Mirrors...Whaddaya Got?

I never could get them adjusted right. All I could see in them was my elbows.

Elbows? or probably you mean your shoulders? If shoulders I agree at stock bar height. After installing risers though that goes away.

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Yeah, probably shoulders. The elbows statement may have been sportbike memories.

I think 4 times on tarmac, I'm riding on parking lots like 50% of the time. And I only crashed there.. the last highsider while backing it in did a gooood hit on the handguard. The other 2 were lowsiders.. the other one was just overspeeding the turn and hitting a curbstone, had to get a new speed sensor for my Koso speedometer after that

Yeah.. hitting the ground on farm roads with like 70km/h when you suddenly encounter sand(!) in a turn doesn't do much damage though It just sucks to clean the air filter after that.. and your sand filled boots

Haha the closest I've come is a few good near-highsides, like you said, backing it in hard, or stepping it out on the way out. One of the best things about an SM over a streetbike is the fact that you have some droop travel, so a minor slip isn't an instant drop or highside. I once found a smeared opossum in the middle of a blind sweeper in the mountains when I was almost knee-dragging. Stepped out on me pretty good, but I stayed in it and didn't try to pop up, and it bit and kept going. If I HAD dropped it or highsided, it would have been off a pretty good piece of mountain...

Just installed a pair what seem to be fairly common Tuono/SXV/F650GS/F800GS/Etc. mirrors to replace the stock which just made me feel very slightly and inexplicably nauseous.


No looking back... by Gnash Britches, on Flickr


Excuse the bird poo... by Gnash Britches, on Flickr

I think that bird wants to buy your bike. He left a deposit.

This is a cool picture, you should post it on the 610 picture thread

Now for something completely different...
from http://www.bugeyes.com/




Never tried them, but an interesting alternative.

- JJ

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/23/reevu-msx1-helmet-gives-riders-a-nice-view-of-their-behinds/

Then there is the Reevu.... helmet with the a rear view mirror built in like a HUD.

Looks good! Do they thread directly into the stock bracket?

They certainly do, but I believe the BMW mountings don't - these were listed as fitting various Aprilia bikes.

Sweet, thanks! Hadn't thought of that.

Hey John, What size did you order that worked on your TE630. The Double Take Mirror website does not list Huskies. Thanks

KTM w/ short arm. Not great for on road visibility, but I didn't care for the long arm.

Was just searching for mirrors for my 310 (doubletake does list Husky now) and got an email from Natalie at Doubletake. I asked whether the long or short was preferred and she felt the long better. Decisions, decisions... Have these held up well and would you still get the short arm if you purchased again? Appreciate the feedback.
http://www.doubletakemirror.com/

The mirrors are great and holding up well. I am running the longer arm for better rear view.
I would run the short arm if I only was concerned with staying legal.

Thanks John!

have you a link for the mirrors.i found these http://www.amazon.co.uk/MOTORCYCLE-...1370976224&sr=1-5&keywords=motorcycle mirrors

That looks like them.