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Gjm
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:32 am: |
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I have been shopping around for mirrors that are not bar end mounted. I saw this pic a while back and liked the mirror but cannot find it online. Can anyone ID the make of the low profile mirror on the bike below? Thanks.
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Ramm
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:34 am: |
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http://www.trojan-horse.co.uk/prods/210.html Bit expensive to get them state side, I went with the Aprilias. (Message edited by Ramm on April 02, 2009) |
Kaveman
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:36 am: |
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Those are by Rizoma... A bit pricey, but nice. Kaveman |
Swordsman
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:39 am: |
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Didn't someone just recently have a problem with the posts on the Rizoma's breaking from vibration? ~SM |
The_italian_job
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 10:59 am: |
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here, you can buy them in the States as well... http://www.pjsparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?c Path=265&products_id=37 still pricey, but definitely better than from overseas... |
Andymnelson
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:04 am: |
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is that air box cover chrome? |
Swordsman
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:20 am: |
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Yup. Polished aluminum, I believe. Trojan sells those too, last I looked. Actually, I'm surprised Buell hasn't offered chrome body pieces as an option yet. Chromed plastic is pretty common, and relatively low cost. ~SM (Message edited by Swordsman on April 02, 2009) |
Mortarmanmike120
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:27 am: |
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Yep, SM, that was me. They come with two post. Long and short. They're made out of aluminum and don't like the vibration of the XB. As for the mirrors themselves, they are marginally adequate to the role. Mostly they just look good. And they do look good. That being said my broken one will not be replaced. To pricey just for bling. As FB stated in my thread. Find a nice bolt, cut off the head, shine it up and use that as a post. Course mine lasted about 2 years before giving way to vibration. YMMV. |
Andymnelson
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:33 am: |
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dayum. i'm not a chrome and bling guy (especially on my buells), but that's just cool. |
Gjm
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 11:55 am: |
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Hey 120- So the vibrations broke your mirror? |
Mortarmanmike120
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 12:08 pm: |
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Yeah, best I can tell. It just fell off one day at about 30mph. Looks like the post just fatigued and snapped. Haven't taken any pics yet. The three vehicles behind me had fun playing kick ball with it. |
Kaveman
| Posted on Thursday, April 02, 2009 - 07:30 pm: |
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I actually have a set. I bought some longer metric bolts, cut off the heads and painted them black. That replaced the aluminum ones. I guess if you want silver you could polish the bolts after cutting. Kaveman
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