FJR mirrors

[JPaganel]

I got really sick of the bar end mirrors that came with my bike. The #2 reason was that you have to keep looking down at your hands, and the #1 reason is that the mirrors are far lighter than the bar weights and the bars vibrate so bad, it's like holding a pair of chainsaws.

I picked up a pair cheap ($25 for the pair) mirrors on eBay that were listed as being for an FJ, but when I got them, the invoice said FJR.

The FJR mounts are radically different, with studs attached to the bases. I didn't think they were going to work, so I turned to the writeups here and realized that using CBR mirrors still requires original bases. I got the bases from a wrecker. Then, I decided to take a look at the FJR mirrors again.

The stalks are these fat contoured things, but under the rubber covers there was a flat piece that had a puny M4 screw through it. I held the mirrors up to the bases  and realized that the stalk angle actually works. However, the original mirrors have a smooth M8 hole, and these had a threaded M4 hole. The hole was also not concentric with the hole in the base.

What's a guy to do? Why, whip out the trusty dremel and a cutting bit, then get a beer. I hogged out the hole to the size of the screw in the base and got some washers to shim out the stalk. I think it worked out to three or four washers. I also got new screws as the original ones were rusted.

One important thing to keep in mind with the bases is that they have a weird piece under the head of the bolt. It looks like a regular hexagonal nut, but has no threads. It's a spacer that fits into a hexagonal hole. I'm guessing the idea is to keep the bolt head supported so that it doesn't break in half from vibration. Don't lose this piece and don't leave it out. It's necessary to keep everything nicely pinched together. Also make sure it's fitted into the hexagonal hole correctly when you assemble everything, or you may mess up the mount.

The results are as follows:






The mounts up close:







I haven't quite sorted the fitment of the covers. I think I might have to do a little surgery there.

[keand3]

Nice work man! Those mirrors turned out very well.

Would be nice to have a writ up in the file section on this 

Cheers
Ken

[fj11.5]

Nice work mate,can you see more than your elbows 

[JPaganel]

Nice work mate,can you see more than your elbows 

I see a bit of my shoulders that you can see in the picture. Other than that I see the full neighboring lane.

I don't have as good visibility directly behind me as I had with convex bar-end mirrors, but the ability to go over 4000 RPM is totally worth it.

[fj11.5]

Cool, well worth the effort mate, ,she must have been a buzzing handfull  , wonder if cafe bikes have the same problem