Tall/slim mirrors for tight filtering.

[c_dug]

Hi guys,

There is a courier I see every now and then, he rides a dullsville and (or but) is one of the quickest filterers I see through town, on my cbr I could keep up with him just about but on my divvy I have no chance mostly due to the width and height of my mirrors, and being bar mounted jobbies they don't fold as easily as fairing mirrors.

Being a similar sort of bike I assume he had similar issues too and I have noticed he now has mirrors that are almost vertical from the bars and on top of that are rectangular and are rotated so they are taller than they are wide. This means they are barely any wider than his shoulders and because of the height he still seems to get a good view. I'm guessing when the road opens up he just rotates them 90 degrees for a better wide angle view.

Anyway I'm trying to find these mirrors so I can replace mine but I can't find any similar, any ideas where I may get some?
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[c_dug]

Also are mirror threads a standard size?
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[Muscle Bike Rider]

Most mirrors are no wider than your handlebars for this reason, mine were on my old divvy so never eally had any problems filtering.
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[c_dug]

It's not so much the width that is the issue it's the height of them, they are perfectly in line with almost all van mirrors and the bars line up with lots of car mirrors.

In all honesty it probably adds no time to my journey but it does make it more effort to filter which just makes the whole journey seem like more work than it should do. Riding in on my CBR was fun regardless of how bad the traffic was, riding in bad traffic on the divvy is stressful at best.
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[Screw Loose]

Would these be any good?

https://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=400422956091&index=3&nav=SEARCH&nid=29847349906

They sit inwards (towards the inside of the bike) and rotate out, I've no idea how effective they might be but could be worth a shot

[Pete.]

I just fold them in.
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[c_dug]

[Sable]

[G]

Also, some have the same thread each side and some have a reverse thread.

I did wonder on the GSXR about making some kind of remote folding mirror system - so I could press a button and they'd pop in when coming to tight traffic.
Maybe spring loaded so that it's a bit more effort to return them, but this is generally done when you've got space, are at lights, etc.

Or, get more fancy and do it with some kind of 12v linear actuator.

[TheDonUK]

I always thought it would be good to weld on a butterfly bolt onto the left mirror bolt.

That way you could use your clutch hand to loosen and fold the mirror, and then re-tighten, and in reverse when the road clears up.

With the left mirror in the GSXR 750 K4 can get through most gaps
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[c_dug]

[hellkat]

[TheDonUK]

[c_dug]

I actually do have access to welding gear, cant use it, but it's all there to be used!

I think I may have a go with some of those bar end mirrors
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[stinkwheel]

Mount them under the bars, not over so you're looking under your arm. Sounds daft, works well. Look at the newer pan-euros.

GPz305 mirrors are short and very wide-angle, sit well inboard of the end of the bars. Best bit of the bike, should be plenty out there as the rest of the bike grenades at the first oppertunity.
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