SpikeC
Joined: 20 Aug 2013 Posts: 450 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:43 pm Post subject: Another approach to DB5 mirrors |
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The shape of the DB5 mirrors may have been chosen to accent the angular styling of the bike, butt in addition to the poor view they come to a point that further limits their functionality. I acquired a used set of mirrors from a Ducat 916. The angle of the glass was just a bad as the stockers so I cut out the profile of the glass from a piece of 3/8" thick plastic, the tapered it on the tablesaw so that the top was paper thin. I had to make 2 of these to get the angle right, so the bottom edge of the glass is 3/4" out from where it started.
I then sanded the body smooth and painted them with Plastikote Accessory paint which duplicated the finish on the stockers. I am really happy with how these worked out!
_________________ Spike C.
Portland, Oregon, USA
2008 Bimota DB5R
1965 Triumph T100SC |
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