Best Functional Replacement Mirrors

[ungeheuer]

My perception has been that they increase the bike width.  Perhaps I'm wrong?

There's barends...



and there's barends...

[FiveG]

   Thanks.  I guess I will broaden my search and inquiry.

[thought]

My perception has been that they increase the bike width.  Perhaps I'm wrong?

If you're worried about the width for lane splitting then you should look into the CRG folding ones... they are designed to fold in so there is no diff in width.

But they do slightly increase the width of the bike but not to the point where the costs outweigh the benefits imo... but as ung has shown, there are a lot of different models and choices out there.  I have the rizoma reverse retros and I love them but I've used the CRG's before and they do provide a much better view behind and to the sides with their 3" convex glass if your main point is rearward visibility.

[Howellerman]

Best mirrors I ever used for actually seeing what's behind you were Rizoma Class Retros..... but they are barends (large ones) but barends nonetheless.

+1 on the Rizoma Class Retros. Zero vibration, zero movement, and on the Monster it kind of gives it a kind of "bull bar" look.

[MashBill]

I use the Rizoma Reverse Retros.  They are the best mirrors I have used in my 30+ years of motorcycling.

[mr_jimmybob]

Hi.

The Monster 696 being my first motorcycle I thought the stock mirrors were not up to what I expect to see behind me.

I first replaced them with these:



These have been linked to earlier in this post. They were pretty good. Not 'E' marked, more or less $100. But I cant say if they were better than stock.

Then, thinking I should be seeing better (I could see a bit too much of my arms).

I got these:



These have also been linked in this post. Also not 'E' marked. About $60. Look pretty good. And visibility is OK. The only complaint I have here is that I think I have too much of a blind spot with these ones.

Soooo. I went and got these ones (the one on the left, sorry, no complete photo):



They have also been mentioned in this post. I have not given them a spin yet. They cost $30.

The only thing I must add is that they all are modelled after some of the Rizoma models and measures seem very similar (if not exact). I do not know if the glass surface is the same (I should think not). These are all cheapish Chinese spin-offs.

Is it really worth the $250 tag price for the similar Rizomas?

Are there any better solutions ?

Hope to have helped. And hope you all have a great ride.
Mark.

[Nero-92]

The only functional mirrors I know of are found on bus and trucks.

[BlackdogGS]

I'm looking for mirrors also.  The bar ends will get destroyed after a simple driveway tip over (I know, I use to have CRG's).   Right now I'm using stock mirrors, nice but I see too much shoulder.  I'm thinking the Ducati Vipers might be an option but I don't know if there any wider than stock, any of you know?  If your using Vipers let me know how you like them.

Another consideration is ill probably get a Kaoko throttle lock later so bar end mirrors are out. 

[CDChase1981]

+1 on the Rizoma Class Retros. Zero vibration, zero movement, and on the Monster it kind of gives it a kind of "bull bar" look.

I have class retros on my 696 and love them.

[BlackdogGS]

Rizmoa Class Retro's look like they would survive a tip over also.  So I have it narrowed down between them and the Vipers.

[acto]

I have Class Retro on my 1100s and love them.

[RAT900]

CRG Bar End Lane Splitters are still my favorites

http://www.motostrano.com/CRG-Mirrors-Lanesplitter-p/06400121.htm

[Skybarney]

Functional mirrors - V-Twin 

[KLF]

Soooo. I went and got these ones (the one on the left, sorry, no complete photo):



They have also been mentioned in this post. I have not given them a spin yet. They cost $30.

The only thing I must add is that they all are modelled after some of the Rizoma models and measures seem very similar (if not exact). I do not know if the glass surface is the same (I should think not). These are all cheapish Chinese spin-offs.

Is it really worth the $250 tag price for the similar Rizomas?

Are there any better solutions ?

Hope to have helped. And hope you all have a great ride.
Mark.

When I bought my Monster last year, it had only one mirror and even that was badly placed.
I replaced it with similar ebay knock-offs as you have in that picture.

1st set: one mirror broken as new, wind would tip it over after ~80km/h. Seller sent another pair with only postage and I didn't need to return the old ones.
2nd set: realised there is optically two kinds of mirrors, wide (good) and narrow (got three of these). At the first test run, I found out that the mirrors would still tip over after 100km/h and the whole mirror starts to bend in the wind after 130km/h speeds. I could not tighten it enough. Also I didn't like how they blocked my hands from moving sideways. So I decided to replace them this winter.

Winter came, I looked at the CRG Lanesplitters and the price tag... Decided to try one more ebay knock offs first: http://www.ebay.com/itm/270816208628 For a pair of CRG's I could buy 5-8 sets of those.
So I ordered a pair, they arrived pretty quickly and I actually installed them today. Since it was raining and only +1,5C I didn't ride today and I actually forgot to take pictures (too excited as the bike actually started after 5 months). If these don't fall off or apart and I can see wha'ts behind me, they were worth the price.

[Skybarney]

^^^^ by the time you spent all that money and time you could have bought Rizomas......