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Old 11-19-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Silly Bar End Mirror Question

This may be a silly question but after you install bar end mirrors what do you do about the holes left from the stock mirrors? Do you put a plastic plug in it or something? It seems having hole with threads just open like that would be kind of ugly.
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I don't really notice the holes on mine, but maybe I'm not that observant.

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flip the clamp small ends over, it's like magic! (assuming the bonnie black's controls are like the thruxtons)
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Thruxton and Bonnie Black brackets are different ours are incorporated into the controls and not something you can flip.

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nothing! Those are speed holes now!
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The bonnies controls are different, you cant just flip them over. I went to the hardware store and bought some black plastic plugs that fit perfect and glued em in.
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I plugged mine with Black Anodized Allen blots from the local hardware store. You might be able to find rubber stoppers or something like that if you look hard enough. I usually grab the smartest guy at the hardware store, and bring him out to the parking lot and show him exactly what I'm trying to do!

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go to an auto parts store and buy black plastic plugs used for the interior of cars upholstery.
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Trim fasteners

Ditto Semi... auto trim fasteners come in all sizes and colors...popped em in on both bikes right after the Napoleans went in... BTW, not a silly Q at all, I'm anal about all stuff like that...it's a Bonnie not a cager.
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go to an auto parts store and buy black plastic plugs used for the interior of cars upholstery.
+1 ... This is what I did as well, looks very tidy.
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