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Useless Mirrors! Deer Antlers!!! Ugly Sticks!!! Whatever you call them, the stock mirrors are not only useless, but BF'ing UGLY!!!


Got my bar-end mirrors from ebay today; ITEM #250589193292 $19.99 special. Love them!

Would never have thought how big of a change these would make. The single best mod I've done to the bike that gave it such a more aggressive look. They fit like a glove & feel solid. Shipped from CHINA, arrived within a week?!

Install couldn't get any easier. Took off front cowling (two screws), unplugged stock mirrors, replaced cowling, unscrewed old mirrors, replaced stock mirror screws to fill in holes, removed end-caps, slid bar end mirrors in, tightened & done!

Here are the pics. Not the highest quality, was rushed due to the thick storm clouds looming on the horizon (it rains from time to time here in WA.)


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Not sure why everybody complained about the holes left by the old mirrors. Just re-used the stock mirrors' bolts. Duh!
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What you do with the turn led signals? I've been thinking about this mod, but debating if I should get the bar ends mirror from CRG and spend the money or buy the Chinese mirrors with less price. How's the quality? Thanks.
 
Well for an 1/8th of the price, they are great. No vibration, all metal & perfect fit. Can't comment on the CRG's just because i haven't seen them in person. I'm sure they are better quality? (the folding feature is kinda cool) but at $74.95 x 2 AND the adaptors + shipping.... I dunno. Would MUCH rather put that kinda money into a pair of Pazzo's. I say pay the $20 for the same pair I got and if you don't like 'em, then you're only down four Star-bucks mocha-frappe-whatever. To each his own.

As far as the turn signals, I haven't decided what I'm going to do yet. Right now I just simply took them off and placed them in my "pile" of extra Buell parts. If I decided to put signals back on, it would be extremely easy to do so. Right behind the headlight, on the side, is a empty spot where you could put any one of the million led lights available on line. I might opt to do that, but it would have to be something that flows with the "minimalist" theme I am trying to go with. Happy decision making!
 
Bike looks real good. I'm currently debating between this bike or an XB Lightning.

Chad
 
how hard is it to remove the stickers and badging? how did you do it? i want to get mine looking nice n' clean too
 
Stickers just require a bit of heat to get off. May be a bit of glue residue left to clean afterwards but no big deal. Reflectors on fork are also just stuck on. I just twisted mine and theycame right off.
 
Yeah I just used my girlfriends hair dryer to warm em up. Then they just came right off with no residue. As far as the reflectors, like phazernut said, just twist them off. They're stuck on with some double sided tape.
 
Thought I'd chime in on the bar-end mirrors. I installed the inexpensive ones on my CR recently. With the clubman bars, you have to increase the depth of the counterbore in the end of the handlebars. With a 3/4" drill bit, it's not that hard, but takes a lot of patience to avoid ruining the bars. Once installed, I've not had any issues with the mirrors. For turn signals, I ordered a second set of rears and installed them in the headlight surround for a clean stock-like look. You can see that stuff along with the LP bracket I designed and a friend helped me fabricate & powder coat in the pic's below.

Vance

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I'm going to assume your post was all in good fun. So yes, it's still too cold here... yesterday was a frigid 85 degrees. I've not had a lot of time to get out to the nice roads. They're a trek where I live. Almost all the riding since getting the bike has been commuting - on straight highways. There is one little left-hand turn in my neighborhood though. So as you can see the left side of the tire isn't quite as bad as the right. I am looking forward to more twisties though. In fact, my brother and I are trying to plan a trip down through TN & NC on all the great roads there.

Also, for anyone that's interested: When you remove the mirrors from the CR, there's a plug from the XB9R/XB12R you can use to fill the hole left behind. I ordered a set from my dealer for about $2. I think they look nicer than the mirror's bolts.

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So is it just me, or when these things start getting more streamlined with things like the mirrors, and the stickers come off.... they start looking like a cylon raider?
 
After goggling cylin raider I would have to say I don't think it looks like the ship but I may be missing something
 
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Really? You dont see it? With those big scoops on the side of the head? And the eye all the way across?
 
If you dont mind spending a few more dollars ASV's unbreakable shorty's are the best I ever seen, felt, used or owned. Just saying.

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