008, 02:18 AM
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| No Significant Other   Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 2006 grey suzuki M50
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,331
| post pics when you get them 
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08-26-2008, 02:11 PM
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| Clunked into first gear Joined: Jul 2008 Location: North Carolina
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| If anybody else is looking in the future, I found these: http://www.spacerjim.com/MirrorExt.html I already ordered the magnums, so we will see how those go. If they aren't long enough (they also extend an additional 2 inches) then I will add these for 4 inches both directions.
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08-26-2008, 09:49 PM
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| No Significant Other Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 2006 grey suzuki M50
Location: Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,331
| nice find! $43 a set is pretty damn expensive though... Maybe it's time for Diamond Jim of M50unlimited to come up with a mirror extension mod 
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