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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: kidsmoke on February 04, 2015, 07:51:59 AM
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I'm looking to go to bar end mirrors on my Jackal, and will end up with the empty female threaded holes from the existing mirrors. Obviously a lean and clean look is preferred. Is there a simple retrofit mount for the levers that can be sourced, or should I simply look to cap the holes?
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That's where I put the RAM ball mounts :)
In some cases you can simply cut/grind them down, but, that may leave more of a scar than just plugging them.
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That's where I put the RAM ball mounts :)
In some cases you can simply cut/grind them down, but, that may leave more of a scar than just plugging them.
Love the RAM system, and have a ball mounted on the handlebar riser. Works really well. Don't know that I'd want a device out there in the breeze at the bar end. Nice idea though...maybe thats where I mount the cupholder?? **C
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Any photos of this system? I googled, but I got some mirror systems that don't sound like this system.
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Any photos of this system? I googled, but I got some mirror systems that don't sound like this system.
Do you mean the RAM system? It's completely unrelated to the original question, but sure....
everything is based off a hard rubber 1" dia ball. This mount, for example, moves from my bike to my car, and holds a smartphone rock solid, even while hitting potholes, etc. They make many different ball mount options. I've got a robust windshield mount in the car. My buddy has a ball clamped to the bar of his Guzzi, etc.
google "Ram Mount"
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/Jackal/ScreenShot2015-02-04at104215AM_zpsd3e730b2.png) (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/Jackal/ScreenShot2015-02-04at104215AM_zpsd3e730b2.png.html)
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Just flip the clamp pieces upside down.
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Just flip the clamp pieces upside down.
That is what I did on my Cal Special when I converted to bar ends.
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yep, me, too.
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Just flip the clamp pieces upside down.
and reverse them? They double as the lever mounts.
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and reverse them? They double as the lever mounts.
They don't on my Y2K Jackal.
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So just work the levers backwards like on some WW2 era bikes.
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glad I asked. Man o man, language matters.
I went to the garage and pulled the cover back, wondering what the heck I was thinking. Definitely wasn't when I concluded I'd need something different, but I wasn't entirely deluded. The brake lever mount is in fact one with the master cylinder and the mirror mount, but CJ, you're 100% correct, I can flip the front half of the bar clamp on these, thread to the floor, and be done. I may still look for some nylon plug/cap thingy to fill the opening. Maybe even a low pro button head capscrew.
Thanks for the gentle smack to the head.
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/Jackal/F28900A6-D81F-4C18-8F06-C27D810B736C_zpsqwwcqcvp.jpg) (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/Jackal/F28900A6-D81F-4C18-8F06-C27D810B736C_zpsqwwcqcvp.jpg.html)
(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/tiokimo/Jackal/EFE97DA1-7206-4425-A1AA-6E75BCCFC656_zpsbxmaf8qf.jpg) (http://s93.photobucket.com/user/tiokimo/media/Jackal/EFE97DA1-7206-4425-A1AA-6E75BCCFC656_zpsbxmaf8qf.jpg.html)
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my local mom and pop hardware store has a selection of black plastic push plugs. these leave a semi rounded matte black done over the now plugged hole. I always buy a bunch in various sizes when I go. They come in handy for filling in those extra holes in your fender and other such places...
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What mtiberio said. Those plastic push caps are for plugging the holes after you have assembled the kind of furniture that is packed in a flat box and you assemble yourself. The plugs just happen to fit the threaded holes for stalk-type motorcycle mirrors.