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18 Feb 2010 18:34 #349091 by rstnick
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Let us know how you like them.

I had one (left side) bar end mirror on for a while, when I switched to Clubman bars. I had to find higher mirrors quickly because I found like I was riding without mirrors. I needed to look too far over and down for my comfort. Having Clubman bars didn't help.
I rode for some time years ago with no mirrors, but after having two mirrors from my CB350 that were convex (you could see everything) riding without was kinda scary (city riding).

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18 Feb 2010 18:52 #349096 by 9am53
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I forgot to mention that these are slightly convex as well. I really think they are a great deal. I will post pics of them on the bike in both configurations when I get a chance, likely sometime early next week.

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04 Mar 2010 13:10 #351279 by 9am53
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So I got my replacement in the mail today, just a recap, I didn't have to send the broken one, he just sent me another one, so I have a spare now! good customer service from hong kong? kinda like a hot chick who cooks and cleans right? That's what I thought, these guys are pretty good. anyways here are a couple pics in the setup I will be running, I will try to remember to take a pic of the other setup possible.



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04 Mar 2010 16:00 #351300 by pburnhamb
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im gonna get a pair of them soon. any word how they are when riding/ viration.... looksgood

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04 Mar 2010 20:20 - 05 Mar 2010 05:18 #351349 by 9am53
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no idea on rideability, sorry. Once I get it out I will post again. One tip, put a drop of oil on the allen bolts once you get it.
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31 Oct 2010 14:11 - 31 Oct 2010 14:21 #410117 by seanof30306
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So, how about an update? How are these on vibration?

Also, since the ebay link is now dead, can you post a link to the seller's ebay store?

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Is this them?

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ebay seller: mlabel.parts

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31 Oct 2010 15:21 - 01 Nov 2010 04:52 #410130 by 9am53
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Sorry, I did update them in another thread, not the original one apparently. Although the bar end portion of these mirrors does not seem heavy enough to reduce vibrations the mirrors are great and visibility in them is never fuzzy or vibrating. For a little while they had an issue with randomly becoming loose and the mirror folding down. This would happen on the fly and I would have to essentially just spin the whole bar end clockwise to tighten it again. This was because the tightening mechanism inside the bar was seating itself. It did this a few times in the first bit, but has totally stopped in the past few months. One thing to note, the black paint "anodized" finish fades pretty quickly, they are no longer black, but more of a "gun metal" gray. If these mirrors were to get stolen I would get another set for sure, great bang for buck, and they look great. Because they are slightly convex although they are small I can see the entire width of the road behind me in the left mirror, and the entire shoulder and lane behind me in the right with no elbows or shoulders obscuring the view. BTW those mirrors are the ones I got, I remember the seller being mlabelparts or something like that.

like I said earlier (i think) put a drop of oil into the threads before tightening up the allen bolts, it makes it a lot easier to tighten them up snug.
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