Has anyone got a spare. Mines got very flacid. Must be the weather.

Don't want to run to the expense of after market mirrors. Xmas=no spare cash

Cheers

Bob

Can't you tighten it up?

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08 Specialized Langster

yup ive got a pair spare? black ones £30 notes the pair interested

Flacid and beyond hope!!

I tightened and untightened mine maybe 5 times before each one became brittle and cracked

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"With square conduct, level steps, and upright intentions ..”

My new replacement one lasted less than a month before suddenly spinning around in the breeze one day

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

When I test rode my 08 xt the left hand mirror got loose...it was tughtened when I collect my bike but is this somehing that happens regularly ????

If it happens again do I loctite it or something ?

Eric.

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'09 XB12XT
'02 Beta Alp 200
'82 + '83 CX500 euroSports's
'83 CX650 Custom
Green "4 Legged" SUV

I think once they do that they are basically fucked ...not sure of the internal construction but it isn't the joint where you adjust that comes loose but the stem where it emerges from the nut .....just guessing that there must be some form of taper on the end of the stem that shears off.
Can only think that newer mirrors were cheaper quality as the original on my X1 supported the weight of the bike when I got knocked off andis infact put back on again now.

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

.......2001 onwards mirrors are the bollox IMO.

No reason why the threaded portion that screws into the m/cyl. or clutch perch should ever come lose.

Adjustment bit works like a gland fitting ie. basically an olive that is locked onto the shaft via tapers in the seat and lock nut.......this section can corrode but a strip and clean will see it like new.

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

It feels like the olive portion has sheared off so even though it is tightened as tight as a tight thing the stem just spins around frely with a slight vertical bit of play in it.
Just suddenly span free whilst riding along.

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2001 X1 2009 1125CR 2006 Uly X3 2010 Uly a fully Maz'd S1 and a 1991 RS1200 Westwind.

Strip it and see

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR