When I bought my first Harley this year (2013 Iron 883), I had the dealership flip my mirrors. I've read from a lot of people about how they have issues seeing nothing but arms.

However, I could never adjust the mirrors the correct way to view what's behind me when I had them flipped down. I ended up putting them on top ( and have the elbow/arm issue ).

Has anyone else had this issue? I'm 6 ft tall. Maybe my torso is too long to properly view what's behind me when the mirrors are flipped down??? Seems like the only way I could see behind me is if I crouched down in an uncomfortable position (and distracting my riding).

Thank you!!!

 

when mine were flipped i could see everything behind me. Just took some adjustment to get it perfect.

 

You say you're 6' tall, but not how wide you are

But seriously, I'm 6' also and even at my 220+ weight and with my ahem, slightly protruding belly, I have no problems seeing what's behind me in both of the flipped mirrors on my '09 Iron. But I mean let's face it, there's not an aweful lot of mirror real estate there anyway, making your final adjustment a real sweet spot! As far as I know the bars AND mirrors on both our bikes should be the same, so...

Anyway, I'd try them again in the flipped position and make sure that the stems are physically out as far as they can be [perpendicular to the bike] then slowly and patiently make your adjustments to the mirrors. If you still can't see like you should then you can always purchase the longer stem black mirrors from the MoCo, they're $34.95 each, or of coarse go aftermarket for less/more I suppose. I know, 'prolly not the answer you wanted to hear but at least you have those options.

=8^)

 

Drew makes a good point about the stems ... that is the place you need to focus you adjusting on. Looks like they are straight so torque em down right? Wrong. They swivel left to right. Make sure that adjustment is good. Then work on the face of the mirror. Keep it a little loose too. As you adjust the face, swivel it to see if it improves for you.

All else fails, I have seen a few that bent the stems in a vice to get the angle they needed.

Either way, the lower position should get you a better visability of what is behind and along side you.

Its all about safety with the bonus that it looks cooler too.

 

I flipped mine a few weeks ago and agree visibility is improved. Unless I have a baggy shirt on then things get a little obscured. Those longer stemmed models Drew mentioned my be in my future. I'm running 12" mini's apes, so the mirrors look straight back parallel to my arms.

 

Try loosening the nut and rotating the mirrors, then adjust them on the pivot.

 

I'll go ahead and give it another try. When I previously flipped them, the stems were hidden behind the handlebar. When I moved them in close (closer to the tank), I wasn't able to swivel the mirror far enough on the pivot to get the correct angle. Hopefully I can get it figured out.

 

I found visibility to be drastically improved when I flipped my mirrors.

 

Wait a minute...hidden behind the handlebar? 'Not following this...and this is gonna' sound silly but, you do know that when flipping the mirrors you take the one that was originally on the [top of the] left side and mount it on the underside of the right side, and visa versa? Left --> right...right --> left. Otherwise if you just flipped them in their original positions holy cow they'd be a foot or so apart and you'd have a great view of the front and sides of your fuel tank! Also, I had to reposition my front signals inbound for clearance of the mirror stems...there's an allen bolt in the front that you loosen, that will then allow each light to pivot on it's ball swivel out of the way of the stem.

Edit: sorry man, I had some random thoughts and slapped myself upside the head/changed/added to my response above but yeah pics would definately be helpful!

=8^)

 

Sure. I'll flip them tonight and take a picture to explain what I'm talking about. Thanks!