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Title: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Steve H on May 06, 2011, 10:39:38 AM: I am thinking of buying one of these http://classicpartsltd.com/830-halcyon-bar-end-mirror.html for the SRX (I will have to modify the bar end weight to suit)

(http://classicpartsltd.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/b/a/baren830-new.jpg)

They look to be good quality mirrors, has anyone used one and how well do they cope with vibration ?
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: SteveC#222 on May 06, 2011, 11:10:59 AM: I had something similar (though not this make) on my Cossack and they did vibrate quite a bit a 60ish, the rear view was a bit restricted too. :-\
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Furry John on May 06, 2011, 03:45:16 PM: Hi Steve,

I use mostly handlebar end mirrors and the fitting you have selected is by far the best, just don't tighten it too hard or the throttle will stick on the bar, DAMHIK. You might like to look at the four sided mirror rather than the round, the 4 sided one gives you a much wider field of view behind, from immediately behind out to the overtaking lane just behind out to lane three 400 yards back.

Furry
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: guest146 on May 06, 2011, 06:44:46 PM: Hello
I have these on my Francis Barnett and although very good I had problem keeping them tight not so much the clamps but the socket where mirror fits into the handlebar clamp, Its a sort of groove with a matching part to locate in it.
Regards Ken
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: JOOLZ on May 06, 2011, 08:11:32 PM: I have the same mirrors on my xbr and they work well, the new fixing system (like a bicycle handle bar clamp) is a great improvment over the original design. You will have to remove the barends to fit them and maybe trim the end back on the twistgrip
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Richard on May 06, 2011, 09:48:31 PM: Used on the old Fokker (BMW really) for years and before that on a Cagiva Allazurra. They work great but please don't fit two.

Richard
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Steve Lake on May 07, 2011, 08:44:48 PM: Steve...you'll need to remove the bar end weight....least, i did.....anyway, i think the standard srx bar end weights are a bit ugly and don't make any difference....my old bike is as stable as anything...never shakes its head
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: 002 on May 08, 2011, 10:24:57 AM: I used a Stainless one of these on my 1st Bonnie.

Cant say I had a problem with it at all.

Jethro
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Steve H on May 11, 2011, 10:50:31 AM: Cheers for the comments, I've now ordered one. I broke my last mirror 5 or 6 years ago so I'm going to have to learn to use it !.
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: JOOLZ on May 11, 2011, 11:51:42 AM: Cant ride without mirrors, I like to see whats behind me
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: guest24 on May 16, 2011, 08:54:29 AM: Do you not worry that it is going to make your bike extra-wide and more difficult to filter in traffic?
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Steve H on May 16, 2011, 12:53:50 PM: Received it today, a nice bit of kit. It will make the bike wider but since its fairly narrow to start with it hopefully wont be an issue.
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: guest1166 on May 17, 2011, 09:22:58 PM: Quote from: Hackbridge Cossack on May 16, 2011, 08:54:29 AM
Do you not worry that it is going to make your bike extra-wide and more difficult to filter in traffic?

That's why i call the ones on ny Srx elbow protectors - when they start bouncing of car mirrors I know to tuck my arms in :o ;)
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: pigafetta on May 17, 2011, 10:53:50 PM: The standard XBR jobs are more like elbow admirers. Your elbows are pretty much all you can see in them.
Title: Re: halcyon mirrors
Post by: Steffan on May 18, 2011, 08:26:59 AM: You should try the standard ones on a Moto Guzzi T4 :'(

More like glove admirers..

Steff