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Well I got a chance to ride the Busa with my new mirrors and here's some info.....
The mirror surface is considerably smaller than stock and it felt slightly limited upon first use. As I racked up some distance I realized that the magnifying properties of the R/T mirrors compensated somewhat for the smaller mirror surface....yielding a similar size field of vision, albeit smaller to the eye. After getting used to that, I grew to accept that and it no longer bothered me! I also noticed that, on a sunny day, the darker bluish tint of the lens seemed to eliminate glare better than OEM units. I only ran up to 5000rpm and didn't notice vibration effects any more severe than stockers. It should be noted that these observations were with the 1" extenders installed, I just don't have time to try the mirrors without and report(4 day dualsport ride tomorrow).
Will I leave them on? Yes, they are quality, good looking pieces and when I rode up to the bicycle shop, 2 guys came out and the first thing said was, "cool mirrors". That is on a freshly polished Busa with ALOT of shiny racing parts!
I might put the OEM units back on for a week plus sport touring ride (but I said that about the Buell pegs when I installed Sato rearsets and the Buell units are still in a shoebox a year later!).
I hope this helps those guys that pm'ed me with questions. Be safe....Doyle
The mirror surface is considerably smaller than stock and it felt slightly limited upon first use. As I racked up some distance I realized that the magnifying properties of the R/T mirrors compensated somewhat for the smaller mirror surface....yielding a similar size field of vision, albeit smaller to the eye. After getting used to that, I grew to accept that and it no longer bothered me! I also noticed that, on a sunny day, the darker bluish tint of the lens seemed to eliminate glare better than OEM units. I only ran up to 5000rpm and didn't notice vibration effects any more severe than stockers. It should be noted that these observations were with the 1" extenders installed, I just don't have time to try the mirrors without and report(4 day dualsport ride tomorrow).
Will I leave them on? Yes, they are quality, good looking pieces and when I rode up to the bicycle shop, 2 guys came out and the first thing said was, "cool mirrors". That is on a freshly polished Busa with ALOT of shiny racing parts!
I might put the OEM units back on for a week plus sport touring ride (but I said that about the Buell pegs when I installed Sato rearsets and the Buell units are still in a shoebox a year later!).
I hope this helps those guys that pm'ed me with questions. Be safe....Doyle
