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If you are thinking of getting rid of your mickey's for barends, but not sure if they will be right for you/your bike. Get some 3rd Eye's, they rock, and at $11 a pop you cant go wrong really.
I just installed some a couple of days ago and I love them. I may be in the market for some nicer, higher end ones eventually but these are doing a great job for now. Installation was a snap, infact I did it right in the bycicle shop parking lot. I had to wait till I got some tools to get the mickey's off though, but that gave me a chance to compare the two quite well. Basically after being able to use the WHOLE mirror on the barends, I will never go back.
I took them on the highway and at 80 mph, I had less vibration from them than I got from my mickey's, not to mention how much more I could see. 100% vs 60-20% when my jacket airvents are open.
One note though, they seem to be slightly convex, so things appear much farther away in them than they did in the stock, you just need to get used to it, but till then watch the lane changes!!
All in all, they get an A+ from me.
Agian, waiting on pics, will post them as soon as I have them.
I just installed some a couple of days ago and I love them. I may be in the market for some nicer, higher end ones eventually but these are doing a great job for now. Installation was a snap, infact I did it right in the bycicle shop parking lot. I had to wait till I got some tools to get the mickey's off though, but that gave me a chance to compare the two quite well. Basically after being able to use the WHOLE mirror on the barends, I will never go back.
I took them on the highway and at 80 mph, I had less vibration from them than I got from my mickey's, not to mention how much more I could see. 100% vs 60-20% when my jacket airvents are open.
One note though, they seem to be slightly convex, so things appear much farther away in them than they did in the stock, you just need to get used to it, but till then watch the lane changes!!
All in all, they get an A+ from me.
Agian, waiting on pics, will post them as soon as I have them.