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Tether for Magic Mirrors
This is the tether system I came up with for the mirrors. It uses 140# line doubled for a total of 280#. Used a Key chain Quick Disconnect so you can remove the mirror.
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One more option https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0?ie=UTF8&psc= Take off the swivel and or the snap and loop through the mirror and attache to the frame. I just ordered it.. not sure if 30lb test will be enough, but better than nothing. Total investment $3.49
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ENOUGH
Originally Posted by 1051
One more option https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...0?ie=UTF8&psc= Take off the swivel and or the snap and loop through the mirror and attache to the frame. I just ordered it.. not sure if 30lb test will be enough, but better than nothing. Total investment $3.49
Keep your fingers crossed ..........I'm using 300 lb. test .....this what they use when they go after Great Whites .... Mike ................. PS it's not the weight of the mirror ( 2 1/2 lbs + ) that's the issue, it's the speed you are going at when this occurs and the air speed involved because of the Spyders speed........ that's why the LENGHT of the TETHER needs to be kept as short as possible....... the mirror flapping around at 60 MPH is going to cause a lot of damage.
Last edited by BLUEKNIGHT911; 05-13-2017 at 08:50 PM.
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Tethers for RT Mirrors with Magic Mounts
Kinda sounds like a solution to a problem that may not exist, IMHO. My '12 RT made it 1,500 miles to Spyderfest and back with out a problem, but...
I don't think Russell even supply's his tethers anymore like he did on the early shipments. I have his laying around here someplace if anybody really thinks they want/need them.
I used to wire tie the two halves of the electrical connectors together, but that required a new wire tie every time I took the mirrors off and that got old. And in 69K+ miles on the OEM system, I never did have a mirror fall off.
Mike in KY
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Doc's tethers
I also put these on my RT with the Magic Mirror magnet mounts and have NO problems...larryd
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Originally Posted by Bob Denman
The reason why I hooked up the tethers during my installation, is that I sell insurance: I spend too much time thinking about all of the stuff that MIGHT go wrong...
And having them in place hurts nothing.
and i DO insurance work-- and am paranoid about little things like this that i shouldnt
be
2015 rts-white pearl- mods- '16 F3 fat 6 chrome wheels,
and some little stuff. setback utopia backrest, baja ron
sway bar, oem adj. air deflectors, marlin gps compass,
lamonster fbb foot pegs[modified brackets], lamonts
vibration damper, rock guard, and side case stiffener kit,
. brp comfort seat. , fomozas and
altimax, magic mirror mts, and wide mirrors.
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