Bar End Mirrors

I have to say, some cheap knock offs are actually worth a punt. I have a cheap £18 (!!) set on my Ducati which look exactly like the originals and have been great so far over several thousand miles. I gave them a go as I couldn't stomach the huge price for the Ducati branded offering.

There seem to be lots of decent looking replacements for the speedmaster mirrors when I did a quick Google as the Triumph branded ones are very costly (and so are some of the alternatives!).

 

Totally agree, some Triumph accessories are ridiculously expensive. Ok, they may be good quality but I can't help thinking we're being ripped off sometimes.

 

When I (can be bothered to) complete those surveys that Triumph occasionally send out I ALWAYS moan about the cost of accessories, but strangely it has made no difference.

 

On my Striple I have these.



I didn’t like the mirrors that came with them so used the OE mirrors that were on the bar stalks, both M6 thread.

They were under a tenner when I bought them but today they are still under £15.

 

Something like these can be had for under £40/pr.
I have the same on my 900 street twin.

Only thing to bear in mind is, the ball for swivelling the mirror on is lubed when manufactured, make sure you clean with thinners, isopropanol, or even petrol, with say a cotton bud before use.

 

They must've gone up in price slightly, there's a surprise.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20281168...KC&stype=1&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=MORE

 

You don’t. If your bars are like mine you will have just unscrewed an 8mm Allen bolt to remove the end cap which should reveal a short length of handlebar protruding from the end of the grip. It is on this expose end of the handlebar that the mirrors are clamped. Having done so you can refit the bar end. You may need a longer Allen screw. The bar end inserts that come with the mirrors are not used.

 

You have taken the cap of by unscrewing an Allen screw. Now please post a photo of the bar end, including the insert.

 

In each of the photos you can clearly see the end of the bars about 20mm wide. The mirrors I have clamp onto that so the insert is only used to screw the bar end caps on. Take care that the right hand mirror clamp doesn’t interfere with the action of the twist grip. Check after fitting the clamp and check again after fitting the bar end caps.

When tightening the bar clamp screw take care to tighten it only enough to prevent the clamp rotating around the bar otherwise you may damage the clamp. Don’t ask how I know but I now have four mirrors (because I chose to use the Triumph ones) looking for a good home.

 

These are the ones that I have recently bought, just to get a replacement bar end clamp. And these are the ones that I originally bought as the colour matches the rear subframe on my Striple.

 

Just for clarification the original set of mirrors were fitted to the bike early 24 and functioned perfectly until I had to remove and refit them in order to instal some UltimateAddOns heated grips and it was my excessive zealousness with the Allen key that necessitated the purchase of a second pair of mirrors.

 

TEC have a sale on at the moment....

https://www.tecbikeparts.com/produc...on/speedmaster-1200/mirrors-speedmaster-1200/

Certainly beats the £220 for OEM parts.
I'm not a fan so don't use them but if I did I'd be going cheap(er) pattern items. They're the easiest and most likely parts to break in a mishap so makes sense to go with decent budget items IMO.

 

Totally agree. My first pair were under a tenner so they were a purely speculative punt that I could bin if I didn’t get on with them.

 

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