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Rocking-M

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What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« on: December 19, 2006, 03:47:28 PM »
http://motorhelmets.com/htm1/bodyparts-mirrors.htm

scroll down its the third set of mirrors.
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2006, 05:00:04 PM »
the 3rd shown are the mirrors i have on my 350.  they are awesome.
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 06:06:11 PM »
Hey Hef, can you post a picture?
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2006, 06:16:43 PM »
I have long admired those particular mirrors, but have yet to feel the need to get a really good view of my elbows whilst motorcycling, which is what i get the impression (from various bar-end users, hearsay, and ignorant assumption) i would end up with.  What do you say, heffay, are these as useful as they are pretty.  or even half as much?

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and i dont know about yall, but this is what i wanted to see when i clicked the post...

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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2006, 06:32:36 PM »
I have bar end's and can see just fine out back.  When I replaced them with stock mirrors (for all of a 1/2 a day) all I got was a nice view of my biceps.  Seeings as I continually forget to take my steroids in the morning, I went back to the bar ends and have been happy ever since.  Maybe it was the low-rise bars on at the time, maybe the stock mirrors wern't all that stock, probably some pilot error, but I couldn't adjust them to where I could see anything.  I like my bar end mirrors.
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2006, 09:12:15 PM »
bar end mirrors actually better the rear viewing capabilities.  they are cool looking and very little vibration makes it to the mirror.  i'll post a pic when i'm not getting up early to go snowboarding  8)
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2006, 08:16:38 AM »

Pretty freakin sweet...
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2006, 12:55:12 PM »
I have those on my red bike not too bad but next time I'm getting Halcyons.





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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2006, 02:21:12 PM »
What about the convex glass?  I always thought it sorta distorted things.
I'm just thinking about the things nearer mirrors for cars. I don't like them.
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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2006, 02:52:36 PM »
yep great mirors , have them on my F1, they are gret, they will be goin on all my bikes....

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Re: What do y'all think about these Napoleans??
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2006, 05:20:48 PM »
On my Goldwing I have a flat superbike style bar. with the stock mirrors I had a really good view of my shoulders and little else.

I now run one bar end on the left side and vision has improved dramatically to the rear.
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