Anyone want a set of fancy gitty gitty go go mirrors

[_Sheffjs_]

I can bring them this Saturday.  Looks to be a good quality aftermarket set.  The adjustments work well.  

Make a crazy offer if anyone wants them.  

[TJ]

I'll pay postage if you sent them to me.....

101 BOWIE AVE
LAKE PLACID,FL
33852

[sixlow]

I would buy both of ya's lunch this weekend for em. They seem to be wider set, maybe I would be able to see around me better.

[_Sheffjs_]

Lunch,  Yep 

[Bronxboy]

That would have been my offer if I needed them  

[sixlow]

Sweet,       sorry TJ   

[TJ]

     He said crazy offer........   

[Flrider]

I can bring them this Saturday.  Looks to be a good quality aftermarket set.  The adjustments work well.  

Make a crazy offer if anyone wants them.  

I would buy both of ya's lunch this weekend for em. They seem to be wider set, maybe I would be able to see around me better.

Mike

You too nice, I was going to let him buy me lunch and take the mirrors 

Nice mirrors, I believe they are Kuryakyn brand and they are pretty good, nice score 

[Jess from VA]

I have two pair of those mirrors in my storage bin.  One each with sets of short and long arms and spare parts.  At different times, I had them on my Hog, Mean Streak and Valks.  Much nicer looking than the OE rectangle-boxy Valk OE mirrors.  And the glass is good and clear.

Kuryakyn magnum mirrors (and I believe those are the long arms).

But one needs to exercise care with the metric adapter mounts to the valk handlebar controls (females).  The handlebar control is aluminum, and the bolt is steel, and if you tighten too hard, you can strip threads in the control.  The reason this comes up is, that no matter how hard I tightened them (carefully) eventually a few hard bumps would cause them to swing loose on the adapter bolt.  When they come loose while riding, you cannot just reach out and pull/push them back to tight, they are no longer aimed correctly (even with the mirror pivots balls). I never tore my threads all out, but I damaged them, and I then wrapped the bolts with plumbers tape to get them tight again.  But after awhile, they would swing loose again.  Thus they are in my parts bin. The Valk OE mirrors never come loose and are back on my bikes even though they do not look as good as the magnums.  Fields of view are about the same, but the Valk OEs are a bit larger.

Also note, taller bigger guys generally need taller mirrors than wider mirrors (arms); wider do look around big guys, but your eyes must go farther out to the side (away from the road) to use them, whereas taller mirrors only require a small amount of elevation change and your eyes remain straight ahead.  The long arms worked well for my Mean Streak (Kawi), with flat drag bars (shorter than the Valk eagle wing bars).    

I am not trying to sink any deal here, and they are nice mirrors, but I thought I would relay my experience with them.  Get them good and tight to start, without stripping any threads, and keep your eye on them (and carry the correct wrench for tightening the metric adapter bolts on your bike).  Loctite might be a good idea.

YMMV

[_Sheffjs_]

Sounds like a touch of Loctite might help. 

[The emperor has no clothes]

I have two pair of those mirrors in my storage bin.  One each with sets of short and long arms and spare parts.  At different times, I had them on my Hog, Mean Streak and Valks.  Much nicer looking than the OE rectangle-boxy Valk OE mirrors.  And the glass is good and clear.

Kuryakyn magnum mirrors (and I believe those are the long arms).

But one needs to exercise care with the metric adapter mounts to the valk handlebar controls (females).  The handlebar control is aluminum, and the bolt is steel, and if you tighten too hard, you can strip threads in the control.  The reason this comes up is, that no matter how hard I tightened them (carefully) eventually a few hard bumps would cause them to swing loose on the adapter bolt.  When they come loose while riding, you cannot just reach out and pull/push them back to tight, they are no longer aimed correctly (even with the mirror pivots balls). I never tore my threads all out, but I damaged them, and I then wrapped the bolts with plumbers tape to get them tight again.  But after awhile, they would swing loose again.  Thus they are in my parts bin. The Valk OE mirrors never come loose and are back on my bikes even though they do not look as good as the magnums.  Fields of view are about the same, but the Valk OEs are a bit larger.

Also note, taller bigger guys generally need taller mirrors than wider mirrors (arms); wider do look around big guys, but your eyes must go farther out to the side (away from the road) to use them, whereas taller mirrors only require a small amount of elevation change and your eyes remain straight ahead.  The long arms worked well for my Mean Streak (Kawi), with flat drag bars (shorter than the Valk eagle wing bars).    

I am not trying to sink any deal here, and they are nice mirrors, but I thought I would relay my experience with them.  Get them good and tight to start, without stripping any threads, and keep your eye on them (and carry the correct wrench for tightening the metric adapter bolts on your bike).  Loctite might be a good idea.

YMMV

I had the same issue with a set. Readjusted them so many times one of them just broke off and almost hit my buddy behind me.

[_Sheffjs_]

Well fine I will bolt them to the wall in the shop and shave out there.   

[Bronxboy]

Well after all that, I think u buy Mike lunch before u give him those self destructing mirrors 

[_Sheffjs_]

After I win a lawsuit and millions of monies against the manufacturer.