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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: 87K75S on May 11, 2018, 11:05:39 PM
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Where can I get some mirrors that I can actually use to look behind me? My 75S mirrors suck!! They're not wide enough. LOL
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Where can I get some mirrors that I can actually use to look behind me? My 75S mirrors suck!! They're not wide enough. LOL
Or could it be that the rider is not narrow enough? :dunno
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Could be but not in this case!
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Hi just saw you're 75 on your other page. Very nice. The semi naked 75 has stem mirrors which are narrow. You could try Bar end Mirrors which would bring them out a tad.
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Some folks luv their Lolly-pops, others like Johnny recommend Ken Sean mirrors (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ken-Sean-AX-Black-Composite-Right-Hand-Mirror-Short-Stem-901020/232277319748?epid=719889846&hash=item3614cea044:g:D0UAAOSwsW9Yz9j3). I put the short-stem Ken Sean on a Marrakesh K75s and like the new look and the rear-view improved greatly. The standard mirrors are 8mm where the Ken Sean is 10mm, so you will need to tap the mounting holes for 10mm or make an adapter out of a connector nut - see hardware dept. at Home Depot. I like the result but it's personal preference. Will post a photo. :2thumbup:
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Yes! Photo!
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I thought about bar ends but I think it would look too cafe-ish which I'm not interested at all...
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I fitted auxiliary small bar end mirrors sourced from the local bicycle shop. With them fitted, it has eliminated all the previous blind spots.
Regards Martin.
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Where can I get some mirrors that I can actually use to look behind me?
Yours are OEM short-stem. The OEM long stems give good coverage. The Ken Sean model discussed here is pretty good, too, and its angularity is fashionably compatible.
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greetings...
the 100% yeeeehaaaa set up is ken sean ax (http://www.ksource.org/e-mark-product.asp?Lavel=2&Category=e-mark) or gx (http://www.ksource.org/motorcycle-parts-details2015.asp?Lavel=2&partid=6&cat=GX) mirrors with fit system co400 blindspots (http://www.ksource.org/UniversalProduct.asp?Lavel=3&Category=Stick-On+and+Clamp-On+Mirrors&ID=50&ProductNo=C0400) on velcro on the top inside corner of the mirror glass... and these two components are optically correct for real world input...
can see everything without moving the head... just rolling the throttle and rolling the eyeballs...
i shall not fear death as i watch your headlight fade into the night as i ride tached to the redline through the valley of the deer...
http://www.ksource.org/
ride fearlessly...
j o
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Excellent! Thanks for the great leads. I will look into both.
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Here are some photos of results. Making the mirror pedestal is optional, you can also tap the handlebar mount directly. The pedestal allows me to re-install the Lolly-pops if desired. May add the blindspot fisheyes next. Does that help? :popcorm
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What did you do? Install an 8mm stud and then an 8mm to 10mm bushing?
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greetings...
those look good on that red s... what i did was spray it down real good with pb blaster... not the can... the 5 gallon bucket of the liquid stuff... i put it in a bug sprayer and soaked everything except seat and grips... then i runned a 10mm tap through the existing oe hoes... slow and easy... i wanted to finese it not force it... as i was only gonna getts 1 try to getts it in there straight and tight...
here they are with the fitsystem blindspot mirror on the brickus trukus...
j o
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What did you do? Install an 8mm stud and then an 8mm to 10mm bushing?
I used conventional hardware available from Home Depot, a 5/16 stainless bolt, a 5/16 connector nut. Re-drill and tap the other connector nut end to 10mm X 1.5mm. Check the thread pitch of your Ken Sean mirrors, they are 1.25 or 1.5mm I forget which. Those of you with metric size hardware available can go all metric.
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I definitely like the look of a square mirror.
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I definitely like the look of a square mirror.
Agree!! If you go this route get the Ken Seans or better, there are very cheap Asian knock-offs out there that are junk (I know I bought some). :dunno2:
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Agree!! If you go this route get the Ken Seans or better, there are very cheap Asian knock-offs out there that are junk (I know I bought some). :dunno2:
lmiklosy - noticed the 2002 reflected in your mirror...yours? I have had more than a few of those!
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Really nice!!! The shape repeats the lines of the headlight much better than the lollipop version. It's a little thing, but makes a difference.
I think a pair of those guys is going on my brick.
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lmiklosy - noticed the 2002 reflected in your mirror...yours? I have had more than a few of those!
I bought only one in 1975, drove it ever since. It's a restoration project now, mechanically solid but the Utah salt eats cars!
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I bought only one in 1975, drove it ever since. It's a restoration project now, mechanically solid but the Utah salt eats cars!
looks like we both have two K75S's and a 1975 2002!
(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/mblytle/K75S%20black/Lytle%20CK19534.jpg) (http://s397.photobucket.com/user/mblytle/media/K75S%20black/Lytle%20CK19534.jpg.html)
thanks for the detail on the mirror mod!
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^Wow!! That's impressive!
I had an Avus Blue E36 M3. Or is that Techno Violet?
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^Wow!! That's impressive!
I had an Avus Blue E36 M3. Or is that Techno Violet?
techno violet
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And I had an 81 SC!
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looks like we both have two K75S's and a 1975 2002!
(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp59/mblytle/K75S%20black/Lytle%20CK19534.jpg) (http://s397.photobucket.com/user/mblytle/media/K75S%20black/Lytle%20CK19534.jpg.html)
thanks for the detail on the mirror mod!
Yawn, I have one of those too, '85 Snap-On restored, sport wheels. Needs struts. bmp