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Oct 19, 2006 | 11:43 PM

#11

Slash

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RE: Mirror adjustment...

Beats the heck out of me,the mirrors,drag bars etc on my Train are completely stock and I'm seeing everything fine.

Oct 20, 2006 | 12:18 AM

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metal_mike

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RE: Mirror adjustment...

had the same problem on the wife's sporty....come to find out, harley sells 3" mirror stem extentions and they work great!
not to mention they were only like $20-$25

dont have any great pics of them but , you can kinda see them in this one

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Oct 20, 2006 | 09:24 AM

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Bad Mojo

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RE: Mirror adjustment...

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ORIGINAL: RandyM1911

Even though I have pretty good visibility with the stock mirrors on my fattie I never fully trust them. Just like when you're driving your car there are blind spots that your mirrors won't pick up. As a point of safety I try to always swivel my head and look over my shoulder when making a lane change. It's a good habit to get into and just might save you from stumbling into the path of a dozing cage operator... That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

On my bob I swiveled my head to check the blind spot because the mirrors covered everything else. On the Train, I have to swivel my entire body (crotch rocket style, for lack of a better term) to look because my mirrors only show my body, and not fast moving traffic coming up out of range of my pereferal vision in a simple head turn.

Oct 20, 2006 | 09:26 AM

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Bad Mojo

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RE: Mirror adjustment...

nitetrain - I may try flipping them under the bars today, thanks

Mike - do they make those extensions in black? *fingers crossed*

Oct 20, 2006 | 11:53 AM

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RE: Mirror adjustment...

I have a friend that mounted his stock mirrors under the bars on his sportster. He said he can see behind him. His father in law had a superglide that he mounted drag bars. He added the extensions on the mirrors & still could not see. He kept adding extensions until the mirrors where up as high as ape hangers[sm=icon_rofl.gif] People made fun of him until he sold that bike.