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Mirrors for BMW motorcycles

by Duane Ausherman
 

Not to rain on anyone's parade, but mirrors for mid and late eighties Yamahas will fit a /5, without adapters. These mirrors are readily available in a variety of shapes and stem lengths. Most importantly, the left-side mirror mounts with left-hand threads.

Mark Weiss

Here are some links that I found when looking for bar-end mirrors. There are some really cool options outside of the normal Napoleons.

http://www.mgcycle.com/mirror.html 

http://www.whaccessories.com/Mirrors.htm 

http://www.constructorsrg.com/products.html 

I ended up buying headlight mounted Albert mirrors from Vech at Bench Mark Works, and they're really nice. I wanted to keep everything as low and narrow as possible. I did add a ny-lock nut inside the headlight shell to avoid overstressing the existing threads when tightening the mirrors down.

Ben McCafferty

From http://www.capitalcycle.com/body_html/catalog.html 

MIRRORS 1970-1997 Original BMW Round mirrors that thread into left and right controls
NOTE: Long Mirrors should go with Europa Handlebars, and Short Mirrors with USA Handlebars.
Left:
51 16 1 231 692 Short /5 Chrome $29.95
51 16 1 230 420 Long /5 Chrome 29.95
51 16 1 236 023 Long /6/7 and R65 Chrome 29.95
51 16 1 236 025 Long /6/7 Matte Black 29.95
51 16 1 240 023 Short Matte Black 1974-84 29.95
51 16 1 236 021 Short /5/7 and R65 Chrome 29.95
Right:
51 16 1 231 693 Short /5 Chrome $29.95
51 16 1 231 256 Long /5 Chrome 29.95
51 16 1 236 024 Long /6/7 Chrome 29.95

Joe Groeger mirror mounts

If there is interest, I will find out more about these mounts.

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