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Whilst I had got used to them these last 12 years :lol: I thought I might extend them. Rather than buy R1/R6 ones, I thought I'd have a go at the stock ones first. Apologies for some out of focus pics.

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First I covered the shaft with masking tape and marked the mid point in the mirror shaft before taking the hacksaw to them

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Now in half

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I then held each half in a clamp and used the drill press to drill an 8.5mm hole in each half. I then tapped a 10mm thread into each

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I used a 10mm bolt with the head cut off and made a spacer with some alloy tube from B&Q

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Took a bit of positioning, but I then screwed them together really tight and used threadlock for studs on them

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Cleaned them up and applied plastic padding

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I slid on some 25mm heatshrink and shrunk it!

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I will use some tyre black on the heatshrink as it is a bit grey - but still looks better than those mirror extender things. Time will tell if VTR vibration makes them fall apart, in which case I will get some R1 types after all!
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Like it :clap: :thumbup:

Might give that go on my spare pair
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Brilliant, wish I'd thought about doing that.
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great idea, and nicely done :thumbup:
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Looks good well done :-)
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Great idea. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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nice job :thumbup:

have they improved your ride ?
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Very nice! They do look a lot better than the extenders....
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lumpyv wrote:nice job :thumbup:

have they improved your ride ?
Don't know yet - been too bloody wet to find out :( but I'm sure they will be better - TBH I managed with the originals for years but I felt that an extra 1" would improve my ride :lol:
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Looks a fantastic factory finish job that, nicely done!

something i might have a go with as the extenders look fiddler but i would like the little extra width
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Nice job Stratters, well done fella :thumbup:
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Just a brief update - went out a while back - they are a bit better but I did have my big Goretex jacket on which is bulky. They didn't snap off anyway! :lol:
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They look great and are a testament to your handy work!

I, however do not posess the skills/ patience to do that, it would look a dogs dinner so i may still go down the R1 mirror route!
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