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help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:30 pm
by dickfaber
I am finally sick and tired of the ninja-twist ( you know, twist in seat and raise arm to see under it) when trying to see anything behind me apart from my elbows.
I have found the kawasaki does mirror extenders for the er6f but they run out at $100 a pair, and ebay has them for about 90 bucks plus post!

FFS, they are 40mm long link parts in alloy, how hard can they be to make!

has anyone got a supplier for sensible money? or do i have to draw and machine my own?

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:47 pm
by 6maniac
Go bar end mirrors ... 8)

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:57 pm
by dickfaber
may work ok, but look shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:35 pm
by Six Addict
they dont looks shit... they make every bike look better... ;)

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:12 am
by seiko1
dickfaber wrote:may work ok, but look shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

and increase your width for lane splitting ;)

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:18 pm
by Dafuzz31
turn ur head.

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:35 pm
by Glen
I wasnt a fan of bar ends until I tried them. Now I wouldn't have anything else. Look better, work better.

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:53 pm
by Mattjin
seiko1 wrote:
dickfaber wrote:may work ok, but look shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

and increase your width for lane splitting ;)


Depends on the type. Mine dont stick out any further than the bar ends.

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:25 pm
by Chitchats
Mattjin wrote:
seiko1 wrote:
dickfaber wrote:may work ok, but look shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!

and increase your width for lane splitting ;)


Depends on the type. Mine dont stick out any further than the bar ends.


CRG lanesplitters, fold em and shoot. ;)

Re: help, i'm being followed by my elbows!?

PostPosted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:51 am
by dickfaber
well, looked on the internet, and found some plans for ones that fit in the factory position but hang down
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~shanetp/Index_files/I%20Can%20See.pdf
. redrew the drawing so that they are inline and made them on the oldest mill at work one sunday with some offcut aluminuim scrap. rough job, but they work and add 40mm to the mirror. nice and i can see more behind me. I am deciding whether to have another go at it and make a set of 50mm extenders, and actually get these ones anodised black.

cost about $20 (including new bolts to mount them up)
time around 4 hours of farting around

satisfaction in not spending $100 - priceless

when i have some time i'll post some pics of the rough job.