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As you may recall, I got hit back in May...
Bike has finally been repaired...
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OF course... I had it all of a day when I started to mod it:
All that was needed to do the install was a couple Allen wrenches -- all the other tools you see just happen to be in the tool kit.
First order of business was to take off the bar ends and install the adapter. You can mount the CRG mirrors directly to the bar, but that requires moving your controls inbound. There's not much room on the clip-ons, so I opted for the adapter route:
(Yes, that is a car air freshner hanging from the brake fluid reservoir... and check out the slider install... gotta love having your fairing intentionally 'damaged'... the shop did a great job though)
After attaching the adapters, I put the mirrors on there. Installation of both parts were a cinch!
Here's what the cockpit looks like (with both the stockers and the bar ends). Jeeze, if I had this many mirrors back in May, I might have seen that truck, rather than get hit by it!
With the bar end mirrors in place, the next thing to do was to take off the stock mirrors and install the delete plates. I'm not much into bling, but I guess these are kind of snazzy.
I had trouble finding SV-specific plates... but I think that people have had luck switching stock SV mirrors with GS and GSX mirrors (?). So delete plates for GSX, for which there are plenty, could probably work. I was just looking for delete plates that would fit, not necessarily ones that said "SV" on them, but when I saw these and the price, I said, "What the hell. Why not?"
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With everything installed and adjusted, here's the cockpit view:
HP