Wobbly RGS mirrors

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laverdakeith said:
Chamfer and break edges man ! Rough as a bears arse.    8)



     Keith.
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I'll take your word on the bears arse Keith, but agree that it's not precision kit! Hidden out of sight tho' (and it's not my handywork either - p'raps just as well....), so no big worries  ;)

Alan :)
 
Methinks a bit of rubber bushing might go a long way.. risk of alloy cracking/failing under constant vibe etc..? and what of the lack of shock suppression to instruments, mount points etc..?
just my humble. fairly uneducated thoughts, but I wondered..
Ciao
 
Not done the A14RGS mod to my RGS, but will file away for just in case.
I found I had one mirror which moved from trembly to wobbly to floppy to droopy (4 of the dwarfs) and the other was a lot better. Taking them off I found one had a "U" shaped connection from the mirror stem with a pivot through the tennon on the mirror arm, the 6mm nut was at the end of this. The other one had no tenon, just a plate screwed to the mirror shaft and welded  to the "U" shaped bit.
Easy fix, cut the tennon off the mirror, fit a little flat plate and weld together, screw this to the mirror as the other and they are both Fairly stable mirrors.
The next and best thing I did was to fit racetech emulators.
The wobbling from road shocks has gone, now its only a sympathetic vibration with the rev's.
I have found a sweet spot but its way past where the local Police would like me to ride........
No pictures I'm afraid but if I take one off I will post.

Steven
 
I've fitted the alloy piece but haven't had a chance to test it on the road yet.  It has certainly made the fairing more solid and as Alan has been using his bike with one fitted for 10 years or so I don't think the clocks will be damaged.

I'm softening the front end too, first with Wilbers springs from Laverdakeith and then with emulators, should reduce the crashing around I get at the moment.
 
Jumpin' Jimminy, the solid thing seems to work!  Mirror vibes cut well down and now usable at motorway speeds.  Also the fairing bangs about less over bumps.  Good result.
 
Reggie3cl said:
Jumpin' Jimminy, the solid thing seems to work!  Mirror vibes cut well down and now usable at motorway speeds.  Also the fairing bangs about less over bumps.  Good result.
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Yay, not-so-wobbly-Weggie!  :D
Pleased to hear it's shown some improvements. I'll enjoy the beer when we finally catch up next!

Alan :)
 
Just hope the extra vibes don't fry the instruments.
The rubber mounts are there for a reason.
 
The whole thing shakes around much less, so they'll probably be OK.. And anyway, Alan has run this setup for ages with no problems.
 
Has anyone a photo of how these Ferkin RGS mirrors should be mounted. Or a better way?? I have fixed the mirrors but what a shite system. The fairing upper and lower do not align by any streach of the imagination. I think my existing mirrors are after market jobbies.

TIA

Graham
 
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