Bar End Mirrors

Has anyone seen or got a pic of a Monnie with bar end mirrors on please?

[crust]

Pedros got them on his M900

have a look at the pics in this thread

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ad.php?t=10847

drop him a pm, I think his are pushbike ones

Crust

Brill, thanks for that

Bar end mirrors are great in my opinion. Motrax make them in alloy or black.
I've got the black ones. They are fully adjustable, and I've had no problems with them. The only thing to be aware of Chappers, is that because they are small convex mirrors, things look further away than they really are, but one gets used to that.

I am buying some tomorrow, I only want one so there will be one going spare...if it all works..

Yep, I've got Motrax ones, only about £30 or so. The silver ones don't stand up to the weather at all and look ****e after a few months exposure to the more inclement weather that this country throws at us.

As Pedro has told others about bar ends though it's a wise idea to silicone the beggars in coz a Monnie just shakes the glass out otherwise. The actual glass can be replaced with plastic (flatter) ones from any good cycle shop as it's just a standard 3". Motrax don't do replacements themselves (surprise, surprise!).

Beware if you're filtering though, it makes the bike considerably wider!

Originally Posted by A Yerbury

I am buying some tomorrow, I only want one so there will be one going spare...if it all works..

Yerbs, that's what I did. One on the Monster, and one on the little CG when I had it. I find fitting two, limits ones filtering abilities too much.

I am mounting them inwards...pic to follow/explain!

[Pedro]

Motrax Part Number is MBM I think, about £30 and definitely silicon the glass in!

Motrax can supply spare glass if you ask really nicely! Go easy tightening all the bolts up as I managed to crack one of the arms.

The only downside I think is that it makes the bars a little wider which can be a pain when filtering.

Ped

hmmm youve got me thinking about them now Chappers!

Originally Posted by SAMMYE

hmmm youve got me thinking about them now Chappers!

Sam, one thing that's always annoyed me with the Monster, is that the really nice looking mirrors tend to be useless to use, and the crap looking ones work. The Motrax bar-end mirrors look really nice IMO, and are pretty unobtrusive.
The only problem is that they increase the width of the bars, making filtering a bit more difficult in some situations as mentioned above, and that the reflected image is quite small.
Over all though, I think that they are nice mirrors at very low cost.
I've not had the glass pop out of mine, but Ped's reminder of that possibility, will galvanise me into getting out the silicon.

pics to follow re filtering.

Thanks everyone for the info, still in 2 minds whether to get them tho what with the width issue, shame they can't arch over slightly more into the bike rather than outwards if you get what I mean but then s'pose that really fecks up the visability even more

If not, I'm gonna go for some carbon fibre ovalish mirrors but looking at the ducati store they are £85+VAT EACH !!! Much prefer £30 for bar ends

there is a way -hopefully- to mount them inwards, and visibility wise a mirror should always be used with a life saver. Ill post a pic later....being france the local bike mega duplex is on a 2 hour lunch break...........

[Albie]

Jmo has the solution and mounted them inwards through arms. Seems to work ok.