| Author | Message | ||
     Mannu |
Bummer. Since I have had the bike, the freakin side mirrors keep flappin on me. They were not so much of an issue during the first 500 miles as the breakin is pretty conservative. But as soon as that was over, I took the bike on some fire trails, and the viberation, turned them loose and soon they would start behaving like a merry-go-around. Today, on my way to work, I was travelling around 70 miles/hour. To my dismay, they started doing that go-around thing again. I started making my way out of the car-pool lane, as traffic started to stall, LA-rushhour. As my blind spots were all over me, due to lack of side view mirror, the car besides me almost side-swipped me, that drove me into the car in front of me. I stopped in time, but not on 2 wheels. Did not hit anybody else, nor did anybody else hit me, LUCKY. But the bike fell on my ankle so it hurts a bit. Besides that, I think there is about 1300 + worth of damage to bike. Has anybody else had any issues with side view mirrors, and if so what was done to correct it. Feedback will be appreciated | ||
| Brad1445 |
I think you want them just lose enough so that if you crashed they would not break just move. You can tighten the bottom bolt (I think )on the stem an it will keep it in one place or tighten just a little bit to make wind resistant. | ||
| Birdmanrh |
Threadlock Blue helps. Seems to me you do not have the bottom all the way in. It needs to be tight and then put the jam bolt up to stop the rotation. If it is going all the way around you don't have the bottom in. | ||
| Mannu |
I will try these suggestions. Thanks. The funny thing is, they were like this when I took delivery. As soon as I saw it, I bought it to the dealers attention and it seemed fine until my recent firetrail adventure. Anywayz, I will be paying a visit to my local dealer to address this | ||
| Freyke |
Like Birdmanrh said, position the mirrors and tighten the jam nuts... Works fine, lasts a long time... Your problem possibly lies with your dealer not doing proper/thourough setup when you took delivery... Have you checked your suspension setup too?... | ||
| Jlnance |
Sorry about your crash and your ankle. That really sucks. Yes, my mirror started flapping around one day. You need to tighten up the fitting that holds the mirror stalk to the bike. It's sort of a compression fitting, if you take it off, you will see how it works. There is a tool in your toolkit which fits, or you can use an adjustable wrench. | ||
| Buelet |
The mirror mounting stems on mine weren't tight when I took delivery of mine either, assuming this is where they were spinning from. I've also lost one mirror on my XB9S due to the mirror head on the end of the mounting stem getting loose and falling off while I was riding. (Luckily I saw it when it was just about to let go and I nabbed it just in time.) If that is where your mirror is loose, then pull out on the mirror head and twist it around like you're screwing it back on, till it is nice and snug again. Good luck and sorry to hear about your spill! | ||
| Daves |
Yes, the mirrors tend to loosen up. You just need to tighten them from time to time. Sorry about your crash, glad you weren't hurt too bad. | ||
| Roadrailer |
One of mine loosened up. I tightened it, and it hasn't been a problem since. | ||
| Smcnamara |
Ditto. | ||
| Buelluk |
I've not had any flapping issues on my Uly, my XB9S used to do it all the while. | ||
| M2nc |
No flapping issues on the Uly or the M2 even with replacing one of the mirrors on the Uly myself. Just need to tighten the compression fitting and locktite if it back off due to adventures. Sorry to hear about the ankle and the bike. Slid on Ice with mine at a month old and hurt my foot and ankle so I feel your pain. The bags make great sliders by the way. Foot peg, left mirror and bottom of the left fork tube were the only metal pieces that actually made it to the ground. | ||
| Windrider |
Mannu, Sorry about your spill. Both mirrors on my bike worked loose in the first 10 miles. All you need do is tighten the jam nut at the base of the stem while holding the mirror at the desired angle. When I took my bike in for the 1K dealer service they dropped it and bent my handlebars. The dealer had to replace the bar with one from his floor model and after I left the dealer within 20 miles both mirrors were flapping in the wind. Perhaps part of the setup procedure for HD mechanics is to set the mirrors just tight enough so that riders don't notice but not tight enough to actually hold them in place at road speed. Probably something to do with lack of knowledge about the product that they are wrenching on... maybe Electraglide mirrors need to be real loose? At any rate, loose mirrors seems to be the standard dealer setup. 4 out of 4 in my experience. Hope your ankle heals up... can't just put a wrench on ailing body parts. |
