[fleuger99]

I know many of us have complained about the crappy BMW mirror fastening system. Today riding home from work on the interstate, I was doing about 75Mph and there was a stretch of 495 that is undergoing construction, well I nailed a small but deep pothole and my bike took a jarring hit. As it hit the right side mirror came loose and began swinging in the wind. Needless to say there were many choice words coming out from behind my helmet

When I got home I went through the process of tighting everything up again. I've owned bikes half the price that through their entire ownership I never had to refasten the mirrors and this includes off-road riding on a KLR 650. BMW should be ashamed of their design. :death:

I feel better now I complained

 

[drDave]

Agreed. Those compression bolts are probably made by the same people who choose BMW's color scheme. . . Anyone know a permanently tight substitute?

 

[1200bc]

take it all apart and put it all together again with med. loctite

 

[las]

Try this- add a waser and some locktite. this works for me.

 

[johnvw]

Yes,
BUT not too much loctite. I need to remove mine to fit handguards and they are BLOODY tight.
Regards John

 

[drDave]

I did the lock washer and locktite, but if you hit a hard bump or accidentally bump the mirror, it still can come loose and swing in the breeze. It's better, but it's really just a bad design.

 

[Lawrence of Suburbia]

Happened to me once too, on an earlier R1150R - and as I was on the road at the time I just couldn't seem to fix it! Bloody nuisance.

Even worse recently: the rhs 'tab' of my visor came loose from the helmet and the whole visor :hellno:was flapping in the breeze! I was on a Freeway at the time and traffic was very heavy so it took quite some time before I could pull over and fix it! Nightmare!!

L of S

 

[drDave]

Wow. Nothing like a near fatal safety feature! Glad you're OK!

 

[fleuger99]

Agreed. Those compression bolts are probably made by the same people who choose BMW's color scheme. . . Anyone know a permanently tight substitute?

Weld it? That should prevent any future loosening of the mirrors

 

[drDave]

When you hear an explosion north of Chicago that turned out to be a Darwin award contender who tried to weld his mirrors right next to a gas tank; my remains will have your name in my pocket so you can apply for my award by proxy.....

 

[fleuger99]

When you hear an explosion north of Chicago that turned out to be a Darwin award contender who tried to weld his mirrors right next to a gas tank; my remains will have your name in my pocket so you can apply for my award by proxy.....

LOL! Maybe strike that suggestion then. We can't have you absent from the forum, who would continually remind us how boring BMW bike colours are