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Ian900SLV
02-Apr-2004, 11:00
Hi guys,
anyone know where I can source a set a mirror extension blocks to fit on the SL.
I am sick of looking at my elbows;);)

Cheers
Ian
Iconic944ss
02-Apr-2004, 11:47
I think I got mine from Brancato engineering....

http://www.brancatoengineering.freeserve.co.uk/

Could be wrong....

Good luck
Iconic944ss
02-Apr-2004, 11:53
Good grief I was right for a change.....have a piccy even............

Frank
Ian900SLV
02-Apr-2004, 13:15
Cheers Frank,
I thought you might have the answer :D:D
I`ve sent an email off to enquire

Ian
Derek
02-Apr-2004, 13:23
They are plug ugly things - like club foot boots for mirrors. :o
I've had them for a couple of years and I'm seriously thinking of taking a band saw to them and cutting them so they taper off to the rear. This won't affect their extension properties but will hopefully make them slightly more aesthetically pleasing.
Phil Butler
02-Apr-2004, 17:23
How are you going to taper them Derek? mine are Brancato and are hollow inside with reinforcing struts, are yours from another source?

Phil
martin hughes
02-Apr-2004, 18:20
The Brancato extensions work OK but are ugly. I have fitted VFR 750 (CBR 600) pattern mirrors - needs an extra screw hole in the fairing but they work well.
FiscusFish
02-Apr-2004, 20:04
Originally posted by martin hughes
The Brancato extensions work OK but are ugly. I have fitted VFR 750 (CBR 600) pattern mirrors - needs an extra screw hole in the fairing but they work well.

Picture?
Iconic944ss
03-Apr-2004, 23:12
Bar end mirrors seem to be all the rage in the USA ?????

Dunno about on a Duke mind
Derek
05-Apr-2004, 09:29
Originally posted by Phil Butler
How are you going to taper them Derek? mine are Brancato and are hollow inside with reinforcing struts, are yours from another source?

Phil
Mine are from Brancato too and similarly constructed but if I cut the rear of them, i.e. the part which abuts against the fairing, then the external apearance will be un-affected.
Derek
05-Apr-2004, 10:02
I've done a Photoshop job on Frank's pic to show what I mean.
http://www.badmcc.co.uk/derek/mirror2.jpg
Iconic944ss
05-Apr-2004, 10:40
Nice edit !!!

I never thought my garage wall would be so famous :lol:

Looks good but.....the bolts and nuts would be mounted at an angle inside the fairing. Not too much of a problem I guess - suggest it to Brancato and ask for some commission !!!! :devil:

Frank
paulmort
07-Apr-2004, 20:33
get an anglegrinder on yer elbows m8!!!!!!!!!!!
trust mort to come up wiff a rather stupid answer
get into a race position and keep them elbows tucked in
Im actually swappin my mirroors for a pair I saw at nelly's which are about 1 cm shorter than mine, so the old ones free to anyone who wants them, p+p even paid. They are the square-ish type as Im moving towards the slightly oval shaped (at the outside edge, if that makes sense) type.
rgds
a too large mirrored mort:roll::roll:
migsangel
20-Apr-2004, 11:35
Originally posted by martin hughes
The Brancato extensions work OK but are ugly. I have fitted VFR 750 (CBR 600) pattern mirrors - needs an extra screw hole in the fairing but they work well.


Can you show a picture of what your bike looks like with the honda mirrors?