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Different strokes for different folks. I like mine on the down side, I see better, focus faster with less head and neck movement, and as far as I'm concerned it just shows better.
most of us turn the bars as close to the tank as possible then adjust the mirror arms so that there is no tank contact. once free on both sides, we then adjust the mirror for visibility with handle bars forward. i did this on my dyna and sporty. on the sporty it had to be done because all i saw was my arms with the mirrors right side up. dyna was done because i'm used to seeing all i need to see on one line
(l. mir, [speedo, indic, tach,] r. mir)
no looking all over the place.
Well crapola...those didn't work. Great idea, but looked really tacky and still hot the tank. Oh well.
Many years back, the US gov't decided that motorcycles should have a side view mirror attached. That po'd the hard core bikers. So, they mounted a dental mirror to the left handle bar to make them legal.
This may not solve your problem but then again...............
I have seen this on old BMW's from the late 60's. I don't know your budget limits but you might find a reasonable solution from other bikes to find a low profile arm then a metric adapter or whatever to mount them to your bars. good luck.
I am just debating this right now. I am putting 16" apes on my night train and thinking about flipping the mirrors upside down when i do it. I issued to run it like that on my springer years ago
I found the whole trick with being able to see is you have to have a little longer arm on the mirror else they're almost useless. I took a chance when I ordered mine and lucked out. I think they're only a 1/2 inch wider arm than stock but made all the difference in the world. Couldn't see nothin with stock ones on the down side.
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