Post drop

[SigepKat]

My bike had a drop...landed against a car, now the left side mirror is bent in/up. The mirror is fine, its mounting bracket is what bent. My question is the mirror assembly strong enough to use as leverage to pull the bracket back or do I need to pull the fairing off and figure out how to fix it from there?

CM

 

[HotRodZilla]

I had to pull mine down once. I was mad and just yanked on it. It bent right back on the first try.

 

[bluesdog]

HRZ, it probably worked for you 'cause you frightened the poor thing!

I'd probably remove the mirror and use a couple of bolts that would fit. The mount location on the Gen II has inset aluminum bushings, which could fracture under pressure. The sub-frame itself is mild steel, so will bend pretty easily. The mirror arm itself is fairly strong, but I think it's made of some alloy and possibly some plastic bits.

Another advantage of using a couple of bolts is that you can then attach something longer than the mirror assembly, which will provide more leverage.

 

[mcatrophy]

I made a "tool" out of an aluminium bar, two holes to line up with the mirror mounts, longer screws to hold it in place.

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Although my fairing was off at the time, this isn't necessary, but you may need spacers to hold the bar off the paintwork.

The mirror base is fairly strong, but I wouldn't trust it to lever the frame, it's made of crap cheap alloy covered in plastic.



(Pictures taken after an unfortunate windy episode.)