June 27th, 2011, 03:08 AM | #1 |
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DIY - $10 Newgen Mirror Extenders
Like many of you, I quickly found that the stock mirrors on the newgen Ninja aren't great - unless you like looking at your elbows, or contorting yourself in strange ways to get a good view.
I thought about buying the premade extenders, but a) they didn't look long enough, and b) there was no way in hell this cheapskate was going to spend $65 on a little piece of metal. Here's what I whipped up out of the following: 1/2 x 3/4 Aluminum Bar Stock - $6.19 1/4 Aluminum Sheet Stock - (I had this lying around, common and cheap) Misc Bolts / Washers - $4 Pic of the parts that make up the extender. Cut on a chop saw with regular finishing wood blade, rounded over on oscillating spindle sander for wood and drilled with drill press. Bolts had to be grinded down to fit perfectly without excess. Painted and installed with nylon lock nuts and bolts: Overall, it works perfectly (done a few long trips since, no issues) and you can make them whatever length you want. If I wanted it to be more pretty, I could try to find some hex socket bolts with smaller heads, but I probably won't bother. Being cheap wins again! Last futzed with by NathanF; June 27th, 2011 at 03:48 PM. Reason: Updated pic |
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June 27th, 2011, 04:25 AM | #2 |
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Looks good! Great job.
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June 27th, 2011, 05:55 AM | #3 |
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Wow! Nice job. Maybe some allen head bolts and some recessed nylon nuts and this could be perfect.
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June 27th, 2011, 05:59 AM | #4 |
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Looks good
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June 27th, 2011, 06:12 AM | #5 |
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June 27th, 2011, 08:34 AM | #6 |
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awesome DIY! Great job on those.
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June 27th, 2011, 12:28 PM | #7 |
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That looks perfect. Fantastic job. I might need to copy that exactly. How are the vibrations? Do the bolts hold it in place well enough that it doesnt shift from the wind?
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June 27th, 2011, 12:53 PM | #8 |
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what are the chances of making these for the forum?
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June 27th, 2011, 03:55 PM | #10 |
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Thanks for the kind comments everyone. To answer questions:
1) Vibrations are probably worse than stock, but I haven't noticed, and never did any detailed comparison. Suffice it to say, for my purposes, it works perfectly. 2) The bolts have held everything in the wind for two 100+ mile trips now. I've got nylon lock nuts on but no loctite, time will tell if that is needed. Of course, I usually stay at 65 mph or less, so YMMV if you cruise around at 90 mph all day long. 3) I'm afraid it's a bit too labor intensive for this unskilled craftsmen to make for the forum (not to mention bad for my spindle sander belts in the long term) but I'd be happy to answer any questions! 4) As for making it more pretty, black socket button head bolts would be the way to go, as suggested above: http://www.boltdepot.com/material.aspx?cc=13&cs=72 Not sure about the nuts though..would be pretty hard to recess them I think. Then again, my metal working skills are not great. |
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June 27th, 2011, 05:53 PM | #12 |
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June 27th, 2011, 06:13 PM | #13 |
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Goodjob, u got a much better responce than my DIY did, lol. Looks good .
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June 27th, 2011, 11:00 PM | #15 |
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Good work Nate. Thank you for contributing this DIY.
Not bad work for someone not good with metal. You may have just given me a summer project. I'm pretty good with metal, maybe I can fab some of these up for the forum. After you removed the covers from the fairing to mirror arm bolts...did that render them useless or can they be reapplied? I'm not by the bike now but I recall they are a foam like material correct? Not sure if you just didnt put them back on or they were destroyed in the process.
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June 28th, 2011, 07:20 AM | #17 |
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you can feel free to send some of these down here for my review aswell
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thanks Cody.
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