pretty urgent- lost a mirror nut...

[viva_brasil]

wondering if anyone has a spare nut that holds the mirrors on? I'm guessing most bikes are like this.

I didn't tighten one enough and it fell off- I was mad.

Here's a picture of the nut i'm talking about:





If you have any suggestions for replacements... I might just go to a hardware store tomorrow whenever I get the chance to and see if I can find something similar to it- like a regular nut. In the meantime I'll be riding around with only one mirror.

thanks in advance.

[GixerJockey]

wondering if anyone has a spare nut that holds the mirrors on? .

Nope... my nuts are wayyyyy bigger than that...

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

Model Hardware Harvard ave in allston, Has all the you need

[ssg]

I'm guessing it's a 6mm x1.0 thread, even a home depot should have something that will work.

[OreoGaborio]

yup, just bring the mirror to a hardware store.

[stevecbr900rr]

Nope... my nuts are wayyyyy bigger than that...

[viva_brasil]

Model Hardware Harvard ave in allston, Has all the you need

thanks man- that's right next to me i'll drop by there after work.

[schleppy]

How is losing a mirror nut urgent? You can ride with one, I do all the time

[viva_brasil]

I did this morning and it sucked... had to head check several times every time and I think after a certain frequency it can get dangerous... I also like to glance at the mirror as I'm merging to see if the driver is going to do anything stupid- without one I just have to head check and "go for it". don't like that.

and I'm leaving tomorrow to go home and won't be back till end of august and I don't want to put the bike away without a mirror...

[Origin]

You should be able to use any nut...unless you want to pay way too much for the actually factory one just find a nut laying around and throw it on..

[CEO]

I have some spares of these. If the weather holds out you can bring a wrench to the pose and take one of mine off my bike and I'll just replace it later.

[viva_brasil]

I have some spares of these. If the weather holds out you can bring a wrench to the pose and take one of mine off my bike and I'll just replace it later.

awesome- i'll keep an eye on the weather and the newbury thread... it's raining here right now but hopefully it passes.

thanks!

[Crash Dummy Denno]

I have some spares of these. If the weather holds out you can bring a wrench to the pose and take one of mine off my bike and I'll just replace it later.

please bring an extra few for my bike to Tonys, been riding around for months on one nut (haha that sounds funny)

[apollomx681]

hey nik i got a whole mess of nuts and bolts at my place.. give me a call when you get out of work if you wanna stop by tonight i got you covered

[viva_brasil]

looks like newbury st. meet up isn't gonna go through, so I may be calling u soon eric to check out your messy nuts. i'm leaving work now.

i think the hardware store is closer, but depending on the weather I may swing by.

[kbroderick]

For future reference, you can get an assortment of nuts and bolts at most auto parts stores for under $10 that will have several lengths of M6-1.0 and M8-1.25 bolts, along with nuts for both. A lot of times, it's handy to have some kicking around (more handy when you're working on an older car with rusty fasteners, but it doesn't hurt with a bike, either). At this point, I keep some M4x.70, M6x1.0, and M8x1.25 bolts around; the first two classes are used quite a bit on the Ninjette., and being able to pull an extra fastener out of the toolbox and use it beats the hell out of having the bike down because you need to get to a store with metric hardware to put something back together.

[wookie]

For future reference, you can get an assortment of nuts and bolts at most auto parts stores for under $10 that will have several lengths of M6-1.0 and M8-1.25 bolts, along with nuts for both. A lot of times, it's handy to have some kicking around (more handy when you're working on an older car with rusty fasteners, but it doesn't hurt with a bike, either). At this point, I keep some M4x.70, M6x1.0, and M8x1.25 bolts around; the first two classes are used quite a bit on the Ninjette., and being able to pull an extra fastener out of the toolbox and use it beats the hell out of having the bike down because you need to get to a store with metric hardware to put something back together.

+1 - I bought a kit of "sport bike bolts" on the internet (forget where, but you can probably google it). It has been really useful for me (and the rest of zip tie alley).

[CEO]

please bring an extra few for my bike to Tonys, been riding around for months on one nut (haha that sounds funny)

I'll bring up a couple and you can come trade me a pit pass for them at the gate