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Old 15th August 2013, 11:19 AM
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Well after considering the usual places for to mount the indicators I decided to be a little different and mount them fairly high and further back... the height was to allow them to be visible on the 45 degree rule but it also had the bonus of keeping the stubs short and they marry very well with the headlamps, another added bonus is you can see them blinking in the reflection on the headlamps should you ever forget to cancel a left on signal.





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Old 15th August 2013, 12:10 PM
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Extra bonus is you get to look at more shiny bits

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Old 15th August 2013, 08:29 PM
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Never thought of it that way Russ, but hey you are right been having a bit of a tidy today as the garage was becoming a death trap so not much done ...in fact only one paltry looking thing.....my start button

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Old 15th August 2013, 10:08 PM
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More productive day than me then!!!!
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I finished a rack unit to go at the bottom of the garage over the spare engines. should make storage easier and tidy up the space.

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Got me mirrors fitted today and then spent a good hour just tidying the inside of the cockpit to prepare for some seat mounting reinforcement





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Just a small note about mirror mounting. I think I am a proficient user of mirrors, I find it easier to park a car into a tight spot in reverse, controlling the clearances with the mirrors. Not so with the roadster. The mirrors are closer to the centreline than the outer edges of the rear arches, so you do not get a view of the car's outer dimensions in them. This way they are almost useless for maneuvering in reverse, you're better off turning your head and controlling the corners directly. Now, for normal highway use the height of the mirrors is more important, as the rear arches obscure the lower part of the view. Based on this consideration, window-frame-mounted mirrors should be more convenient, once we get around to fitting a windscreen.

I've also used cheap scooter mirrors with M10x1.25 threads and mounted them like so:
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Looks like the position of the mirror ended up very similar to yours.
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