odot
CC member # 17,----- DUP member # 7, mensa club m
Your brand new purchase vibrates and you are complaining, fjrchik?
06 Mirriors
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fjrchik
Just a girl in the world, having rode 3 FJRs
only about the mirror. the rest is heaven and well-loved!! :wub:
odot
CC member # 17,----- DUP member # 7, mensa club m
Wait till you get the bead seat....twn says it's the shiznit!
Neither side fibrates on my 06. I also spent 99 cents each for the little round stick on wide angle mirrors from WalMart. Work perfectly. I can see another vehicle thru the wide angle mirror even when it is next to me. No need to make any other adjustments to the mirrors. Used them on all my bikes and cars and they totally elliminate any blind spots.
BMort
BMort
Nosecone
Well-known member
Page 2-63 of the '06 Service Manual has an illustration of the mirror mounting brackets. In the lower illustration on that page they are angled out at about a 45 degree angle. Would it be possible to add additional bracing to the brackets to reduce vibration at that point?
Where's Fred, our resident engineer, mechanical guru, and all around fixit man? Fred...Fred..., hellow Fred.
John
Where's Fred, our resident engineer, mechanical guru, and all around fixit man? Fred...Fred..., hellow Fred.
John
Thumper
Well-known member
The mirrors on my 06 are clear all the way through the shifting range. It appears I am among a small number listed here, without the stated problem. I wonder if the bikes showing vibration have something that needs tightned, synched or calibrated? Strange affliction to show up on just one mirror.
Groo
The Endless Font of Useless Knowledge...
What, are you guys trying to insert your contacts using your mirrors while accelerating??? :huh: My mirrors may vibrate a tad, but come on, I can still see the Corolla that's on my left!
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starcruiser(aka downn2)
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Neither my left or right mirror vibrates, however my rear view mirror has vibrated completely off!
IME, the first time I pulled off the cowling on my 06, the bottom right mirror nut was missing - only the top was in place.
The nut showed up in a few minutes as it had fallen into the wiring - I've now got them installed very tightly. No vibration being experienced.
There have been other 06 riders that have experienced an entire mirror being loose - FjrChik, if I recall, had her right mirror fall off in the transport trailer coming back from the dealer? (FjrChik, you may want to correct me on this if my memory is not what it should be.)
I would suggest that if you are experiencing mirror vibration on one side, pull the cowling panels to expose the nuts - and check to see if your nuts are loose. Or missing. Loose nuts can be a problem. (Just ask my wife)
And to further the advice - "Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey".
The nut showed up in a few minutes as it had fallen into the wiring - I've now got them installed very tightly. No vibration being experienced.
There have been other 06 riders that have experienced an entire mirror being loose - FjrChik, if I recall, had her right mirror fall off in the transport trailer coming back from the dealer? (FjrChik, you may want to correct me on this if my memory is not what it should be.)
I would suggest that if you are experiencing mirror vibration on one side, pull the cowling panels to expose the nuts - and check to see if your nuts are loose. Or missing. Loose nuts can be a problem. (Just ask my wife)
And to further the advice - "Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey".
RadioHowie
I Miss Beemerdons!
Dwavey
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Rear view mirror?! How come I didn't get one?! Jeez Louise, mamayama screwed us Canadians again :dribble:
kingoldrum
Active member
My right vibrates, left is solid. I played with the mirror some and it feels like there might be a bit more looseness in the right at the folding pivot point. Will try packing it with some rubber as a test and see if it helps.
See a few comments about too much bitching, but when the left is crytal clear, and the right blurry, you are constantly aware.
See a few comments about too much bitching, but when the left is crytal clear, and the right blurry, you are constantly aware.
jjsC6
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Rickster
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a couple things to check.
1) note if the rubber gromet is installed correctly on both sides -- if any sticks out, they are installed upside down. (my right was like this -- it is installed by the dealer, not the factory)
2) as already mentioned -- check the bolts. When you check them -- make sure you torque them the same.
Factory torque should be 5.1 Ft*lbs. (M6 nut)
FWIW -- after I straightened out the gromet, and used a torque wrench (double torqued all 4 bolts), no more vibration.
1) note if the rubber gromet is installed correctly on both sides -- if any sticks out, they are installed upside down. (my right was like this -- it is installed by the dealer, not the factory)
2) as already mentioned -- check the bolts. When you check them -- make sure you torque them the same.
Factory torque should be 5.1 Ft*lbs. (M6 nut)
FWIW -- after I straightened out the gromet, and used a torque wrench (double torqued all 4 bolts), no more vibration.
FlaRider
Active member
That's one of the great things about this forum. I have had my 06 FJR for about 3 weeks and noticed the mirror issue. Left is solid with right vibrating. I thought I was the only one with this issue until finding this thread.
FJR1300
FJR Pilot
chickey191
Well-known member
both mirrors are pretty solid on mine -
however, I'm currently working on a '06 aux light bracket that could be used as a spacer to move the mirrors out a tad.
What do you think? 3/4"? I don't know if they could be extended much beyond that witout looking sort of dorkie.
however, I'm currently working on a '06 aux light bracket that could be used as a spacer to move the mirrors out a tad.
What do you think? 3/4"? I don't know if they could be extended much beyond that witout looking sort of dorkie.
I don't know if 3/4 of an inch is right, but I do know that I'd love to meet the friend in your avitar. Wow.
Paul Peloquin
Monmouth/Lakeview OR
FJR w/Tanji FBFC
