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Author Message   Tnm2 Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 - 05:00 pm:        I recently installed a Firebolt nose on my M2. I love it, both for the way it looks, and the added wind protection. I only ran into one annoying problem - the mirrors. Take a look at the image in the mirror below - I'm getting a good look at my knuckles and my shoulder. The camera angle actually makes it look better than it is. I put the little spot mirrors on for the mean time, but hate not readily being able to tell what is going on behind me, especially in city traffic. I'm sure others have already traveled this road - how did you solve it? I think I remember reading somewhere about "long" and "short" Firebolt mirrors - how can I tell which ones I have? If mine are the "short" ones, are the "long" ones any better? A couple of gratuitous photos -   Lake_bueller Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 - 05:05 pm:        Nice looking bike!! I put standard XB mirrors on my S3T. They started using a longer mirror in '05. There is also an adaptor available to make the mirror stand out further from the fairing. Maybe ask on the XB board??   Buellerthanyou Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 - 07:56 pm:        Cool bike. Yes, those are the earlier, shorter mirrors. The longer mirrors are kit # N0013.02A8 and are $47.10 at our dealership. The extenders are available from Al at American Sportbike. HellBuelly J James M. Howze Central Texas H-D/Buell (with a banner! yea!) Austin, Texas 512-973-8521 jhowze@centraltexasharley.com   Seth Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 - 08:18 pm:        "...A couple of gratuitous photos..." Gratuitous? I beg to differ... with a sweet sled like that it's darned near required!   Chasespeed Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 - 09:20 pm:        I really need that Carbon Fiber one from Iron machine, wouldnt look right otherwise.. How was the wiring with those lights? Chase   Tnm2 Posted on Friday, August 18, 2006 - 11:20 pm:        Thanks for the compliments guys - it means a lot coming from an audience as tough as BadWeb. I posted here, thinking this problem would exist only with converted tube frames, since the XB-R has clip-ons. Obviously not! Wiring the lights was easy - each lamp has two wires, + / -. Initially I was going to power the city light with the low beam, but it really just didn't add any appreciable amount of light, so I am not using it. I cut my old headlight plug off, spliced the high and low beam wires, and ran the grounds together. The extenders from American Sport Bike are $60. Ouch.

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