Scooter Mirrors Upgrade

[amexpat]

I saw a Honda scooter with much improved mirrors - bigger, almost rectangular. The owner says they are by Kawasaki but screw right into the 10mm mounts.

What a difference! I sat on the bike and could see the everything in the next lanes over and, with a flex of the elbow, directly behind.

The girlfriends won't like them because they are chrome, not the matching black, but they may be a life saver. I always considered the stock mirrors inadequate for safety. There's probably a market for good black plastic ones.

[AzarovDmitriy]

I am agree with you. It's cool. Big mirrors it is good for my safty. Which size they was?

Best regards

Dmitriy.

[blakegeee]

The Kawasaki DTracker has big mirrors that are black and a cool shape. I am not sure how much they cost but I have also thought about them. I don't know for sure but chances are they would also just screw into the same size holes as a small bike.

[ttakata]

Before you change out the mirrors you may want to angle them the most effective distance from you.

I loosened my mirror stalks (the throttle side may be a reverse thread) and turned them out so the mirrors were as far away from me as possible.

This allowed me to see more behind me.

Kind of like how some cars have a mirror on the front fender, the further away the mirror is the less blind spot you have.

Of course if this doesn't help new mirrors will do the trick.

I've owned 6 Asian bikes from 50-750cc and they all seem to have the same size mirror threading.

I think you'd have a good chance of taking any other metric bike mirror and fitting it on your bike.

Just do it at the shop you buy them from so you can return them if I'm wrong.

Let us know what mirrors do the job, maybe I'll get them too.

[Powerband]

The holes (sometimes plugged up) in the front brake mounting bracket and left brake/clutch brackets are for mirrors to be screwed into. Try relocating the mirrors to this position and see if visibility improves and if it hinders maneuverability.