megamold Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 So I just bought some cheapo bar end mirrors to see how i like the visibility. But after removing the oem bar ends i noticed that on both sides the grip is quite a lot longer than the bar and that there is a thread inside the bar. So both these things prevent me from installing these mirrors. It can't be that im supposed to cut the grip and throttle body down to size since i find the grips pretty narrow as they are. So if you can tell me what im doing wrong id be greatfull :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Quixote Posted May 15, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 15, 2015 ..... So if you can tell me what im doing wrong id be greatfull :-D Greenhound386 came up with a rather simple solution by mounting the mirrors on the inner part of the bar-end weights. He figured out that using a short length of copper tube like a spacer over the bar-end's threads allowed the mirror install to be solid and secure. Here's his full post... link I followed his method for my bar-end mirrors and they've been rock solid for over a thousand miles. Kudos to @greenhound386 for his pioneering on this! Here's a pic of the copper tube as a spacer on the bar-end from @oscardms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamold Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 ill need to see if this is actually possible with the mirrors i have, but very ingenious none the less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member grahamfz07 Posted May 16, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted May 16, 2015 I used these to mount my bar end mirrorsRhinomoto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamold Posted May 16, 2015 Author Share Posted May 16, 2015 I used these to mount my bar end mirrors Rhinomoto Those would not work for me, since the mounting point of the mirror i have can't be taken apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavedog Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Did you get this figured out? I made a how-to for these mirrors. http://fz07.org/thread/2864/install-12-bar-end-mirrors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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