bar-end mirrors, coolant & shower cap for race exhaust tips

[threeputt]

Just looking for suggestions.

1. I'm a fan of Engine Ice, but it's propylene glycol, not the ethylene glycol called for by the manual. Anyone found a good EG one they're happy with?

2. Not a fan of the stock mirrors on the SX. Any feedback/photos on some bar-end mirrors would be appreciated.

3. I just installed the race ECM and tips last week. It rains a lot here in FL, and looking at the angle of those tips I thought it might be a good idea to cover them after they cool so a pop-up rain shower doesn't soak the muffler box down below. Am I over-thinking this? Maybe there's a more elegant solution than a wal-mart bag and one of my wife's hair bands... on the off-chance I forget to check the forecast before I decide to take the SX to work that day.

Jeff

[M1Combat]

I wouldn't worry about the rain.

[buell-fan]

I've had two kinds of bar end mirrors and each have their place. I like these eBay specials because they don't vibrate as much for whatever reason. They don't fold/rotate out of the way like the other bar end mirrors do (with the same lense shape).


M1 is right about the rain. It will evaporate in a matter of miles. More moisture builds up inside from those quick 30 second cold starts. (You know the ones: the start, show off the sound with a few throttle blips, and then shut down the bike before it warms up much; like the dealers do or drunk friends showing off their new pipes.)

[threeputt]

Thanks for the pic. I have a set of Arrow flip-ups from Rottweiler Performance on my KTM 690 enduro and love them, but $$ and I don't see a need to flip them up for a street bike. I'll take a look around eBay and see if I can find yours.

Jeff

[qurtrn10]

I have the CRG Arrow bar end mirrors and they have been perfect. Being able to to fold them up has been nice if I'm in the garage with other vehicles and don't want to risk knocking into it - or if I'm parked at a bike night next to other bikes and I don't want to worry about anyone else bumping into them.

[Kid Thunder]

buell fan: do you think that the mirror bracket could be flipped so that the mirror would be on the bottom? Just a thought.

[buell-fan]

Both style of bar end mirrors can be flipped under with plenty of room by the frame/tank. You just switch which bar end you put them on; all there is to it.

[Kid Thunder]

I thought so. Thanks

[threeputt]

Man those do look good on the EBR...

[xenno92]

Did you have to do any drilling for the mirrors?