has anyone put this mirror kit on their Apex

[Sledroll]

Are these the mirrors that sledheadgeorge posted a link to? Yours look like a really nice fit and I've been thinking of doing that as well.

So upon further investigation , the mirrors that I thought attached to the hood , actually , as shown in this blown up picture , attach to the windshield fairing , in the same area where the Arctic Cat mirrors are attached on Yooper1 's sled .

So now the question is " who has the handlebar mirrors , and how good are they , and do you have a picture ?

Is it ok to hijack my own thread ?

 

[4strokeluvr111]

I have the handlebar mirrors on my (new last season) 14 Vector LTX. Can post a pic if you want. I don't like them at all. After using the fairing mounted "bug antennae" mirrors on my 05 Vector for 16K miles, I really miss them.

I don't like the mirrors moving with the handlebar movement. The plastic threads (one RH one LH) on the mounts have already partially stripped out (good luck finding a metric LH tap to make a better, metal mount). They are smaller and vibrate a bit more.

Until I saw this thread I thought I was going to have to live with what I have but if these mirrors will fit my 14 Vector, I'm installing them. IDC how long it takes and my cover will probably have to be modified to fit over them....and that's OK too.

 

[thor452]

love my mirrors handel bar mount but i had to remake the mounts out of steel diamond plate and a set of nuts off a diffrent set of mirrors. broke the cheap plastic ones after a year or so. they are just like motorcycle one so they work great great field of view and mount to the same mount as my yamaha hand guards. for cover you have to rotate them in when you put the cover on or they may snap off the plastic mounts that they screw into once i remade the mounts out of steel the woud just get out of adjustment when i put the cover on.

 

[4strokeluvr111]

I have the handlebar mirrors on my (new last season) 14 Vector LTX. Can post a pic if you want. I don't like them at all. After using the fairing mounted "bug antennae" mirrors on my 05 Vector for 16K miles, I really miss them.

I don't like the mirrors moving with the handlebar movement. The plastic threads (one RH one LH) on the mounts have already partially stripped out (good luck finding a metric LH tap to make a better, metal mount). They are smaller and vibrate a bit more.

Until I saw this thread I thought I was going to have to live with what I have but if these mirrors will fit my 14 Vector, I'm installing them. IDC how long it takes and my cover will probably have to be modified to fit over them....and that's OK too.

These mirrors will not work on the Vector chassis sleds.

 

[CaptCaper]

I use the Polaris Tall Indy Style mirrors from Ebay,etc. On the side panels. They work fine and are under $50. for 2 of them. They turn in fast for storage or in the trailer. They don't stick out far at all.

 

[Hooked Up]

I have the alternate mirror kit on my 2011 Apex. I love them. They were a pain to install and they complicate removing the windshield/headlight pod assy. I unbolt the cross brace and lift the pod off with the steel brace still attached. Also the cover is now a really tight fit.

To install the mirror braces you have to cut a hole in the plastic panel in the corners of the windshield.