Mirror Wideners/Extenders - Thundercat

[braddy]

Hi all, I've done a search but can't seem to find any info about this. Perhaps I'm the fattest person ever to ride a motorbike

I've just got a thundercat at the weekend as my 1st bike. Having a great time upto now building up my confidence but the only thing that irritates me is having to squeeze my arms in to use my mirrors. I've adjusted them as much as I believe I can but they still don't give me as much of a view of what's behind me as I would like.

Has anyone used any wideners or extenders to give a better view out of the mirrors. If so, did they work and where did you get them.

Thanks

[dern]

Here you go...

http://www.motorcycle-road-and-race.co.uk/catalog/...

...all the bikes I've ever ridden are like this by the way and if you wear textiles or a rain suit the problem gets worse as your jacket inflates.

Edited by dern on Tuesday 1st July 12:52

[lawrence567]

I have a Cat & it's a common problem.
You need to buy mirrord from another biker & make some custom mounts.
I'm part of another forum that could probably helo you with this soley
based on thundercats

www.bikersoracle.com/thunder/forum

[dern]

lawrence567 said:

I have a Cat & it's a common problem.
You need to buy mirrord from another biker & make some custom mounts.
I'm part of another forum that could probably helo you with this soley
based on thundercats

www.bikersoracle.com/thunder/forum

...or you could post on there and tell them about the extenders I found

[black-k1]

I have the GenMar mirror extenders fitted to my FireStorm. I fitted them about 6 months after I bought the bike and would not now be without them. They turned what were basically totally useless mirrors into mirrors I could actually use, even when wearing a large oversuit. I’m not sure if they do fittings for the Thundercat but it may be worth a ‘google’.

[mark c]

braddy said:

Hi all, I've done a search but can't seem to find any info about this. Perhaps I'm the fattest person ever to ride a motorbike

I've just got a thundercat at the weekend as my 1st bike. Having a great time upto now building up my confidence but the only thing that irritates me is having to squeeze my arms in to use my mirrors. I've adjusted them as much as I believe I can but they still don't give me as much of a view of what's behind me as I would like.

Has anyone used any wideners or extenders to give a better view out of the mirrors. If so, did they work and where did you get them.

Thanks

I bought a Thundercat back in October last year, also my first bike, and had exactly the same problem. I eventually got the ones for the 'cat from motorcycle road & race as suggested above and they do the job nicely! Definitely recommend them!

Regards,

Mark

[lawrence567]

my bad sorry dern didnt see your post

[braddy]

Cheers for the info.

I've joined bikers oracle now, cheers Lawrence. Seems to be some good info on there about pretty much everything

think I'll get the extenders Dern mentioned but I'll be honest, they're a bit more expensive than I thought they'd be!!