Bar End Mirrors?

[Tracer1234]

Hi there, just a quick question for you all?

Bar end mirrors, are they any good/worth getting. Are they practically any better, or is it simply aesthetic?

Ta
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Riding: Yamaha MT-09 Tracer Occasionally Riding: 08 Suzuki SV650, Potato: 2011 Yamaha YBR Custom.
Used to ride: 2015 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (smidsy) 09 Triumph Street Triple (P/X'd) 08 Yamaha YBR (Sold)
CBT 04/14. A: Mod 1 & 2 13/04/15

[Sable]

Had a single right hand side bar end mirror that had a vertical arm and removed normal mirror. Check the ladt pages of the 125 bikea thread in picturws to my bike and which murror i had fitted. made filtering easier and I never got deaded so would recommend giving then a try.

Bar end mirrors that stick out sideways however suck for filtering. Lasted 1 day before they got removed and ebayed.

[Az]

I've got just one bar end mirror on the right. Pretty good and they're better than I thought they'd be, also looks better imo. Haven't had a problem with filtering so far.

[Albigularis]

It depends how you find the stock mirrors. The stock ones on my ZX10R are fine, but the stock mirrors on the Street Triple were far too narrow for me, I couldn't see anything except elbow and shoulder. Having the mirrors slightly wider and more angled means you can actually see traffic behind you. For filtering, you can just flick them in.
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Biking history so far-
Aprilia RS125 - Kawasaki ZXR400 - Triumph Street Triple R - Suzuki GSXR1000 L3 - BMW R1200GS - Kawasaki Z1000 - Kawasaki ZX10R C1H - Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring - Suzuki Hayabusa

[c_dug]

There are two main styles (and a myriad of others, a longer one that pivots on a ball at one end, I have this sort fitted to my Divvy at the moment, like so:

https://www.triumphrat.net/attachments/triumph-supersports/48087d1334236665-bar-end-mirrors-for-speed-four-photo.jpg

And the Oberon style ones which I had fitted to my CBR, like so:

https://hdmtrade.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/l/black-oberon-streetfighter.jpg

Of the two I'd go for the Oberon style in most cases, they're slightly convex so give a much wider view than you would expect. They moved about far less than my current ones too.
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[Vracktal]

I have the oval shaped ones on the BMW, they're not bad but I found at brisk speeds (100+) they do fold back a little bit and need adjusting. Also, for reasons beyond me the left one is turning a bronze-y sort of colour but the right one is still black. Made with plide in China I guess...

On the plus side they do still give decent rearward vision when adjusted properly, plus they make filtering far easier.

https://i.imgur.com/LVcqiGC.jpg
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[Stalk]

Smallest Stalk has them on her bike, when I took them off and fitted standard mirrors that lasted 2 days before going back to bar ends. She had mirrors full of elbow with standard, clear view with bar ends. Can't comment about filtering.