Stock Mirror View

[Roddy]

It may be just me, but the stock mirrors do not give a good view of behind. They seem to be in the wrong place. I have to tuck my elbows in to see behind. Kinda handy when changing lane at 90 mph with no screen . I am not big fat b*st*rd either.

I had a Guzzi before and the mirrors were great. I am not sure if the mirrors need to be higher or out wider.

Has anybody else noticed this.

[jlbait]

Yep, they suck. I used KuryAkyn Magnum Plus mirrors. They have the long stems and were designed for drag bars. They go out to the sides more instead of up and give a great view. I've had them on my last 6 bikes and everyone that rides one get the same mirrors for themselves.

[JoeJitsu]

jlbait -would you happen to have a link for them?



-whoops!

found it...

[wormbase]

I have done this before on other harleys, I simply bend the mirror stork further out past my body

[headmaster]

Worm, did you bend the stock V-Rod mirror stems, and, if so, did that result in the gray paint or finish cracking or buckling any?

[wormbase]

no problem with bending no cracking at all
just remember bend them with bare hands no tools. carefully placed the base into vise and be carefull of the treads I bend them enough now that the rear view has increased by alot

[jlbait]

Here is a photo of the KuryAkyn Magnums with the long stem and small head on my V-ROD.

[jlbait]

Here is another. You can see how they are more out to the sides of the bike than up in the air.

[Whitelighter]

Good God! You can ALMOST see those! Magnifying glass please! Heh heh - Maybe Worm can get us a shot of his manly made mirrors. Good Post.

[V-RºD]

I have found that moving the mirror farther forward seems to do the trick for me. By that I mean just rotate the mirror forward, even though it would not seem to help as much it puts a greater distance between your arm and the mirror. I have rather large chest and arms and have no problem with some HD billet mirrors.

[bermuda]

I'm using the same mirrors as Holli (see attached pic). The mirrors really suit the bike but you can't see a friggin thing behind you.
BTW Holli, I'm using your pic as my desktop background - beautiful bike.

[Sasquatch]

I guess I'm the big fat b*st*rd referred to by Roddy. :-) I'm 6'4" and weigh a little over 300 pounds and powerlift for fun. For the mirrors to be any use I have to be in a turn, take my hand off the bars, and lean out of the turn to see if anything is behind me. I actually went to the dealership that I bought the bike from and we tried to see if any mirrors would allow me to see behind me. They don't. A mirror would have to be about 6 inches outside the end of the handlebars for me to begin to see behind. Oh well, I know that doesn't help much but I think I'll get the Screaming Eagle exhaust, etc. so I can have more power so that I don't have to worry what's behind me.