sirryan
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After putting up with the stock mirrors for way too many miles, I finally decided to order and install the FZ1 mirrors. I had searched and read numerous topics about this on the forum, but never did find exactly what I was looking for (it may still be out there somewhere). I wanted the FZ1 mirrors, mounted with Gerauld light brackets that happen to be holding Hella FF50 lights.
Gary from Mondak fixed me up with a mirror order and, although he had to order them, they came relatively quickly. I took them out to the shop and started disassembling the bike and removed the L.H. side mirror only to find out that the studs on the FZ1 mirrors were too short for this to be a quick install.
After much hemming and hawing trying to decide which way to make this work, I decided to file down the stand-offs that are cast into the aluminum mirror base from which the mounting studs protrude, and also file down the collars that are located in the rubber mounting pad located behind the fairing. The stand-offs were filed down to match the depth of the outer rim of the mirror mounting base and the collars were filed down about 3/16 of an inch. This made the collars fit inside of the rubber mounting pad (not flush with the top of it, but a bit below the surface) about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch and allowed for compression of the rubber (yes odot, compression of the rubber) , and also a solid fit when torquing down.
In the end, the o.e.m. mirror mount nut fully threaded onto the mirror stud (barely) and I certainly used loctite to keep it that way. The mirrors look good and feel like a solid mount. The only concession that I had to make was to keep the rubber boot on the bottom of the FZ1 mirror folded on the outside of the mirror base rather than under it as it was originally intended. That was the compromise with this plan. It seems to fit well on the outside, and doesn't look like it will allow road grime to enter, nor does it look like it will slide up, however, time will tell.
I still think a better solution would be to mount longer studs into the FZ1 mirrors, but being aluminum, and being cast into the housing (they're not threaded and don't look to be pressed, but I'm not sure) it would be difficult to do this.
So, if you're wondering if it will work, it will, and you can and end up with a pretty clean install ( I'm pretty picky about my work - you should see the PCIII and Audiovox CC installs). The first side took about 3 hours including coming up with a plan, and the second side took about 30 minutes. I don't have pics, but if anyone needs further information, let me know. I'm posting this as another option for those who have a Gen II and light brackets and want an option for better mirrors.
If I run into problems in the future with this set-up, I'll post here and report.
SR
Gary from Mondak fixed me up with a mirror order and, although he had to order them, they came relatively quickly. I took them out to the shop and started disassembling the bike and removed the L.H. side mirror only to find out that the studs on the FZ1 mirrors were too short for this to be a quick install.
After much hemming and hawing trying to decide which way to make this work, I decided to file down the stand-offs that are cast into the aluminum mirror base from which the mounting studs protrude, and also file down the collars that are located in the rubber mounting pad located behind the fairing. The stand-offs were filed down to match the depth of the outer rim of the mirror mounting base and the collars were filed down about 3/16 of an inch. This made the collars fit inside of the rubber mounting pad (not flush with the top of it, but a bit below the surface) about 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch and allowed for compression of the rubber (yes odot, compression of the rubber) , and also a solid fit when torquing down.
In the end, the o.e.m. mirror mount nut fully threaded onto the mirror stud (barely) and I certainly used loctite to keep it that way. The mirrors look good and feel like a solid mount. The only concession that I had to make was to keep the rubber boot on the bottom of the FZ1 mirror folded on the outside of the mirror base rather than under it as it was originally intended. That was the compromise with this plan. It seems to fit well on the outside, and doesn't look like it will allow road grime to enter, nor does it look like it will slide up, however, time will tell.
I still think a better solution would be to mount longer studs into the FZ1 mirrors, but being aluminum, and being cast into the housing (they're not threaded and don't look to be pressed, but I'm not sure) it would be difficult to do this.
So, if you're wondering if it will work, it will, and you can and end up with a pretty clean install ( I'm pretty picky about my work - you should see the PCIII and Audiovox CC installs). The first side took about 3 hours including coming up with a plan, and the second side took about 30 minutes. I don't have pics, but if anyone needs further information, let me know. I'm posting this as another option for those who have a Gen II and light brackets and want an option for better mirrors.
If I run into problems in the future with this set-up, I'll post here and report.
SR