Rear view mirrors?

[John Henderson]

Alcon,

Will these fit on VMAX gen 2?

https://www.rizoma.com/en/negozio/m...18/motorbike/8254/yamaha-en/mt-07-2014-16-en/

 

[MileHayabusa]

They should as long as the VMAX uses either an M8 or M10 threaded hole for mounting the stock mirrors...one issue I see, depending upon how big you are, is that you may end-up with a great view of your shoulders.

 

[John Henderson]

They should as long as the VMAX uses either an M8 or M10 threaded hole for mounting the stock mirrors...one issue I see, depending upon how big you are, is that you may end-up with a great view of your shoulders.

Yeah that worries me also but I am wanting something that looks better and low profile anyways… I tend to look over my shoulder anyways riding to make sure I am clear but occasionally I will look at my stock mirrors to see if someone is coming up fast on me or gone plow through me…
However most scenarios in my head make me think I don’t know if I could get out of the way in time even if I saw it coming while stopped at stop light… If they are coming at 30 mph and notice they aren’t stopping; I might have 2 seconds to React and in the form of drop the bike jump out of the way or let go of clutch and cut left/right to escape with bike…
Usually I think I would not even see it coming unless constantly looking through rear mirrors until I have a car stopped behind me

I really wish they would pass lane filtering laws; even if it was only to filter one car ahead of us… I don’t need to be in front of the traffic stopped at stop light. Also be able to filter through highway traffic.

 

[MaxMidnight]

Depending on what bars you have (i.e. how wide) IMO all you will see is your hands and body and that is about it.
In the past I have has some Rizomas, albeit a different design, and I ended up making some extensions to move them out so I could at lest have some idea what as behind me. Only partially successful and I ended up changing them for a different make that had longer arms.
I take the view that mirrors are a safety item where function should take priority over form.

 

[MileHayabusa]

Depending on what bars you have (i.e. how wide) IMO all you will see is your hands and body and that is about it.
In the past I have has some Rizomas, albeit a different design, and I ended up making some extensions to move them out so I could at lest have some idea what as behind me. Only partially successful and I ended up changing them for a different make that had longer arms.
I take the view that mirrors are a safety item where function should take priority over form.

I had the same issue with some Rizoma mirrors on a Katana...they looked nice but the view they provided was worthless and I think the Stealths would be even worse with how low they mount. Took them off and replaced them with bar-end Rizomas.



I've got some Oberon bar-end mirrors, the round version to match the headlight and 'intake holes' on the VMAX, that will go on when I swap bars.

 

[D Larson]

I installed a Vantrue F!, https://www.vantrue.com/products/f1
It has rear view mirror mode.

 

[John Henderson]

I dunno I can see decent out of them but yes much smaller views… they look cooler. I tend to only use them for “at stop lights or highway” to see if I am about to get rear ended… switching lanes or turning I am in the habit of looking over my shoulder…

Before and after pictures Below


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