Member Contributer sa1713 Posted March 30, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted March 30, 2014 CornerCarver you might just have something here. I have fitted one mount and with just a bit more fiddling it might just be spot on! Thanks for the mod help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Can't wait to hear what you got going on, SA1713....with fotos, of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Any movement on any of this, guys? If you got a mod that works, I/we would love to hear about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer sa1713 Posted May 2, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted May 2, 2014 I've been testing several different mounting combos (w/-w/out rubber gasket) and I'm still trying to remove vibration. The OEM stalks don't vibrate. Once I find a solution I will post up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) UPDATE: After much legwork and emailing, I am personally in possession of the original CAD drawings for the original GSXR mirror adapters, designed by Mr. Darth Bling himself. (Thanks, DB!) I have spent the last few months emailing them to various machine shops, both near me in SoCal and even to the same shop that Mr. Bling had them made at originally in Canada. And I cannot really comprehend what followed, actually. I'd say I sent the drawings & info to 12 shops total. 3 or 4 didn't bother responding. A few others did, but only to tell me "not interested." Out of the 12, apparently 10 shops have all the money they need. Amazing to me. The one in Canada must be out of bid-ness, even though their site is up, emails don't get bounced back, and phone messages go unreturned. So apparently, they got all the money they need too. I finally got down to two folks locally that gave me pricing. I stopped there b/c I decided before I went any further, I'd better gauge interest, from you guys, as well as my own, actually. You'd need two pieces (one for the L and one for the R mirror), and they are black just like the original ones. There's also a large phillips head screw for each one that apparently is drilled to allow the wires to pass thru and be hidden, which is good, b/c if the wires were outside the stalk I'd probably not want a set. Anyhow, after all this talk/chatter about them, now is the time to say so if you think you'd REALLY want a set. I posted photos at post #93, page 10 of this topic, if you wanna see what we're talking about again. Oh! If you know/use a machine shop near you that you like and think could/would handle this, let me know that too. I'd be willing to get some more competitive pricing as well. Edited October 29, 2014 by wgregt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer sa1713 Posted October 29, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 29, 2014 I've not been able to adapt WERA's mounts to the GSXR mirrors without a fair bit of vibration. Can you confirm little to no vibration with DB's adaptors? If you find little to no vibration then I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Well, I'm the wrong guy to ask since I don't have a pair. Like most everyone else, I've seen fotos and that's it. I'll let those who have them weigh it....if you got a set of the originals, fill us all in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 What pricing have you received from your local shops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I guess it really depends on the quantity. For a set of two (L+R) they were $150/set for 20 sets/buyers, and of course the more we needed the price would go do from there. If we got 50 buyers/sets it came out to about $50 a set/per person, as a rough estimate. I told the guy @ the machine shop I'd get back to him with a firm number, and then he could get back with a firmer price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TomP Posted October 30, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 30, 2014 Just saw this thread. I've got a pair of Emgos wtih the DB adapters on my 5th gen. The increased visibiity is awesome. But they DO vibrate more than stockers. Sometime I'd like to try a set of OEM GSXR mirrors in the hope that they're better engineered/built than the knockoffs, and won't vibrate as much. But even with the Emgos, the tradeoff is worth it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Pretty much everything Emgo makes is really sub-par from the OEM stuff. I worked @ a dealership and you could count the days after we sold something from them before we got it back. And we always got it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer sa1713 Posted October 30, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted October 30, 2014 Count me in on the experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TomP Posted November 10, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted November 10, 2014 Had a chance this past weekend to mount up a pair of OEM GSXR mirrors in place of the Emgos, and wgregt was spot on. The OEMs are way more stable than the Emgos -- I can actually see what's behind me again! So don't waste your time or money om Emgos. (But if you feel compelled to, I've got a pair I'll let go of for next to nothing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Have you wired them up yet? Am I right when I'm thinking/hoping that you can hide the wire? PS So far I don't have near enough interest to get these made, sadly. Only one or two folks, which makes the price per pair really high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Well folks, it's been a while since I asked for potential buyers, so I'm gonna say interest has waned. If it picks up, I'll step up and try again, but till then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Would this help?? http://www.emachineshop.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 That place is crazy expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Oh I didn't know.....carry on then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TomP Posted November 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted November 19, 2014 I have wired the mirrors -- had the Emgos wired as well. The wires go through the (hollow) scew that holds the stalk onto the base. The screw was supplied with DB's original kit. The only catch is that the wires will fit through the screw -- the connector will not. So you have to put connectors on after you run the wires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Would this help?? http://www.emachineshop.com No Mac software, so I'm out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted November 19, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted November 19, 2014 Would this help?? http://www.emachineshop.com No Mac software, so I'm out... One of the companies I do business with used this company to make some special speaker mounts. If I recall, they did a good job on it and pricing was good for the number of mounts they needed. Question, don't you have the CAD files for this already? I can probably get one of my business acquaintances to help if that is the case. That being said, I do have access to a 3D printer, maybe making a sample out of PVC would be a start. All I need is the CAD files to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I do have the CAD files, but I know nothing about CAD and a few of the places I sent them to said there was not enough info on them. But some of the vendors said they had everything they needed for a quote, so I don't know. Is the 3D printer at your place? Sound like a weekend project if so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted November 20, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted November 20, 2014 I do have the CAD files, but I know nothing about CAD and a few of the places I sent them to said there was not enough info on them. But some of the vendors said they had everything they needed for a quote, so I don't know. Is the 3D printer at your place? Sound like a weekend project if so? The 3D printer is at my business partners house. Send me the files and I'll forward them to him and see if he can work with them. He is in the middle of a large project but he might be able to squeeze in some time to help out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted December 4, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2014 So my business partner was able to use the CAD files that were given to Greg to print out these adapters with his 3D printer. He used PLA which came out pretty good but are probably not what you would want to use for real world applications but is a good proof of concept. So the question is who would be in for these if they were made from Aluminum? Probably going to use the emachineshop to get these made but needed to make sure the files given would be usable, which they appear to be. Pricing would be relative to quantity which is typical of most "one off" items needing to be made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vfrcapn Posted December 5, 2014 Member Contributer Share Posted December 5, 2014 Can you give a ballpark on pricing? $40? Or $200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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