vfr mirrors

will the 2000 rudderless mirrors fit straight to my 98 vfr?

 

Yes, they should bolt right up with no issues as the bolt spacing is the same. I put some 2000 VFR style mirrors on my 97 VFR a few years back and they bolted right up.

 

EMGO makes decent aftermarket VFR replacement mirrors without the rubber sleeves. They are decent quality and much cheaper than OEM. Last I checked they were $35 each on Amazon. They fit all VFRs made between 1990 and 2001 as seen in the picture below on my 3rd Gen.

Part Numbers:

20-37341 (right side)
20-37342 (left side)






Rollin

 

BTW, where did you get the windscreen?

 

The Windscreen was made by Maier but they stopped making them for the old VFRs many years ago. I stumbled across this one brand new in the box on Ebay a few years back and snapped it up quickly. It's better quality than the stuff from Hong Kong but is still significantly thinner than OEM.


Rollin

 

Nice looking bike, I am waiting on carb parts for mine that I just picked up. Adventually, I will experiment with some plastic repair methods as every piece of body work has a crack in it. Saw something where they used Oatey ABS cement along with some harvested ABS and made a paste and repaired the cracks etc.

I got a Skidmarx windscreen on my 91 and am gona end up putting on my old OEM screen on the 93. MRA makes some nice looking screens too. Fit and finish of the Skidmarx is good btw, I remember Maire back in the day. Cheers

 

The Oatey ABS cement is mostly MEK and possibly a small fraction of a proprietary retarder. Straight MEK is better for making up the "glue" . A chunk of ABS plumbing pipe or fitting and Surform (cheesegrater) or a rasp will grind the ABS down to where it's usable as a filler. It works and is cheap. The downside is that it dries and cures slowly and worthless for adding or fixing busted tabs. I really don't think it ever gets hard..

For those that have limited reading comprehension skills, please take no offense in my last sentence. We are talking chemistry and not biology.


All kinds of Magic Gordo fixes out there each one better than all the others.. The stuff from NAPA in the two tube syringe works just fine. For sticking two pieces of fairing plastic together with anything, any paint has to be removed. A good way to get a couple of chunks lined up is to use a dot of gel superglue. Clamps, and even clothespins with a rubberband wrapped around them work. Another handy-dandy holder is a bigass lump or two of floral clay from WalMart.

Down your way a bucket of water might keep that clay just a bit less viscous if ya hold off on the fix until July or August..