Riderscan Blind Spot Mirror

[Uticat]

www.huntercreate.com

https://www.amazon.com/Riderscan-Bli...ews/B00MGXQL3E

Has anyone tried/used/installed one of these? Ram mountable? are they any good? subjective I know, just looking for input.

[Ryan12]

That's a bit pricy as I bought mine off Ebay for $40 plus $13 in shipping from the UK. I removed my center camera to install with Ram ball. It seems to work really great while sitting on bike in my garage. ( Raining today) I will get a pic posted later today. I think I will like this a lot as I don't have head movement like an Owl does.

[trikermutha]

I believe some of the sponsers on the site have these too.

One is TRICLED.

[dbaucum]

I have one and found it useless. All I see is myself in the mirror. Could not find an adjustment that would work.

[RichardRubin]

I just bought the Tricled Wide-Vu mirrors. Based on reviews here they're supposed to be fantastic. Should be getting them tomorrow.


Richard

[teninospyder]

www.huntercreate.com

https://www.amazon.com/Riderscan-Bli...ews/B00MGXQL3E

Has anyone tried/used/installed one of these? Ram mountable? are they any good? subjective I know, just looking for input.

I like just the round "self stick" mirrors you can buy almost anywhere. They come in various sizes. The ones I like are small enough not to take away from your stock mirrors, and "adjustable" so you can see farther to the sides or closer, depending on what you like. Just MHO.

[Pirate looks at --]

I just bought the Tricled Wide-Vu mirrors. Based on reviews here they're supposed to be fantastic. Should be getting them tomorrow.


Richard

And I have them already and they really work great. I can trace a car on either side of me in the mirror all the way to the point where I can see them in the corner of my eye! Great product.

[bscrive]

I just bought the Tricled Wide-Vu mirrors. Based on reviews here they're supposed to be fantastic. Should be getting them tomorrow.


Richard

+3 I put these on my wife F3 and she said it made a world of difference. Awesome product.

[ARtraveler]

x 4 Have the TriCleds on both 's

[Petrom714]

hope they are a big help--expanding the sight zone is a plus

I just bought the Tricled Wide-Vu mirrors. Based on reviews here they're supposed to be fantastic. Should be getting them tomorrow.


Richard

[Mazo EMS2]

I had blind spot mirrors for a while too on my stock mirrors (the adhesive kind for $3 a pair. They worked very well. Then we picked up a set of the wide view mirrors from TRicLed at Spyderfest. LOVE EM......wouldn't go back to stock. A pair cost $80 installed. The install is simply sticking them to the stock mirrors. Pricey for a couple pieces of glass, but they are nice

[trikermutha]

I use these. I like them because they are real glass and not plastic makes the view much clearer.


http://electricalconnection.com/inde...r-micro-glass/

Another site sponser

[bzbaeren]

I installed one of these nearly a year ago because I found drivers were drifting in to look at the Can Am and sometimes getting to close to fast even to keep up with in heavy traffic, I like it but mounted it to the top of the dash with the sticky feet not to the wind shield.

[Blue Star]

I just bought the Tricled Wide-Vu mirrors. Based on reviews here they're supposed to be fantastic. Should be getting them tomorrow.


Richard

The TricLED Wide-Vu mirrors helped me see what was behind me really good. That is until it falls off after about four months, so I went back to stock.

Back of mirror .jpgOEM mirror.jpg

[Raprider]

+1 on the Wide-Vu's...

I don't think I'd like the "picture-in-picture" view of the corner stick-on types...

[ARNIE R]

The TricLED Wide-Vu mirrors helped me see what was behind me really good. That is until it falls off after about four months, so I went back to stock.

Back of mirror .jpgOEM mirror.jpg

When mine started to come loose, I cut a few squares of 3M tape and filled in some of the recessed openings on the back of the mirror. This brought up more contact surface area and they haven't moved yet. There is very little surface area with just the raised ridges alone.

[RNBOB]

www.huntercreate.com

https://www.amazon.com/Riderscan-Bli...ews/B00MGXQL3E

Has anyone tried/used/installed one of these? Ram mountable? are they any good? subjective I know, just looking for input.

I have one on my NC700X, bought it about 2 years ago. Mounted It on my Vstream windshield.It looked great on you tube but in actual use it didn't do much. Waste of money.

[Blue Star]

When mine started to come loose, I cut a few squares of 3M tape and filled in some of the recessed openings on the back of the mirror. This brought up more contact surface area and they haven't moved yet. There is very little surface area with just the raised ridges alone.

The pictures I posted were actually the replacement set that I was sent when the first set fell off. Problem was when the second set fell off while stored at my brothers house (when I moved from CA to MO) he did not know what it was, and dragged it out with his foot scratching one up. I have the original set in a box somewhere in the garage, and was thinking of filling in the squares, and replacing the 3M tape too. To be honest for the price we should not have to correct their design flaw's, but I guess it is what it is.

[Ryan12]

The pictures I posted were actually the replacement set that I was sent when the first set fell off. Problem was when the second set fell off while stored at my brothers house (when I moved from CA to MO) he did not know what it was, and dragged it out with his foot scratching one up. I have the original set in a box somewhere in the garage, and was thinking of filling in the squares, and replacing the 3M tape too. To be honest for the price we should not have to correct their design flaw's, but I guess it is what it is.

They also are flat on the back and the stock mirror is curved and they don't sit flush. I cut 2" of 3m tape from center and put on inbd side to make it sit better on stock mirror. Be sure to stick the otbd sides first otherwise you will run out of mirror adjustment. I'm actually starting to like them better now. And after trying my Riderscan on a ride today I honestly have to say the Tricleds do the same thing. So I might just be selling my Riderscan.

[Blue Star]

They also are flat on the back and the stock mirror is curved and they don't sit flush. I cut 2" of 3m tape from center and put on inbd side to make it sit better on stock mirror. Be sure to stick the otbd sides first otherwise you will run out of mirror adjustment. I'm actually starting to like them better now. And after trying my Riderscan on a ride today I honestly have to say the Tricleds do the same thing. So I might just be selling my Riderscan.

Thank you for the suggestion, as I did plan to fill in the squares to put them back on. I really do like them, especially when pulling my trailer. Just so I am clear "otbd" is outbound, or outside from the Spyder. , With "inbd" being inbound, or the inside from the Spyder.

[Petrom714]

was double sided tape? and you kinda squeeze it into any gaps that develop? something like that?

When mine started to come loose, I cut a few squares of 3M tape and filled in some of the recessed openings on the back of the mirror. This brought up more contact surface area and they haven't moved yet. There is very little surface area with just the raised ridges alone.

[Petrom714]

i ordered the mirrors from tricled
and trying to understand the quirks of it

Thank you for the suggestion, as I did plan to fill in the squares to put them back on. I really do like them, especially when pulling my trailer. Just so I am clear "otbd" is outbound, or outside from the Spyder. , With "inbd" being inbound, or the inside from the Spyder.

[Blue Star]

i ordered the mirrors from tricled
and trying to understand the quirks of it

Back of mirror .jpg If you look at this picture you will see the back of the mirror without the 3M tape. You can't tell from the picture, but the squares are about a quarter inch (guessing) deep.

OEM mirror.jpgThe 3M tape attaches to the OEM mirror, and the ridges (or squares) of the Wide-Vu mirror back.

In my opinion the flaw of the design is the back of the Wide-Vu has these squares with empty spaces. The 3M tape is connected to them, and then you attach it to the OEM mirror. The ridges of those said squares are not thick enough to hold the 3M tape to the Wide-Vu mirror. If the squares were solid there would have more than enough contact to hold. I do admit the 3M tape is really hard to remove.

Don't get me wrong, the Wide-Vu mirrors are a great product, but just have to have the flaws fixed.

[UtahPete]

x 4 Have the TriCleds on both 's

Ditto

[ARNIE R]

was double sided tape? and you kinda squeeze it into any gaps that develop? something like that?

Like Blue Star said. Since the only real contact surface on the backside of the mirror is the raised ridges which are barely 1/16 inch wide, if that, the direct contact surface to the tape is very limited. You take some more 3M tape and fill in about 4/5 of the square recesses with square pieces of tape. This increases the surface contact area significantly so there is greater holding power. Mine have not budged a bit since I did that.