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Fitting mirrors on a 72 Commando

Submitted by david_henshaw on Sun, 07/04/2013
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My bike has a mounting hole on the clutch lever side but not on the brake side. Has anyone fitted a mirror to the right hand side . If so, how and what type of mirror?

Thanks

John

Submitted by joe_seifert on Mon, 08/04/2013

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Stem 06-4145, mirror head 06-4102. Our stems have as thread long enough to go through the front half of the lever bracket and take a counternut.

Brake side should have a threaded hole for the mirror in the master cylinder.

Submitted by david_henshaw on Mon, 08/04/2013

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Previously wrote:

Stem 06-4145, mirror head 06-4102. Our stems have as thread long enough to go through the front half of the lever bracket and take a counternut.

Brake side should have a threaded hole for the mirror in the master cylinder.

Thanks for the reply Joe but there isn't a hole in the master cylinder. I think I will have to fit a bar end mirror

Submitted by joe_seifert on Tue, 09/04/2013

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Sorry John,

Very early master cylinder bodies (part# 06-1939) did indeed not have the threaded hole. On my own bikes I encountered none of these hence forgot, though we did have some in the Andover Norton stock until recently. Later ones (part#06-3667) had.

Joe

Submitted by david_henshaw on Tue, 09/04/2013

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Previously wrote:

Sorry John,

Very early master cylinder bodies (part# 06-1939) did indeed not have the threaded hole. On my own bikes I encountered none of these hence forgot, though we did have some in the Andover Norton stock until recently. Later ones (part#06-3667) had.

Joe

Joe - I could do with mirrors on my 71 Fastback - there is a through hole on each lever body (8mm?) but no thread. Any suggestions?

Cheers

Alan

Submitted by david_henshaw on Tue, 09/04/2013

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Previously wrote:

Sorry John,

Very early master cylinder bodies (part# 06-1939) did indeed not have the threaded hole. On my own bikes I encountered none of these hence forgot, though we did have some in the Andover Norton stock until recently. Later ones (part#06-3667) had.

Joe

Thanks very much for the replies anyway

Cheers

John

Submitted by david_henshaw on Tue, 09/04/2013

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Previously wrote:

Threaded insert?

See the earlier note in this thread . A long threaded section may take a nut on the underside

John

Submitted by joe_seifert on Wed, 10/04/2013

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A threaded insert is a good idea. Just putting the mirror stem through a plain hole lets the mirror turn easily.

Submitted by ashley_cutler on Sat, 13/04/2013

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Another option to fit a larger range of mirrors would be to get some female to male adaptors made up. Have them on MKIII, only it another 25mm or higher.

Submitted by michael_sullivan on Wed, 24/04/2013

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Here's a silly question from an outlander (and you can consider the source):

Why was the bike not supplied with a mirror on the right as standard? I would think that while driving on the left hand (wrong) side of the road a mirror on the left would only be good for watching the dollys walking on the sidewalk.

Mike

Submitted by david_henshaw on Mon, 17/06/2013

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Thanks to everyone who replied to this . I have fitted a Halcyon bar end mirror on the RHS. The bike was imported from Canada by the previous owner which would explain the only mounting hole being on the LHS.

Thanks again

John

 


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