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Mar 11, 2012 | 11:19 PM

frozensoul

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mirror question

anyone ever run into this prob, when im on my rocker and since im not the most lightwieght dude if you now what i mean i catch to much of my arms and shoulders in the mirror when riding. wonder if i could find a set of mirrors that stick out a little farther so my arms dont get in the view. and yes i am currently working on some wieght loss, a result of stopping smoking.

Mar 11, 2012 | 11:32 PM

Hawaii-Five-Jo

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From: Hawaii, The Land of a Thousand Potholes

Had the same problem. I just rotated the stem a little forward and it fixed the problem. Worked for my aftermarket as well.

Mar 11, 2012 | 11:34 PM

DOMAPOI

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I had the same problem. I cured mine by buying extensions (2") that the HD dealer sells and that brought my mirrors up high enough to see quite a bit over my shoulders. That and I put some small adjustable spot mirrors that I bought at Harbor Freight cheap and put them where I still see my shoulder in the mirrors. My son took care of the same problem by buying the extended Golden Winged Eagle mirrors that HD sells. I would have done that but I didn't want to get rid of my Willie-G mirrors that match the rest of the theme on my bike.

Mar 11, 2012 | 11:40 PM

socal yankee

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From: malibu

Like Jojo said. Maybe Try rolling the hand controls a little forward. Might make a world of difference. That's what I did and worked out perfect.

Mar 12, 2012 | 12:11 AM

frozensoul

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thanks very much to all, ill give it a shot, should have thought of that but thats why i love this forum so much. thanks again.

Mar 12, 2012 | 07:48 AM

Misbehaven

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I used the kuryakyn Mirror extensions. I tried the Harley one but they did not do a very good job.

Mar 12, 2012 | 09:45 AM

Jester750

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I went with the Russ Wernimont Design ones in black (RWD-50046B)
They are way better than the stock ones. What a difference!
Now I can actually see what's on the sides of me and slightly behind me before I make any lane changes.
The mirror frame is about the same size as my stock Fat Boy Lo ones are. They sit low but reach out a little farther like Misbehaven's in the pic above so they do what the mirrors were ment to do without being tall or too large in size.