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what do you like better stock or bar-end, up or down.




Chuck

From the choices, I like the stock better.
BUT...I like lower profile, custom mirrors over all.

Bar-end up

My friend has exactly the same mirror on his Bonneville -01( left side only)

Works nice and looks cool

only useless for those of you still driving on the wrong side of the road!

Off topic i know but has always interested me so....

In 1998, archaeologists found a well-preserved track leading to a Roman quarry near Swindon, England. The grooves in the road on the right side were observed to be much deeper than those on the left side, which would make sense given that carts would be driven without any load on the way to the quarry, but would return laden with stone. These grooves suggest that the Romans drove on the left, at least in this particular location.[5]
In fact, some, for example C. Northcote Parkinson, believed that ancient travellers on horseback generally rode on the left side of the road. As more people are right-handed, horsemen would thus be able to hold the reins with their left hands and keep their right hand free—to offer in friendship to passing riders or to defend themselves with swords, if necessary.[citation needed]. It is often suggested this practice was brought about by the use of Postilions on coaches, in some countries they sat facing forward, in others back.
The first legal reference in Britain to an order for traffic to remain on the left occurred in 1756 with regard to London Bridge. The Highway Act 1773 contained a recommendation that horse traffic should remain on the left and this is enshrined in the Highway Act 1835.[20]
In the late 1700s, the shift from left to right that took place in countries such as the United States was based on teamsters' use of large freight wagons pulled by several pairs of horses. The wagons had no driver’s seat, so a postilion sat on the left rear horse and held his whip in his right hand. Seated on the left, the driver preferred that other wagons pass him on the left so that he could be sure to keep clear of the wheels of oncoming wagons. He did that by driving on the right side of the road.[citation needed]. Other countries, for example France, adopted driving on the right as a result of Napoleonic occupation/control.
Countries that became part of the British Empire adopted the British keep-left rule, although many have since changed. Canada, for example, where the maritime provinces and British Columbia drove on the left, eventually changed to the right in order to make border crossings to and from the United States easier. Nova Scotia switched to driving on the right on April 15, 1923.

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Back on topic....

I prefer the standard mirrors. Have always liked the round standard mirrors since i was a lad. All my Honda CBs had em

I personally don't like bar end mirrors on a cruiser.

There are a bunch of 10mm thread mirror heads that fit the stock shafts & will provide a custom/improved look. I have Emgo "El-Chico" chrome small rectangular head mirrors on the stock shafts on my 07SM & FAR prefer them to the round OEM stock heads.

Oh the Romans drove on the left? No wonder their culture eventually failed!

No offense, but I dont like either

On topic...

The style of the mirror is all wrong for the bars and shape at the front... Sorry, my opinion. Have you tried the smaller round type?

Off Topic...

The reason the grooves were deeper on that side of the road is nothing to do with loads but the fact that, as is today, nearly 4 times more traffic comes out of london than seems to go into it...
The roman immigration office must have been in croyden too...

Just another example of foreign cultures diminishing british heritage at home since we sent all our roughnecks and criminals to colonise the rest of the world...

I guess I like either the optional oval Triumph (not the erector set version) or stock the best. There's something about the classic old round ones that takes me back to my first Triumph. It looks good on the classics and the cruisers.

Does the bar end upside down hit the tank at full lock? Sure looks close. (or your leg?)

Ya it would hit the tank if I but it down. If I put it at a angle that it didnt I cant see out of it. But it kinda cool down there gives a real slick look.

I went a got a second bar end mirror i will put pics up as soon as it stops raining.

All empires with their associated culture eventually fail. It's just a matter of how long they last and from memory the Romans sort of lasted a while, which sort of makes me think they must have been doing something right.

Does all this matter. Not one bit but I like easy retorts