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I like the look of that bar end mirror you've fitted there old rider. They must be better than the standard ones? Do you have a link for them at all?
It's an Oberon. Enables me to see directly behind which oem doesn't. Great for checking for plod and for joining motorways etc.
Are you joking with that mirror on a 999? Have you heard not of funky chicken that allows you to do the same as in look behind?
interesting this talk of mirrors and things,, back in my previous biking life i never had any mirrors nor indicators, neither did any of my palls who had anything other than bog standard bikes and that was most of them,,,, oersonally i think i would find it very difficult to trust the limited visability of a motorbike mirror.
In my early days of biking, I had much more flexibility and open face helmets. Even with the funky chicken, I found myself uncertain as to what was behind. I don't often use fast dual carriageways but a trip down the A38 left me convinced I needed better visibility to the rear. The Oberon is very discreet, doesn't look like a blot on the landscape, adds only a centimetre or so to the width of the bike and fills in the blind spot immediately behind, so no more funky chicken for me!
I once rode a bike with only a right hand mirror, and one day it fell off whilst riding the bike. ..Once I lost the ability to glance behind I was amazed at the lack confidence I felt for the rest of the ride and until I got another fitted, I think we all take them for granted, even though the ones on my 999S are absolute shit, wouldn't want to be without one....IMO anything that increases the awareness of what's going on behind is worth having,as for the oberon's they're a neat but of kit ,and British! .....
Oberon mirrors are beautifully made and the small one is very reasonable. Very clever design too. The mount replaces your bar end and the mirror can either attach from the top/bottom or from the end. I wanted to keep the bike narrow, so mounted the mirror with the stem vertical from the top. The only downside is that it is a long way from your line of sight but there's no way round that other than using a rear camera. Can't see where you could mount the screen on the 999 though.
does it not buffet in the wind ?,, on oly one side !!?? are all cameras not a few seconds lapsed ?,, i know mine in the car is and i think that is the most expensive one available !! something to do with crash / incident recording
Not at all, it's only tiny - 60mm - just enough to fill in the blind spot between the standard mirrors. The camera that someone on here installed is a reversing camera - no delay - but it wasn't on a 999.
i had a play with rear cameras they did work quite well except if the sun was behind you as you could see fug all and you had very little space to mount the monitor in the cockpit
it was on the camera lens and as i was riding away from the sun could not see much , but when the sun was not in the lens it was ok but not that clear but i could make out my mate behind me
