I think I posted a request for sources of knowledge about mirror risers for my 2011 GSA.
There was a fair amount of chat but no definite solutions were found - until now!
My attention was caught by this eBay listing 140746122165 and I reckoned that if they stocked RH/RH risers they would have LH/LH ones too as judging from their non-eBay site they have more bits of turned steel than you can throw a stick at. So, after a brief conversation with Dave at Bitzforbikes on 01706344899, 2 off RH/RH and 2 off LH/LH were on their way to me. I ordered two of each so that I had the option of a little or big lift.
The bits arrived the following day and I found that the picking team had sent me 2 off RH/RH and 1 off RH/LH and 1 off LH/RH. After another phone call and many apologies from Dave, more risers arrived (free) but no LH/LH. Another phonecall, followed by a search through their parts bins revealed that they do not stock LH/LH risers. Fair enough, I could screw a LH/RH into a RH/LH (secured with stud lock) to give me a double height LH/LH riser (secured to the bike with thread lock). So off I went to the bike - stored at parents for various reasons - and fitted the LH/LH riser to the right hand mirror and took it for a test. What a result! The higher mirror is much easier to use - I'm 6'2'' and found that I had a tendency to slouch when using the mirrors. Great, so I'll use the RH/RH pair to raise the left hand mirror - except I can't because it too has a left hand thread!
This is the weekend before my trip to France with LotusMArtin and others. :-(
Panic call to that saint called Dave who fires a couple more LH/RH RH/LH risers to me post haste - not free 'cos it was my mistake.
These arrive and are fitted in plenty of time for the trip.
In essence, I found that simply lifting the mirrors has made them easier to use whilst maintaining the field of view which I think is lost when using bespoke risers which move the mirrors away from the rider and then up. And the risers cost about £15 and pair give a lift of about 50mm. Mirror vibration seems no worse than standard.
I've attached a poor picture from which you can see that I have not had time to fashion a discrete cover for the risers.
Can anyone explain why both mirrors have 10mm left hand threads (which are known in the bike trade as "Yamaha threads")? The 'stalk' mirrors on all of my previous bikes have been LH for the right mirror and RH for the left mirror.
There was a fair amount of chat but no definite solutions were found - until now!
My attention was caught by this eBay listing 140746122165 and I reckoned that if they stocked RH/RH risers they would have LH/LH ones too as judging from their non-eBay site they have more bits of turned steel than you can throw a stick at. So, after a brief conversation with Dave at Bitzforbikes on 01706344899, 2 off RH/RH and 2 off LH/LH were on their way to me. I ordered two of each so that I had the option of a little or big lift.
The bits arrived the following day and I found that the picking team had sent me 2 off RH/RH and 1 off RH/LH and 1 off LH/RH. After another phone call and many apologies from Dave, more risers arrived (free) but no LH/LH. Another phonecall, followed by a search through their parts bins revealed that they do not stock LH/LH risers. Fair enough, I could screw a LH/RH into a RH/LH (secured with stud lock) to give me a double height LH/LH riser (secured to the bike with thread lock). So off I went to the bike - stored at parents for various reasons - and fitted the LH/LH riser to the right hand mirror and took it for a test. What a result! The higher mirror is much easier to use - I'm 6'2'' and found that I had a tendency to slouch when using the mirrors. Great, so I'll use the RH/RH pair to raise the left hand mirror - except I can't because it too has a left hand thread!
This is the weekend before my trip to France with LotusMArtin and others. :-(
Panic call to that saint called Dave who fires a couple more LH/RH RH/LH risers to me post haste - not free 'cos it was my mistake.
These arrive and are fitted in plenty of time for the trip.
In essence, I found that simply lifting the mirrors has made them easier to use whilst maintaining the field of view which I think is lost when using bespoke risers which move the mirrors away from the rider and then up. And the risers cost about £15 and pair give a lift of about 50mm. Mirror vibration seems no worse than standard.
I've attached a poor picture from which you can see that I have not had time to fashion a discrete cover for the risers.
Can anyone explain why both mirrors have 10mm left hand threads (which are known in the bike trade as "Yamaha threads")? The 'stalk' mirrors on all of my previous bikes have been LH for the right mirror and RH for the left mirror.
