speaking of mirrors....I have a real bad vibation problem on my 1300, so much so that when I am on the highway I can barely distinguish one car from another in the mirrors, especially at night. If others have had this problem, is there any kind of fix?
hipshot, that is why I was at Eastside Honda on Saturday morn. I took her in for the first routine maintenance and I mentioned to them about this problem. They told me that that is just how these bigger bikes are. My statement is "than that means the 1800's ride even rougher?", I didn't get a real response. The mirrors are tightened down as snug as possible. This was a total surprise to me cause I had heard that the 1300's ride real nice and smooth. The bike has stock mirrors on it, btw. Maybe someday I will get to meet some of you guys and you can ride her to see what you think.
When I get em on I'll take em for a test run and share my thoughts.
Convex mirrors are the only good ones, imo. A flat glass mirror shows vibration way more than convex, and has a way smaller view angle. There are vibration dampers for sale at JC Whitney that screw into the mount and then the mirrors screw into them. They help a little if you have a flat glass mirror.