955 Mirrors

...I have always felt a little irked by the mirrors on my 2002 T3... They either don't look right on the bike (or I simply can't find any I like) or they don't show me what I need to see!

Not sure I like bar-ends...do they feel "natural" to use? Are they big enough to be useful (the actual mirror part)? Do they make the handlebars look to ungainly?

Not sure "stem" mirrors look any good...and any I have seen/used don't give a great rear view unless you put them on extenders on extenders....by which time they look daft!

It is always either "form over function"
or
Function but look cr@p.

was wondering what mirrors others have as I am looking for inspiration, not my elbows!

So...show us what you've got!

(Bad photo of current mirrors attached).

 

Thanks Geoff...that's a nice endorsement... And I like your street cup...bar ends suit it more, I think...

I have ordered some other mirrors today, as I was bored...will see what comes of it.

 

@Gurgly Bogs thanks...that's exactly where I was at too! I ended up having extenders on extenders...so I could see round my elbows and agree...it looked like ungainly antennas!

Funnily enough those rectangular mirrors are what I've just ordered! I wonder now, I may need those extenders now as well!!

It seems odd to me that so many mirrors seem to be the "same same but different", as in, they all look different but they all give the same view...as opposed to some better functional mirrors!

To my mind, the mirrors do not need to be on higher and higher stalks. Merely slightly wider. Width does not need height! But it seems a misnomer!?

That combined with limited actual measurements on listings (why would you not detail the left/right reach of mirrors I just don't know!) makes all this a PITA!

What are those little extenders? Link or details? Thanks!

 

Thanks @Oldskool that's an interesting way of looking at it and will factor it in!

 

@Gurgly Bogs I got those little extenders...I already knew they existed as I have bought them at least twice before (and returned them!) I just forgot!

I think, see photos, that I am happy with this....at least that is, until I forget I am ok with this and ask the same question again in about 18 months time!

Thanks all...

Ride safe.