T100 - Bar end mirrors

I agree there are loads out there, i went for these (see pic). Roughly £15, pretty well made and at that price cheap as chips really if you damage one. The new bobber with ape hangers has natty bar ends that look mint (to me) so thats another option when they come out.

 

Personally I quite like the 'Sticky up' standard mirrors on my Bonnie.
You get good visibility without having to look down, no vibration and they are not stuck outwards which makes it easier for filtering in traffic.
Some of the ugly mirrors that I have seen fitted as so called improvements are small, stuck out, bolt on things that look exactly what they are with the added disadvantage of having to look down to see the mirror.
Give it some thought before splashing out, the grass is not always greener!

 

The standard mirrors on my Street Twin are great for inspecting my shoulders and elbows, but rubbish for anything else. I bought a pair of Oxford bar enders off ebay for £19.99. Looking down I don't find a problem, no worse than doing life savers like we were taught. I like that I can adjust them easily on the move to check blind spot too. Here's the same on my SE, but with white rather than black nylon ball. The mirrors come in silver too. Never had a problem filtering.

 

I also like the standard mirrors fitted to my Newchurch, but have to agree with Rich that they do not give a rearward view beyond elbows and shoulders.
Physical shoulder checks are never a bad thing in any case, but I have seen that Motea sell mirror extenders which supposedly provide an 40mm width when fitted.
£48 seems a bit steep to me though?

Curly

 

Rich, looking at the photo would I be right in thinking that the bar end mirrors stick out about 100mm more each side than the standard mirrors ?
I do a lot of filtering on my way home from work every day and find the standards are quite unobtrusive.
I agree with Curly though, there is no substitute for a glance over the shoulder.

 

The ones I have you can twist them to sit above the bar and not be sticky out.

 

The stock mirrors on my T100 gave me a good "elbow and shoulder" view but the stock ones on the SE are better. Good visibility and no vibration. The bar end mirrors I tried were actually very good for £8.99 but just too small and I didn't like the fact you had to look down at them.
I'm with Mickeng - I quite like the retro look of the standard mirrors.

 

It doesn't appear as anyone has fitted those Motea mirror eXtenders?
I might lash out on a pair before too long.

Curly

 

Just looked on E bay, quite a few eXtender options for significantly less money than the Motea items

Curly

 

Fitted a single bar end mirror on the Enfield when I had it as it came with no mirrors at all. That was fun riding it home!

 

I was quite content with my OEM mirrors until this post was started, now it's got me looking!
I like the look of the CNC aluminium bar end mirrors from 3 pistons at £69.99 per pair.
Anybody tried them ?

 

Has anyone tried,or want to try a" Riderscan,"180 deg. rear view.
I have one to sell ,I had it on my enfield but it really suits a bike with screen to get best out of it, amazing the field of view. best fitted to touring type screen

 

Hi Mr Toad, may I offer you a piece of advice? When your new mirrors arrive consider doing the following as it'll make installation easy peasy:

1. Remove the original bar end finishers, carefully keeping the fixing screws;

2. Remove the 'rawlplug section' and bolt of the new mirrors;

3. Fix new mirrors with the Triumph fixing screws straight into the existing in-bar fitting (it'll just screw straight in) sorry I've forgotten the correct name for that bit inside the bars

It'll take you 5 mins tops to install your new mirrors like this....................................

 

I fitted salt lake bar end mirrors to my bike,you will need to buy from screw fix,counter sunk 5m Allen key bolts that are 40mm in length.job done! If I am correct I paid £15 for them,other sites charge over £45 for the same mirror!