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The Mirror/Signal ReRe

Toadride

Toadride

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Don't know who's done it with the 2012 yet but it became a necessity for me.
Some distance travelling at all speeds was all it took. First this.
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Screw vibrated out, lens gone.
Then this
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Thing just fell apart. Hardly mattered because I couldn't see out of them anyways. Like the Beach Boys, they were turning out those "Big Vibrations."
Went for the kits from MPH cycle in Huston and shortly after arriving at my brother's in Ontario, did the re and re.
First the mirrors. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
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Removing the side covers, I had pointed out to MPH that the side covers are in two pieces and you have to destroy the push on clips to get them apart. They need to come apart to get at the Allen screw holding the housing together.
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They said they would look into it and send them along. They didn't.
Once apart, the install was quick and easy. I decided to use this Goop stuff to secure to two pieces. I places just enough on an easy access side of the tit to allow for filing it off if need be in the future.
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Found the plugs (DOH) and edited this post.


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The finished product and mirrors installed. The mirrors? Rock steady.
 
When I separated the panels I used some E clips (otherwise known as Jesus clips) to re-secure. They were still tight 2k miles later when I pulled the side panels to do the canister

Not sure why any wiring was involved - the mirror wires separate at the connector block on each side, down by the side panels and the sockets of the faring lamps plug directly into them...I think I had to cut a zip tie
 
My eyes are just not what they used to be. Upon closer examination I found the plug and am making the correction as we speak.
 
Last week, on my Stelvio, the right hand mirror socket got loose too. Didn't fall off the socket like yours ... :eek:
I had noticed that the right hand was not vibrating as much as before .... but after a while of driving the mirror was reflecting my face. :lol: (Had to change it).

The dealer was kind enough to sell me the ones on an Aprillia DORSODURO he had. (Parts take forever if you have to order)
The mirror's compression fitting from the Stelvio and the Aprillia were the same size.

Since the turn lights were on the mirror decided to bring them down to the side markers.
Found some sockets ...... more or less what seemed to fit ..... did a little plastic cutting and trimming so to make them fit well.



Now I'm all set.
 

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Something's wrong - I just replaced my 2009 mirrors and signals this week and it took me 15 minutes total.

1. Unsnap wire connector to signal in mirror.

2. Unscrew old mirrors from handlebar mounts and toss in the bin. They were broken and rusty.

3. Screw new mirrors without signals into mounts and tighten.

4. Take out one allen screw each side holding blank-out panels in fairing, remove and bin panels.

5. Snap new turn signals into place in fairing, attach new connectors, one allen screw each to attach new signals.

Job done!

Lannis
 
If there's a trick to getting the Allen screws out without splitting the side panels, I'd love to know about it Lannis. And, as admitted and post adjusted, the signal plug was my bad.
 
Toadride said:
If there's a trick to getting the Allen screws out without splitting the side panels, I'd love to know about it Lannis. And, as admitted and post adjusted, the signal plug was my bad.
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It must be a difference in the way the later bikes were put together. On the 2009, there was a nice little threaded bushing in the turn signal bit, and a clean hole in the side panel with a washer under the allen screw head. When I twiddled it out, everything just came apart easy, no potential for splitting anything, and went back together the same way. Maybe people were losing screws, and they made everything tighter and stickier on the later bikes?

Lannis
 
Toadride said:
If there's a trick to getting the Allen screws out without splitting the side panels, I'd love to know about it Lannis. And, as admitted and post adjusted, the signal plug was my bad.
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Toadride, my experience was the same as Lannis'. It looks to me like the side panel design of the NTX is quite different than our earlier model Stelvios. Probably accounts for the installation difficulties you had.

Bruce
 
This is for putting Euro signals on the newer NTX and how I've been doing it on customer bikes. No damaging the pins made of soft plastic like in photos.
If you look at photos of the NTX panels in 1st post here, you will see the backside and where the screw goes.

I JUST DRILL A HOLE STRAIT IN FRONT OF IT THROUGH THE PANEL

Reach in w/allen ball end and extract, replace lens & socket and allen screw
***********Now, you have to make the hole just a bit smaller than the rubber plug in your airbox drain tube************
Get 2 of them plugs and put in holes, Factory uses these plugs on a hole on the panels to keep panel edge from vibrating. And they look factory .
 
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