Mirrors!!!! - can't see a thing

bosh1471 · Post by **bosh1471** » Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:06 pm

Does anyone know if there are any replacement mirrors for the Firestorm as mine are next to useless (except for admiring me elbows!).

Read in some of the bike mags that this is a common problem but they did not offer a solution.

ex-viffer · Post by **ex-viffer** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:49 am

You can get (or have fabricated) mirror extenders, which basically fit underneath the mirror bases and add about 20mm of length.
Here's one example made by GenMar:
http://www.zianet.com/GenMar/h216.html

Hope this helps.

Stormtrooper · Post by **Stormtrooper** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:36 am

Fit R1/R6 mirrors as they apparently fit with no probs

W@zzA · Post by **W@zzA** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:13 am

Use the later R1 long stem mirrors with the rubber boot from the VTR!
Got them on mine they're 10x better and they don't have a blue tint like the VTR ones so you dont think the rozzers are on your tail

Warren

simon t · Post by **simon t** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 12:24 pm

Seem to recall seeing a cheap fix elsewhere on this site, involving the foam soles from a pair of flip-flops

and extended mounting bolts. Presumably adds a few centimetres.

orange_vtr · Post by **orange_vtr** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 1:48 pm

Think it was this one:

My Mirror Extender mod $7.95 CDN

Haven't tried it but seems a good and cheap idea.

bosh1471 · Post by **bosh1471** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 3:59 pm

Thanx for the help everyone

Neophyte · Post by **Neophyte** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:56 am

I definitely like the 'home made' extender mod. I'll be doing it ASAP! I might just have a problem finding someone over here that stocks screw extenders like shown on Genmar's site.

SILVTR · Post by **SILVTR** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:17 pm

Warren, what year R1? I just got a 98 Firestorm, and the mirrors are truly shite. I don't like the look of the Genmar things, and I'm not much of a flip flop wearer (by the way, did you know that it was a french man that invented them - Phillippe Faloppe. Sorry.), and nor are any of my mates, so R1 mirrors sound like the most effective & cleanest option. .

W@zzA · Post by **W@zzA** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 2:22 pm

I think 2000 onwards

If I remember I had to drill out the rivit of the bottom knuckle joint and swop the base mounts over (use a bolt with a nylock nut to reasemble them) but try them on the bike first if they dont point in the right direction swap the mounts over

I used pattern ones and have no problem with vibrations and where I used the VTR rubber boots it left a bit of bare ally of the R1 stem which you can paint and put an "O" ring in the groove to neaten it up (easier to do this before you put them back together or maybe this was why I took them to bits and the mounts dont need swaping over at all, I can't remember)

Warren

SILVTR · Post by **SILVTR** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 3:18 pm

Hmmm. I'm a lazy person (sure amn't I on a bike forum at work in the middle of a system upgrade . . .), and that sounds like a lot of work. But it would probably be worth the safer overtakes & better following-copometer factor. Wouldn't it be great if bikes came with interchangeable stalks - same base mount & mirror unit, but a choice of 2 or 3 stalk lengths (anyone listening? MPS? M&P? Manufacturers?). I like my mirror unit. I don't know if it's standard - it's sort of triangular rather than oval - but it looks cool and I'd like to keep it. A 2" longer stalk would do the trick. But I want to do something soon, and it looks like yours is the best solution. I reckon every rider would prefer mirrors that they can see behind with, rather than "good looking" short stalk mirrors that distract & interfere with, nay, hamper safe riding? (Help me down off this soapbox, will ye...)

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