Hello everyone! I'm a lifelong Yamaha fan and the FJR does not disappoint. I have a question about the mirrors on a Gen 2. Has anyone ever removed the glass from the mirror housing? I want to powdercoat the mirror housing and bracket. It looks like they are removable but a slight tug and twist is not working too well.
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RossKean
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Mirror housing is plastic - not sure if it can be powdercoated??
I had the glass in a mirror removed when I smacked a crow at 60 mph. (Crow didn't survive but the impact popped the mirror glass out.) If I remember correctly, the glass is attached to the substrate with some sort of adhesive plus the thin plastic "frame". I don't think the mirror with the pivoting base can be removed without taking the glass out first. I was able to get a piece of convex glass custom cut at an auto glass place - Yamaha doesn't sell replacement glass.
I had the glass in a mirror removed when I smacked a crow at 60 mph. (Crow didn't survive but the impact popped the mirror glass out.) If I remember correctly, the glass is attached to the substrate with some sort of adhesive plus the thin plastic "frame". I don't think the mirror with the pivoting base can be removed without taking the glass out first. I was able to get a piece of convex glass custom cut at an auto glass place - Yamaha doesn't sell replacement glass.
RossKean
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I knew the stem was cast metal but thought the housing was plastic. Never scraped it deeply enough to tell...
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