Mirrors with blinkers

Does anyone know which are the best mirrors with built in blinkers to use on a fifth gen.
I would prefer painted ones as opposed to black.
There must be something out there that is an easy fit.

 

Hmm - I have always been distinctly suspicious about the idea of adding unnecessary expense and complexity to the component most likely to get broken on a motorbike. OK from the manufacturers perspective it makes great sense, and indeed many luxury car manufacturers seem to have had a similar thought process. It gets even better when you also design a mounting arrangement which effectively locks bike owners into buying your OEM part if(when) it does get whacked and the lense smashed in the process. Suffice to say a genuine Suzuki GSXR part is not cheap.

Thankfully if you unbolt your current mirrors and measure the hole sizes and spacings then you can potentially email ebay sellers asking them to provide the equivalent measurements. I suspect there are now plenty of clone items out there which might work for you such as these rather more reasonably priced mirrors currently on ebay with worldwide postage offered - Suzuki GSXR600 GSXR750 GSXR1000 K6 K7 K8 Integrated Indicator Turn Signal Mirror | eBay

As for an easy fit - I rather doubt it - as the 5th gen VFR mirror mount has no provision for wiring, I assume you will be out with a drill, and at the very least need to splice into the existing indicator wiring to run it in parallel with the current front indicators. The extra current draw may mean you will have to fit LEDs or upgrade the flasher unit to keep the blink speed about right.

Personally I think a great bike would look rather butchered if you also decided to remove the existing front indicators and simply blank off the hole, but its your bike. Enjoy..

Good luck



SkiMad

 

I have seen peeps using knock off GSXR mirror on the 5th gen. There should be a thread about this subject, let me see if I can find it.

 

Here is the link
http://vfrworld.com/forums/6th-gene...th-gen-front-signal-signal-mirror-wiring.html

 

Mirror turn signals

Remove old signals, reroute wires to fairing and patch over hole and paint. Some mirrors do not have running light provision.

GSXR mirrors with adapters available over at vfrd.

New CBR1000 mirrors.

Triumph Sprint mirrors. I happen to have a pair in my garage if you want to try it.

Your money, your project. I run Honda Blackbird mirrors with my own homemade adpaters on my 93.

Larry

 

Larry any picture of your mirror?

 

Blackbird mirrors

Lets see.

I think that did it.

Larry

 

Thanks for posting. Thats different and I like to find out if there is a different assortment or styles of these mirrors. I may want to try this.

 

tink, ive been wanting to ditch the condoms on my 99, and im all about hi-viz.

ive seen units online very similar to the ones you have, and thought they looked iffy at best,
but ...
seeing them on your bike makes me think they may be just the right solution (at least for me)

couple of questions:
- are they drilled at 50mm to fit OEM ? or a slotted adjustable base like most ive seen?
- 2 or 3 wire? ie: running lights AND turn indication? or just pick your preference?
(it appears your OEM turns are missing so im gonna speculate on a run-AND-turn setup)
- how is the fit in terms of function? able to set them to actually see behind your elbows?
it looks like pivot only at base, no spin or yaw there, and as normal full articulation at head?
this is the config that i thought would be the no-go part, but looks like you have them working
- do you have a manuf / part # / model / dist / vendor / ebayer / or any contact info?

thanks in advance for any further insight, - ben

 

tink, thanks for the quick reply. im almost ready to pull the trigger on some after seeing your setup.

im gonna PM you with my email addy, so i can axe you some "i dont know no nutting about 12v LED juicing" questions.

 

I'm wondering where your OEM turn signal holes went. Epoxy fill, then repaint?

Same deal with your muffler - Under-tail system: Is that a custom fabricated design?
(edit) Wait a minute..that's not a fifth-gen backend on that bike, is it? (/edit)

 

The Butcher is here ! GSXR Heads on VFR Stalks ! Removed front fairing lenses & added blank plates.

 

Nice assortment.

One thing about true vifferisti, they're creative.

Larry

 

wow !!!!! how do you do this? where do you buy/mod? and do you change fork tube?

 

Yeah, I'm wondering about that too. Can you shed a little light on that... which year Gixxer? How much modification was required to make it work?

 

There were some Chinese LED mirrors on fleabay that claim to fit VFR800, any one tried those?

 

I've thought about doing this myself but only if the new mirrors had longer stems to widen the rear view. Instead of blocking off the existing holes what about mounting a small pair of led projectors (1.5" diameter ) to help out with the weak low beams.