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Title: mirrors
Post by: Roach on March 24, 2014, 03:30:38 AM

  Hi everybody
                    Well the leg is healing well :blush:but iam having trouble finding a mirror i was told a honda cbr600 mirror would fit my 86 but i dont know what model.
                     Tony (roach)
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: racerrad8 on March 24, 2014, 01:38:50 PM
Tony,

Glad to hear you are healing well. Take care of those knees...

I can still get stock mirrors if you want them, just let me know and I can inquire about pricing.

Randy - RPM
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: roverfj1200 on March 24, 2014, 03:33:08 PM
I have a pair of mirrors here for a 3CV fairing. Does the 86 have this fairing?

New price was $180 a few years back.

Cheers

Richard
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: FJmonkey on March 24, 2014, 03:55:32 PM
Quote from: roverfj1200 on March 24, 2014, 03:33:08 PM
I have a pair of mirrors here for a 3CV fairing. Does the 86 have this fairing?

New price was $180 a few years back.

Cheers

Richard


The 86' is fairing mount for the mirrors, but the surface angle and location are different. Not sure if different enough that the mirrors would or would not adjust properly. If you had an 86/87 owner near you a test could be done to find out.
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: rktmanfj on March 24, 2014, 05:33:57 PM
Quote from: FJmonkey on March 24, 2014, 03:55:32 PM
Quote from: roverfj1200 on March 24, 2014, 03:33:08 PM
I have a pair of mirrors here for a 3CV fairing. Does the 86 have this fairing?

New price was $180 a few years back.

Cheers

Richard


I have '86 mirrors on my '89... slightly wider rear view.

I'd suppose the reverse might work, if'n you have narrow shoulders.



The 86' is fairing mount for the mirrors, but the surface angle and location are different. Not sure if different enough that the mirrors would or would not adjust properly. If you had an 86/87 owner near you a test could be done to find out.
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: Chromaxe on March 25, 2014, 04:42:02 AM
Quote from: Roach on March 24, 2014, 03:30:38 AM

  Hi everybody
                    Well the leg is healing well :blush:but iam having trouble finding a mirror i was told a honda cbr600 mirror would fit my 86 but i dont know what model.
                     Tony (roach)

Tony, glad to hear you are on the mend...try this link (nothing like recycling) http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4774&page=3 (http://www.pashnit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4774&page=3) - a very familiar name in amongst it.

Or this, you may have seen it already - Yamaha FJ1200 rear view mirror upgrade-How to install Honda CBR mirrors on Yamaha FJ1200 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD6qzbqMXsc#ws) - though you don't get to see the "fixing" of the mirror....
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: gyrfalcon on April 12, 2014, 08:42:41 PM
That's a good video and I am interested in trying to improve the mirrors on my bike.
It is an 1989 and they are mounted much lower on the fairing right beside the signal light.
Has anyone had any luck changing those out with something that was an improvement?
If so, what specific mirror worked?
Thanks
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: fintip on April 12, 2014, 08:44:47 PM
fjowners.wikidot.com/mirrors
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: aviationfred on April 12, 2014, 09:17:35 PM
A common mirror mod for the 88'-90' 3CV is 2004 CBR1000 mirrors. I like how they look on the bike and the rear view is greatly improved.
I got mine from http://www.zillion8.com/motorcycle-mirror/honda-motorcycle-mirror/black-honda-cbr1000rr-mirror-2004 (http://www.zillion8.com/motorcycle-mirror/honda-motorcycle-mirror/black-honda-cbr1000rr-mirror-2004)


(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o145/aviationfred/1491303_10201986469576650_995641962_o_zpscfd6863f.jpg~original) (http://s119.photobucket.com/user/aviationfred/media/1491303_10201986469576650_995641962_o_zpscfd6863f.jpg.html)

Fred
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: ribbert on April 12, 2014, 10:27:27 PM
Quote from: aviationfred on April 12, 2014, 09:17:35 PM
A common mirror mod for the 88'-90' 3CV is 2004 CBR1000 mirrors. I like how they look on the bike and the rear view is greatly improved.
I got mine from http://www.zillion8.com/motorcycle-mirror/honda-motorcycle-mirror/black-honda-cbr1000rr-mirror-2004 (http://www.zillion8.com/motorcycle-mirror/honda-motorcycle-mirror/black-honda-cbr1000rr-mirror-2004)

Fred

Fred, I have those same mirrors from zillion8. I reckon they are way better than they deserve to be for the money. I bought them just to try them out, and if I liked them intended to throw them in the bin and invest in a decent pair. I found them so good I never bothered.
While handling them in good light you can see the optics are perhaps not the best, but in use on the road, you couldn't pick the difference. No vibration either.

I love them, and I think they cost the princely sum of $18, for the pair!

Do not confuse these with Emgos.

Noel
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: ken65 on April 13, 2014, 12:14:35 AM
just ordered a pair, 33US delivered, i was umming and arring but when you said they werent emgos i thought good, thanks fred for the link, thanks noel for the review, ken
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: gyrfalcon on April 16, 2014, 01:23:19 AM
Thanks a lot for the information about the mirrors.
Are they a bolt on mirror or do you need to modify the holes?
Thanks again, I'll be ordering a pair soon.
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: ken65 on April 16, 2014, 02:25:22 AM
according to the wikilink thing, for the 89-90 model there a straight bolt on
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: MatYl on May 20, 2014, 09:53:42 AM
Quote from: aviationfred on April 12, 2014, 09:17:35 PM
A common mirror mod for the 88'-90' 3CV is 2004 CBR1000 mirrors. I like how they look on the bike and the rear view is greatly improved.
I got mine from http://www.zillion8.com/motorcycle-mirror/honda-motorcycle-mirror/black-honda-cbr1000rr-mirror-2004 (http://www.zillion8.com/motorcycle-mirror/honda-motorcycle-mirror/black-honda-cbr1000rr-mirror-2004)

I ordered mirrors from zillion8 over month ago. I haven't had mirrors or answers e-mails I have sent. Well, PayPal is investigating, what is going on. Perhaps shop don't exist anymore, even they still take money  :mad:. But I have found mirrors from Poland  :good2:.
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: ken65 on May 20, 2014, 04:31:47 PM
yeah i ordered my mirrors 5 weeks ago from zillion8 aswell and nothing, no replies nothing from them either, the only time i got a message was when they confirmed my order and gave me an order number. thank god for paypal.   ken
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: ken65 on June 05, 2014, 08:39:20 PM
well paypal refunded my money, its as though zillion8 disappeared of the face of the planet.  weird 
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: Dazza57 on June 13, 2014, 03:12:41 PM
Wow, another one. I ordered mine from Zillion in April. Paid with Paypal, got an order number back and nothing. What do you have to do to get your money back?

Cheers, Dazza
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: ken65 on June 13, 2014, 06:52:45 PM
gday Dazza, with paypal you have 45 days from the date of purchase to lodge a claim, you log into your paypal acc then above your transaction records you click on Resolution centre then go from there,  ken
Title: Re: mirrors
Post by: Dazza57 on June 13, 2014, 09:09:02 PM
Thanks Ken, looks like I did my money, about 10 days late to claim. Buggar, didn't know you could do that.

Cheers, Dazza