Good deal on some buckshot
Good deal on some buckshot
Went to the stealer yesterday to use my $100 on my points card and was looking at some black Buckshot mirrors for my Fat Bob.
One had a scrap on the end of it (maybe 1-2mm) so they knocked off $50. Normally $199. Picking up some auto paint today to fix it.
LOL, I was trying to decide if I wanted go chrome around the handlebars or black ... Guess I'm going w/ black.
BTW ... I was trying to find a thread re. vibrations in the mirrors on a Fat Bob, couldn't find it. Anyway one thing that I realized yesterday is that mirrors like the Buckshot and others that are billet aluminum have very little flex in the stem. Aluminum is very rigid compared to the cheap steel stems on the mirrors that come on the bike.
This probably came to mind because I was a bike tech for 5 years in a shop (we're talking bicycles here, not moto bikes) Bicycles with steel frames are much more comfortable vs. aluminum because of the amount of flex in the frame.
For what it's worth that's probably the reason behind all the vibes in our stock mirrors ... So go buy yourself some billet ones, they look better anyway.
One had a scrap on the end of it (maybe 1-2mm) so they knocked off $50. Normally $199. Picking up some auto paint today to fix it.
LOL, I was trying to decide if I wanted go chrome around the handlebars or black ... Guess I'm going w/ black.
BTW ... I was trying to find a thread re. vibrations in the mirrors on a Fat Bob, couldn't find it. Anyway one thing that I realized yesterday is that mirrors like the Buckshot and others that are billet aluminum have very little flex in the stem. Aluminum is very rigid compared to the cheap steel stems on the mirrors that come on the bike.
This probably came to mind because I was a bike tech for 5 years in a shop (we're talking bicycles here, not moto bikes) Bicycles with steel frames are much more comfortable vs. aluminum because of the amount of flex in the frame.
For what it's worth that's probably the reason behind all the vibes in our stock mirrors ... So go buy yourself some billet ones, they look better anyway.
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Appreciate the info, however I'm thinking most of my vibrations in my mirrors, are due to that v-twin motor under the tank... 
Also, being more rigid would transfer more vibration to the mirror surface. The 'cheap' steel you refer to, can flex and therefore remove vibrations from reaching the mirror surface. Just my opinion....
Also, being more rigid would transfer more vibration to the mirror surface. The 'cheap' steel you refer to, can flex and therefore remove vibrations from reaching the mirror surface. Just my opinion....
Last edited by archergodwin; Apr 15, 2009 at 09:27 AM.
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