Mirror Wings

[Doug in South Dakota]

Here is some pic's of the mirror wings I made
Need to paint the screw heads yet
Nope there not bugs, But a dirty camera lens

[38 special]

Nice job. Not having any such thing before I'm going to allow my ignorance to show. Is it to stop wind and bugs form hitting your hands?

[Charlie from Illinois]

What material did you make them out of, if you don't mind my asking.

[Doug in South Dakota]

I used lexan...Wish it was smoked but the glass shop I got it at did'nt have anything but clear..
Hopefully they will keep wind RAIN* and bugs off my hands but the real reason was to take some wind off Debbie
*for some reason this bike has allways thought it is a duck and needs to be wet everytime it comes out of the garage. Last year we put on about 14k and I think 13.9k of those were in the rain

[David in NW Penna]

Did you make a copy of the shape these, along with a "bill of materials"? How did you fasten them to the mirrors? I think a lot of members would be interested in making a set.

[Doug in South Dakota]

I used 1/8" lexan..I just used self taping screws and screwed 3/4" alum angel to the bottom of the mirror. I don't think you would want to use anything smaller then 3/4' angel because I think you need the support, and you would'nt want to drill to close to the edge of the lexan.
Yes I have the pattern but I did do a little touch up after I cut the lexan.
Anybody that wants the pattern PM me with a snail mail and I will send it, For I don't know how to scan and post so it comes out the right size.

[Chris near Kansas City]

Making a set that would go between the mirror base and the chrome strip might be easier to install. Rick made a couple sets like that.

Edit: Rick sent some pics. He got the pattern from Jim Hall. Mike in IL also made a set for the '01. I think David Carter was also making some for a while, but not sure.

[toro8]

Are the Rick style wings flat? In the picture they look like they have some compound curves. Is their a pattern for these? Anything to reduce passenger wind is a good thing. John in KC

[Chris near Kansas City]

Yes, the bottoms and outer edges both have bends or curves to them.

[toro8]

Curves would make them much stronger so they would not flap in the wind. John in KC

[stasch]

I would be very interested in templates for this.

I've always wanted to make some sort of a pivoting wind wing in that exact spot to protect hands in cold weather, and bring in air in hot weather.

It would be a concept similar to what I've done on my Concours with 2 pairs of pivoting wings:

http://rides.webshots.com/album/5592972 ... host=rides