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    I just mounted a set of bar end mirrors in place of my stock ones.The field of veiw is great,but I have to look down breifly to check the veiw.It's about the same time as it takes to check my speed,but it doesn't feel natural,not second nature like with stock.I was wondering if I will adapt or is this a flaw of the bar end set up?Has anybody else used them?They do make the bike look bad ass though.

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    I used these cheap mirrors https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    They worked OK and I do not care bashing and scrathcing them around. One mirror had loosen screws so I had to remove the mirror glass, tighten the screws and glue the mirror back. The bar inserts were a little loose for Buell handle bar, so I wrapped the insets with plastic stripes I cut from plastic bottle to increase the inserts diameter.

    Now I decided to install foldable mirrors because of extra room they allow to save. Ordered this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and this one https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    I will probably 3D print protective rims for those expensive foldable mirrors, I do not want to scratch them.

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    They don't seem to make a fold away set up for lane splitting but still very nice.

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    You could rotate the oblong ones 180*? I do that with my cheap e-bay ones to split lanes in slow traffic.

    I don't usually go for baller trinkets like that, but dang those are sick.

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