Triumphrat

gsciacca · 02-10-2009, 08:22 PM

At the behest of Mike at BellaCourse, I am posting a mod I have had success with on the Chrome Oval Mirrors-You know, the ones that look great but you cant see behind you worth a damn.

I purchased a couple of 2in convex mirrors from the automotive department at Walmart for about 2 bucks each. Removed the black plastic housing, which left just the mirror itself. I then grinded down the edges of the mirrors with a belt shaper to fit within the chrome frame of the mirror body on the outboard edges. Applied with two sided tape and voila, great rear view vision.

See pic...

davidc · 02-10-2009, 10:52 PM

Very clever - for those who do not like bar ends but need to see behind them! Sheesh, those stock mirrors are the pits.

bsakel · 02-11-2009, 07:36 AM

I have these mirrors and they look great looking but are worthless! Great fix that I'll definitely try!

Thanks!

musicswapshoppe · 02-11-2009, 07:48 AM

Not sure if you have in US but I actually bought a pair that stick on from a 2 dollar shop in sydney. Have not used on bike but have had for about 3 yrs on my car mirrors and they hold well, and still only cost 2 bucks a pair. Plus there was no cutting involved.
David (MSS)

musicswapshoppe · 02-15-2009, 03:58 PM

I was actually wrong re pair they come single. Here is pic of one on car (from heatwave and hot as to 4 days of torrential rain!) and here is one thats rectangular I just bought to try out