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New Bars,old Mirrors

Discussion in 'Motorcycle Tech Talk' started by 00 wildglide, Jun 8, 2008.

  1. 00 wildglide

    00 wildglide New Member

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    I finally finished the installation of my new Wild1,inc. "575" bars on my FLHTi w/all the pretty cables & stuff yesterday.I took her for a short ride & found that the Street glide mirrors I had installed last year are now useless.I know I could probably tilt the bars down some towards me but this position feels the best for me.I really like these mirrors & if removed now I'll have the holes showing on the inner fairing.:banghead: Does anyone have any ideas of how to modify &/or reposition the mirrors so I can keep them instead of going back to my stock ones?BTW,These bars are great!,just enough height & pull back for my short ass arms:D . 00 willdglide:cool:
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    don't know what your mirrors look like, but just a guess change out the stems. if your oem mirrors work, use those stems. that is if your mirrors are not 1 piece.
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    00 wildglide New Member

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    The mirrors I have now are o.e. Streetglide(inner fairing mount type)mirrors.These mirrors do not have metal-5/16" studs at their base.I'll probably end up using the originals & plugging the holes in the inner fairing.:( I thought I would get away with a portion of the mirror being blocked but,it ain't gonna work.Thanks for responce,00 wildglide.:cool:
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    nope, only thing ya can do is plug the holes and go with new mirrors.....there are plastic and chrome plugs you can use......................:)
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    I'm thinking about mounting some small surface mount tweeters in the space where the mirrors were.I'll do what ever it takes,I want to know when the A-HOLE in the cage is about to skid in to me.
    I must say this handle bar swap was pretty expensive,labor intensive,& all worth while when finished.I found out some interesting ways I could have save $$$ & replaced less parts doing this project(of course after I finished the job!:witsend: ).If anyone is going to change out their FLHT bars & wants some money saving tips,send me a message.00 wildglide:cool:

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