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blackcat:
"The right mirror folded in with the normal wind blast that comes with 65 mph cruisin"
This is a problem with the OEM mirrors on my 97 Daytona and Sports of that era. The solution is to place the mirrors in the right position and then add a few drops of Super Glue on the swivel point. Depending on use, this has to be repeated a few times a year.
Oca Grassa:
--- Quote from: blackcat on March 25, 2025, 08:02:53 AM ---This is a problem with the OEM mirrors on my 97 Daytona and Sports of that era.
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If I were dealing with a Daytona or Sport of that era, I’d maybe go that route….or put the OEM ones in the box the reproduction mirrors came in for safe keeping and ride with the repro mirrors.
However, I’m dealing with a 2008 Norge that now has pushing 34K on the clocks. I don’t much care what mirrors are on it, as long as they work for me in traffic. It isn’t pristine or anything. It has some scars. It can be a cantankerous thing when it wants.
Yesterday, after really liking the new mirrors, the LCD screen just up & quit. I pulled over into a random parking lot and shut the ignition off. Key back on, screen was fine. It was fine today too. IDK why. Character maybe. I’ve known characters like that in my life. There one minute gone the next only to show back up unannounced out of the clear blue. 😁
Huzo:
I did this with mine years ago.
They now mount on the screen structure, not the handlebars.
Zero vibration, crystal clear. Still the originals.
Oca Grassa:
I’ve asked myself the question several times now since I took ownership of the Norge. Why, with a fixed fairing did MotoGuzzi choose to still mount the mirrors on the bars/to the MCs?
That looks like a good solution to my question, even if it were never asked in Mandello. May I ask for further details? Pics of the mounting solution at the screen sub-structure possibly? That looks like something I may pursue in the near future.
Huzo:
Yeah, no worries.
I made the new stems from bright 10 mm steel bar as you see after first putting the appropriate threads on the ends..
I did the bends hot, so as not to get cracking in the steel.
On the black screen mounts, I bored from the outside into the cavity and slid the nuts inside for a “blind” fixing arrangement.
Important to note, that the mirror stems have a rubber buffer slid onto them and this sits between the red (in my case), fairing and the screen in the down position.
Next time you’re out on your bike, put your hand on the screen mount and note how little vibration there is compared to the ‘bar ends.
That’s why they’re crystal clear.
I’ll take some detail shots and post the here a bit later…
For starters.
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