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Just Installed CRG Hindsight LS Mirrors on my streetfighter project. Here's what you need to know to install them without without dropping an additional $69 on the Rhino bar ends...
When you loosen the control housings and try to move them inward, they won't clamp down because there's an anti-spin post on the bottom half of the housing and a corresponding hole on the under side of each side of the handlebar.
Notice the hole? This is the left side of the handlebar. Then notice the little dimple about 1 cm away? Looks like a pilot hole to me... This is a 2008 model. Interestingly, there didn't seem to be a dimple under the right side housing.
Find a drill bit that's the size of the existing hole, put on your eye protection...metal shavings flying while drilling at that angle...and carefully drill through.
Loosen the grip using the Philips screw-driver insert & twist method if you're re-using, cut off if you're not. The right side grip is installed on your throttle assembly which slides right off once disassembled, so you only have hard work on the left side grip. Re-install the control housing, temporarily install the mirror and the bar end to check position and then reposition the grip. Use a bit of grip glue to secure and then install the bar end and mirror and adjust as desired.
Repeat on the other side.
***Take care on the throttle side to leave plenty of clearance between the mirror clamp and the throttle housing and double check your throttle spins freely without hang-ups.***
I found an almost straight up angle on the mirror clamp works best for adjustability. It's hard to see in the pictures, but there's a bit of clearance between the mirror housing and the outside of the bar-ends.
When you loosen the control housings and try to move them inward, they won't clamp down because there's an anti-spin post on the bottom half of the housing and a corresponding hole on the under side of each side of the handlebar.
Notice the hole? This is the left side of the handlebar. Then notice the little dimple about 1 cm away? Looks like a pilot hole to me... This is a 2008 model. Interestingly, there didn't seem to be a dimple under the right side housing.
Find a drill bit that's the size of the existing hole, put on your eye protection...metal shavings flying while drilling at that angle...and carefully drill through.
Loosen the grip using the Philips screw-driver insert & twist method if you're re-using, cut off if you're not. The right side grip is installed on your throttle assembly which slides right off once disassembled, so you only have hard work on the left side grip. Re-install the control housing, temporarily install the mirror and the bar end to check position and then reposition the grip. Use a bit of grip glue to secure and then install the bar end and mirror and adjust as desired.
Repeat on the other side.
***Take care on the throttle side to leave plenty of clearance between the mirror clamp and the throttle housing and double check your throttle spins freely without hang-ups.***
I found an almost straight up angle on the mirror clamp works best for adjustability. It's hard to see in the pictures, but there's a bit of clearance between the mirror housing and the outside of the bar-ends.
