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Alright guys,anyone know where to get a decent set of bar end mirrors that will fit with a set of hand guards too? Not normally ...

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    Alright guys,anyone know where to get a decent set of bar end mirrors that will fit with a set of hand guards too? Not normally a safety kind of bloke but have had a few close shaves recently that warrants gettin a set lol

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    I use a set of Motrax ones, they're alright but do require regular tightening

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    I have bar end mirrors on my monster, the really small ones with flat glass lenses. I can see a decent amount behind me though have to move my head to see a wider view. This I found was better than the previous set of motrax bar ends which had a convex lens which do give you a wider view but everything was so small in the mirror as to render them useless and a near miss with a van due to relying on this view made me remove them an hour later.
    Rizoma make some funky if expensive ones.

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    Zefal (who make mountain bike stuff) do a decent bar end mirror with convex refractor (wide angle view) which work pretty bloody well IME and are about £15 IIRC

    I have one on my old streetfighter

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    Sweet,cheers guys i'll check them out

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    Are they made by fairies?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chr!s View Post

    They used to be USE who made piss poor titanium stuff for mountain bikes, hence their nickname at the time, Useless Shite Engineering

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helmet View Post
    They used to be USE who made piss poor titanium stuff for mountain bikes, hence their nickname at the time, Useless Shite Engineering
    F**k me, there's a blast from the past. Never knew that.

    Mate of mine had one of their seatposts, can't remember the details but he said it was crap...

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    Rather than bar end mirrors (which look gay) go for inner bar mounted mirrors, the one I have is designed for a pushbike but works really well, cheap too.

    I'm going to nip off see if I can find you a pic and/or link

    Turns out there made by Zefal ( which someone else mentioned!)
    Top one on this link!
    http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=...ed=0CBkQzAMwAA

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    I got these a while ago - Bar End Mirrors Suzuki SV650 GSXR 600 750 1000 Hayabusa on eBay (end time 06-Jan-10 12:15:19 GMT)

    if you undo the clamp and take out the part that would go into the bar end, then they go nicely round the handlebars - get a good view uder my arms, just make sure that your thumbs don't knock them too much - pretty cheap too

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