Mirror question

[Stitch]

So, apparently I'm a new type of rider today (according to the old "there are 2 types of riders..."deal)

Fortunately it was a low speed lowside, and I barely even scuffed my jacket. My handlebar is a bit bent and my fork's in need of a little touchup alignment, that I can handle. What's driving me crazy is something got knocked loose in my left mirror and it's all rattley. I'm guessing it's some sort of weight. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to take it apart so I can glue it back in place or whatever I have to do (short of smashing the mirror and then having to find a new one of those, which I'd like to avoid.

Any suggestions?

[annguyen1981]

First business...
Welcome!

Second business...
I'm sorry your in the second category of riders.  Luckily, I'm still in the first.

Third business...

I'm not sure about the mirror, but what year bike is it?  This info may or may not be helpful to the experts who will pipe up soon.

[scratch]

Welcome!

Sounds like the glass mirror is loose in the plastic housing, which is a bummer, because unless you want to McGuiver something to wedge in there (I'm thinking of rolling up a square inch of duct tape or a toothpick), you'll want to replace it.  If it's the chrome mirror housing, you'll definitely want to replace it.  Sorry.

Glad you're allright.

Do you know what you did wrong, that made you crash?

[Stitch]

Do you know what you did wrong, that made you crash?

I just made the newbie mistake of not trusting the bike enough and felt I was going into a turn too fast, so I did the standard straighten out and brake to a stop deal. Only problem is, there was gravel on the outside of the turn, so as I was almost at a stop, suddenly my front tire lost traction, locked, and down goes the bike.

I see it as a matter of I didn't have enough experience, so clearly I need to ride more.  On the plus side, and this absolutely made my day, on 2 occasions on my ride home, I was stopped at a crosswalk letting people go by, and a little kid saw me and got real excited to see a guy on a motorcycle. One of them got this huge smile and yelled out "HIIII!" and got even more excited when I waved to him. They're gonna be riders someday, I can tell.

[scratch]

You have learned well!  You have the makings and maturity of a very long riding career!  Kudos! 

May I give some pointers?  No?  Too bad, here they are: 

Change your thinking into that you did enter the turn too fast, this way when you enter into any more unknown turns (slower), you will more likely exit intact with your bike.

After you get to know the turn, then increase your entry speed (a little at a time, no more than +5mph each time).

Hope this helps!

[Stitch]

Hey, I just noticed you're in Sunnyvale, so you probably know the road I muffed it on, I was on Redwood road in Oakland, about 1/4 mile from Bort meadows.

And I decided to break the mirror to see what it was (figuring I'll just replace it anyway, and I'd like to see what's inside it). There's a metal backing with a pad on it that's screwed into posts that are molded into the housing, and the posts broke loose. I'll probably JB it all back together, and keep an eye out for a mirror, and then if I ever get it fixed, I'll have a spare left mirror (or I could mount it somehow and have 2 left mirrors).

[scratch]

They make really good mirrors to shave in.

I'm going to take a moment, and add on to your thread, that this is the second time someone has crashed because they thought they weren't going to make it.

I would like to point out that if you haven't crashed yet, you're probably not going to.  "Yet" being the operative word.

You have got to try to make the turn.  Don't just give up.  Look where you want to go.  If you crash, you were going to crash anyway.

The point is you've got to try.

[RVertigo]

I'm assuming you don't have an GS-F...

I had the same problem...  I couldn't figure out how to fix it, so I got some (far superior) 2nd Gen SV Mirrors.