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Visionary
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Central Maryland | Twice now I've had a state trooper sneak up behind me and I didn't know he was there; due to the fact that the stock OEM mirrors on the Vision leave a huge blind spot immediately behind me.
I want to mount a good looking, well functioning set of auxiliary mirrors on the handlebar control housings (they appear drilled for a mirror stem).
What size stem will fit and what mirrors are some of you using that work well? |
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Puddle Jumper
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| I bought a couple of tear drop mirrors from the victory dealer that are made for the vision in black. I think I paid $80.00 for the mirrors. They work great for me. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 880
Orlando, FL | Almost any metric mirrors will work. Search around and get whatever you like. There are tons of them! |
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Cruiser
Posts: 216
Danville, CA | Arlen Ness makes some stylish ones. I have a set. |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| there over 400 mirrors here have fun
https://www.denniskirk.com/search/cruiser-motorcycle/mirrors.q |
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Visionary
Posts: 1365
Central Maryland | johnnyvision - 2012-11-17 7:03 PM
there over 400 mirrors here have fun
https://www.denniskirk.com/search/cruiser-motorcycle/mirrors.q[/QUOT...
Good Gawd! Now I can't decide! 
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Cruiser
Posts: 208
Edmonton Alberta, Canada | I have been riding my 08 for almost 5 years now, yes at first I did not like seeing my knckles in the mirrors, but now I have them adjusted just fine, no blind spot, a 10 yard back I am able to watch a dog cross the street behind me with out loosing site of it! I check my mirrors probally 7-8 times per minute, nothing catches me off guard. There is always a school bus mirror one could mount which would double as a sun vison/extra wind deflector! Just kidding. |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| I haven't looked into them but I have thought about a rear view camera just for the heck of it |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | I've thought about that for the last couple of bikes I've had. They make some VERY small rear view cams these days. The problem would be figuring out some place to mount the monitor. It would have to be weatherproof but space is limited. RAM mount on the bars or on the center stack/dash is about it. If you have a dedicated GPS, you're already taking up one of the possible mounting locations. Price is another issue. I think most quality systems (including a small/weatherproof monitor) will probably run close to $500. That's alot of money to eliminate a small problem. (Unless you have $100 bills falling out of your butt, in which case, wash a few and send some to me.) |
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Cruiser
Posts: 91
| How about Reevu MSX1 Rear-View Helmet. I tried one on in the showroom but would like to try it on the road before plunking down $399.
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/reevu-msx1-rear-view-helmet?gcli... |
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Tourer
Posts: 482
Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | I've seen GPS units that share the same screen with a back up camera on big RVs but probably not waterproof. Found this kit for $125-you can pay more than that for a set of mirrors http://www.tobefast.com/rear-view-camera-kit-pr-10002369.html
I went a very inexpensive route, less than $5 at auto parts store, with a couple of wedge shaped "hot spot" convex mirrors placed in the upper outside corners of my rear view mirrors- they cover the rear blind spot well-no sneaking up from behind surprises.
http://www.etrailer.com/Mirrors/CIPA/CM49002.html
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Iron Butt
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Peru, IN | I have the same blind spot mirrors. I still can't see behind me so I got some bar mounted mirrors. They're chrome but nice (Ness). I bought a nice used set of black (which is the look I'm going for) Kuryakyn Scythe mirrors but they had HD mounting studs and I broke both of them off in the mirrors trying to unscrew them. Not sure I can get the remaining parts of the studs out. Too bad if I can't as they'd look SHARP (no pun intended). |
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Tourer
Posts: 576
, IA | Pick up a set of mirrors from a car shop out of fl. Hooks to bracket that covers front of bike below windscreen looks nice a little vib |
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Cruiser
Posts: 244
| I think you have two other opsions, one is a stick-on similiar to ByteN2it's from Walmarts that fits the contour of your mirror AND is adjustable after it is stuck on. I chose to get the one's that mount above the mirrors, they clamp to front snap in panel, they come from RV World. I had mine chrome coated (the cheap version) they look more grey which matches my Blue Ice & Grey. Non distructive so if you don't like them, just unclamp them. Post Pictures if you go with bar mounts. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 244
| Forgot to add I have pictures of them in my Gallery (wingit3611) |
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Cruiser
Posts: 231
Desert Hot Springs (Palm Springs area), CA | ByteN2it - 2012-11-19 7:21 I went a very inexpensive route, less than $5 at auto parts store, with a couple of wedge shaped "hot spot" convex mirrors placed in the upper outside corners of my rear view mirrors- they cover the rear blind spot well-no sneaking up from behind surprises. http://www.etrailer.com/Mirrors/CIPA/CM49002.html[/QUOTE] +1 This solution works the best for me too! I can see my "6" just fine now. |
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Visionary
Posts: 2118
Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | willtill - 2012-11-17 4:12 AM Twice now I've had a state trooper sneak up behind me and I didn't know he was there; due to the fact that the stock OEM mirrors on the Vision leave a huge blind spot immediately behind me. I want to mount a good looking, well functioning set of auxiliary mirrors on the handlebar control housings (they appear drilled for a mirror stem). What size stem will fit and what mirrors are some of you using that work well? These work well and are cheap. Search the threads for 'mirror' to see where to get them, and others.
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Tourer
Posts: 576
, IA | Yep those r the ones i have---
Edited by sonicbluerider 2012-11-19 3:24 PM
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Iron Butt
Posts: 763
Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | The 08 Visions do not have the threaded holes. The later years do have them. There are 2 main metric mirror thread sizes, 8mm and 10mm. I believe the Visions that do have threaded mirror holes are 10mm. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | You're correct. 10mm. Perhaps, on the "older" Visions, you could drill completely through the reservior housings and mount any Harley mirror (they have a bolt insteat of threads). |
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Cruiser
Posts: 244
| Look like the one's I got from RV camper's world. I thike they add to the looks of the Bike too! |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1066
Peru, IN | It looks like there are 2 sizes of the frogs eye mirrors and a couple different brands. Which size and brand did you guys get that have them? |
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Cruiser
Posts: 157
| I picked up 2 round blind spot mirrors from Wally World they can rotate to get them how you want |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 802
| Here's mine: 
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Tourer
Posts: 599
New Mexico | donetracey - 2012-11-19 2:09 PM
These work well and are cheap. Search the threads for 'mirror' to see where to get them, and others.?
k, I give up. Can't find them with a search. Can you give any other clues as to where you purchased?
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Need recommendation for auxiliary mirrors for the Vision
