So I've got a 92 that has 89 factory clip ons. I love em, can't beat em, etc...The previous owner must have laid the bike down at some point because the bolt holding one of the bar end weights broke off. I tried to extract it a few times, ended up with 2 broken extractors. Whatever, up until this point it hasn't been a problem.
Now though, I wanna put on bar end mirrors. I haven't determined which set, probably some bay cheap ones to see if I like the look and visibility they provide and then maybe something fancier. From what I can see, the handlebars are just pipes; in my instance they have threaded slugs welded into the end.
What do I need to do to get new actual bars made/found? It seems I could just get some pipe (if someone can help with the diameter and length that'd be lovely) cut to fit and slide em in the clamps. What do I do about getting bar end mirrors then? Leave the ends open?
I'm sick the factory mirrors being half obstructed all the GD time and bar end mirrors look sexier anyway. Lower profile.
Handle bars are yea 7/8th inch pipe with a slot where the bolt in the blocks @ the otherend - not the mirror end, the other end goes.
You could make that slot with a grinder, but then the mirrors will ahve to be press fit style mirrors, not thread in.
Cool.
Buddha.
A lot of bar end mirrors that have the internal expander can actually clamp onto 7/8" bars as well. You just have to slide the grips up about 1/4".
If your bars have a bolt in only 1 end, flip the bar around. Make a new notch for the clip and hole for the switch assembly. Use press on mirrors. Your grip will hide the old slot.
With a drill press and a good drill bit of the exact inside size of the bar, you can drill out the nut. I know one guy that did that.
You can use a grinder and grind out the welds and remove the nut.
Unless you get another factory bar, you will have to go with press fit bar end mirrors.