• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

mirror placement

  • Thread starter Thread starter bybowtie
  • Start date Start date
B

bybowtie

Guest
where is the best and safest place on the handlebars to place your mirrors? I have seen them on the ends( grips trimmed to fit clamp style) on th hi arcs of bars and even both.. I am a relative newbie and have never seemed to be able to get a " comfort" level from looking in the mirrors..( high speed 50 -60 + head checks can be painful and dangerous) Thank yall for your time and patience
 
Bar-mount them, but try to get them as far forward as possible.

Every fraction of an inch is important. That farther forward you get them, the better the angle they can reflect, and the more effective they are. :)
 
ok this is gonna sound stupid...what do you mean by as far forward??? we talking like closer to the grips???near the brake/clutch levers??sorry I have usually left them where they were when I bought it, but there has to be a better way.. Thanks for understanding
 
You want them as far away from your face as possible, to increase the reflection angle. Mine are right next to the hand controls, and I'm not satisfied, so I am considering increasing the bend in the neck of the mirror to get them further out horizontally as well as moving them up the neck vertically. What it comes down to is you may need to experiment, but you MUST be able to look behind you. Getting rear ended can have devestating results.
 
Try to find a set with long arms that reach far to the side. I think 95% of all riders only see their shoulders and the motorcycle industry has done absolutely nothing about it. They have taken the same stance with the lethal slime that they put on new tires.

Steve
 
Steve, is that 'lethal slime' the reason I was cautioned not to ride on my new tires in the rain for the first (I forget how many) miles?
 
yeah, it is the mold release compound. You can read all about it in the General Discussion forum under "class action...". I'm taking a bashing but some people have good points.

Steve
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top