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SOHC.co.uk Forums => Other Bikes => Topic started by: kettle738 on April 03, 2020, 11:01:35 AM
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Hi all, this is a bit left field for this forum.......but I have a Yamaha XS2 and these things were fitted with clamp-on mirrors back in the day....no threaded perches on the switchgear until the next model.
I have a pair of correct mirrors and one clamp...... I need a simple handlebar clamp as per the ones in this photo....ideally from the UK or EU......you might imagine these would be an easy thing to find, but I have wasted a couple of evenings hunting and found nothing apart from Harley parts in the US and they use fatter bars so no good anyway.
Has anyone seen any such clamps around?.......Mick.
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Try Halcyon motorcycle mirrors, they have some old style bar clamps.
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Thank you for that......I had a look but nothing quite right...... I think these things were really common years ago, but I might be looking for something that doesn't exist any more.
Obscure parts are usually out there, but it's knowing where to look or a specific name for the part, so fingers crossed someone might just recognise that style of clamp...it's as crude as they get, but hopefully, one might turn up before I try to make one from strip stainless....what could possibly go wrong? ::)
Mick.
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I would just use a rubber lined p-clip. Available in stainless steel in wahetever size you need.
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From the Yamahas i worked i thought they all fitted like the Hondas except one had a LH thread
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How about pipe clamps 🤔
Craven show the sort of thing I'm on about, maybe an option if you can't get the exact item you need.
http://www.craven-equipment.co.uk/index.php/fixturessidemenu/category/69-tube-clamps
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Thanks for that.... but I don't think a P clip is strong enough.........the Craven carrier clip, on the other hand, looks just right....but the diameter is too small ..... Maybe I'll just have to make one..... no excuses at the moment, plenty of time in hand. ;D
Mick.
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I found this Mick ... It was from work and I think I used it to hang something from ... I could ask at work to see if anyone recognises it as a part of something we use.
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I'm restoring an XT250, it has handlebar mounted indicators with substantial clips.
Some here
https://www.cmsnl.com/yamaha-xt250-1981-5g4-europe-215g4-300e1_model38121/stayflasher_1m18331800/#.XoiQitRKjcs
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Apologies for the delay in replying..... self isolation changes the way you do things and time just flies by....which is just as well really.
Thank you for those suggestions......the Yamaha indicator clamp is very similar, but sufficiently different for me to try to find (or make) as close a match as I can.
That clamp you have Ash looks properly strong, you could hang a boat from that..... all suggestions much appreciated as I might end up going for one of them......in the meantime, I think I have some strip stainless than might do the job....and I can mirror polish that, so I'll have a crack at making one while keeping an eye out for an original.
Many thanks...........Mick.