Touring Scooter Mo Betta Mirrors?

[roadster250]

Hey Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone else has both had trouble keeping stock mirrors on a Roketa 250 staying where they're pointed and not being long enough to see past your own bod? I can't see how to tighten these up as there are no apparent set screws or other hardware present.

My current solution is a pair of Emgo GP mirrors from BikeBandit.com. They were very reasonalbly priced, but their mounting is with 10mm wide threads (vice the 8mm on the stock mirrors) and they are only marginally longer.

However, I can't stand the stock one changing position every time I hit a bump. My solution is depicted below; I used some aluminum strap from Home Depot and the stock mirror location. The strap is held in place (see arrow) by an 8mm x 1.25 bolt where the stock mirror mounts. I used a 10mm x 1.25 nut for the Emgo mirrors. My initial ride tonight showed great improvement, but I'd still like some that get further out.

Here is my current solution with the Emgo mirror installed and the stock mirror in my hand with arrow pointing to the original mounting location:



If anyone has a better alternative, I'm all ears!

[scooterollie]

Roadster 250;
You are right, the stock mirrors can be a real pain! If you do a search on the forum in general, you will turn up numerous threads about those mirrors. Different folks have come up with some ingenious solutions. For myself, on both my 150 and 250 with that style mirror, I stuck with the O.E. mirror but modified the mirror base and spacer to kick the mirror forward some. Also used lock washers. Mine are nice and tight and give me a decent view. Since the mirrors on most of these scoots just screw into a handlebar mount, you can also loosen the mount bolt and rotate the mount forward some to kick the mirror up.

[monty57]

I had similar problems and also modified the original mirrors. I only had the issue with the right side. I filed a small amount of plastic from the base of the mirror and angle the spacer with a grinder. I took a couple of tries to get enough but the whole process took only about 20 minutes. My suggestion is take a little off at a time and try it. Too much and you will have to buy new mirrors.

[Showme]

Ok, here's my two cents worth.
I have a MC 54 and the right hand mirror absolutely will not stay set. Problem is loose ball connection between mirror and shaft. No way to tighten it that I can see. Will be ordering replacement mirrors from JC Whitney for motorcycles. You can get them in all sizes and lenghts.

[WarrenS]

The mirrors from JC Whitney probably have 10mm threads instead of 8mm. Somebody should come up with an adapter to use them. Right side might use left hand thread like Yamaha.

[roadster250]

On the Roketa (in my original post), both mounts are RH threaded. I've got more bar if you need an adapter - for a price, of course...

I haven't checked JC Whitney as I've had lousy experience with them long ago; perhaps they've improved things?

[90GTVert]

Why not just start with 8 mm threaded mirrors. Almost all of the Chinese scooters use them and they are generally both RH thread. Stan

warstein said:

The mirrors from JC Whitney probably have 10mm threads instead of 8mm. Somebody should come up with an adapter to use them. Right side might use left hand thread like Yamaha.

[roadster250]

I don't find 8mm mirrors on eBay or any long necked ones in searching the internet. Are there some better sites to find 8mm stemmed scooter mirrors?

The chromed, 10mm long neck ones at JC Whitney are now back ordered until mid October 07, so they aren't an option and any mirror with only 6" or 7 " of stem won't solve the seeing past one's shoulders issues...

[scooterollie]

Check on Stan's site:

www.oregonvintage.com/