Anyone use these bar end mirrors?

Anyone use these bar end mirrors?

Those sure look like the set I just bought off of Ebay, except mine are chrome. I've only had them on the bike for one ride, but I really like them. I bought them because the short mirrors I had on originally only showed my shoulders. These mirrors look sporty with superbike handlebars and they give you a decent view without having to move your body around to see.

I have one - left side only.
The originals are made by CRG www.constructorsrg.com/ and are really nice quality. Machined from billet, glass mirror (not plastic), replaceable parts. They are not cheap, usually $70-80 a piece but they are the best quality I have ever used. They do NOT vibrate or blur out. I crashed my bike. Lost my mirror and bought another one straight away. If I'm gonna have a small tooth pick mirror I want the best one i can get.

There are knock-offs on the market. These have plastic mirrors, not glass. The mirror is not replaceable (the CRG mirror is fastened with a small allen bolt and can be replaced). The stem is riveted/welded/fused to the mirror housing (CRG has two allen bolts). The part that goes in the handlebar has a slotted tube that will be wedged open (the CRG has a 4 piece shim that is reusable).

None of this really matters if they work just as well as the CRGs... Never tried them.

I think the ones in your pick may be CRG but they would be an early, discontinued version. It says something about a three point mounting system for the glass in the replacement glass section...

I had a knock off set of those I got off eBay last year when I was finishing up my cafe build. The ones I got were total crap. The mounting mechanism was worthless and I ended up taking the innards out of my bar ends to replace the cheap spreaders (that didn't spread) in the mirrors I got. First ride this year I pushed my bike off the center stand and the right hand side mirror fell apart. The cheap cast metal that the brackets are made out of split and fell in two on me. So, if the ones your looking at are cheap (less than $50 for the pair) don't get them, pony up the money to get the real deal and buy billet.

Who is the seller? I've had one from two different ebayers. One was better quality, but I've no complaints with the slightly cheaper ones either.

Decent vision, no blurring and actual glass. Worth 35.00 a pair in my book.

I have a set I used on my Enfield.. They work great but looked to modern. I will be putting them on my KZ once I get to that point in my restoration.

One thing of note is go over all of the screws and put loctite on them. No sooner had I got 2 miles down the road than I lost my left hand mirror lens. Good thing is I went to Napa and got a 3" convex mirror that fit perfect and gave me a better view for $2, it also had double sided tape so no loss worries..

Got mine on ebay for $25 and no shipping..

I replaced them with these type as they fold in, have a better rang of motion and look more retro...

Linky to ebay sale

I have a set of CRGs on my ZRX. They are high quality and work as well as a small mirror can. They, obviously, do not show as much behind as a large mirror could, so you will need to be aware of the larger blind spots and what might be hiding there. They are expensive, but imo worth it.

This is the set I bought from ebay.


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I have the CRG on the KZR... Nice mirrors and their bar end mounts are rock solid.

These look close but the mounts look more like a concrete drop in anchor....

CRG bar end mount has a wedge assembly that probably could be used with these knock offs.

For the Ebay ones, these were the ones I liked the best.

ebay mirrors

With Clubman bars I found the bar end mirrors too far out of view to be useful.
I wouild have to turn my head too much to see. If I wanted to maneuver quickly, I found I could not see enough to my liking.

Tried a set of them on an old Norton I had. I found them an excellent way to remove one of those pesky $300 remote control mirrors on your car. You learn that what used to fit thru a certain space no longer does when you come zipping into the driveway