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Message started by mscepu101 on 10/25/10 at 15:44:30

Title: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by mscepu101 on 10/25/10 at 15:44:30

Help!

I just acquired a 1999 Savage with one mirror (left side) that has an approx 6 inch shaft. It looks stock. The right side was an obvious after market. I ordered the right side mirror from suzuki and the shaft was near 9 inches long! It is otherwise identical to the left.

Now I am totally confused.

Does anyone know the shaft length for the mirrors?

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by verslagen1 on 10/25/10 at 16:22:55

yes, for some stupid reason, that's right.
the right is longer than the left.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by mscepu101 on 10/25/10 at 17:36:04

Wow! Who would have thunk it!

Does anyone know the reason for this? I do not think I have had any other bike with this kind of feature.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by bill67 on 10/25/10 at 17:41:27

On my 06 their both the same 5"

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by mscepu101 on 10/25/10 at 17:50:55

I am trying to contact Suzuki to obtain clarification on this issue. I wonder if this is just a 1999 anomaly.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by Ed L. on 10/25/10 at 18:18:11

They are both the same length on my '02.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by verslagen1 on 10/25/10 at 19:01:37

mine is a '96 with different lengths.

The '88 had the same lengths.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by Boofer on 10/25/10 at 21:53:54

Mescepu, The microfiche from Babbitt's online shows not only two different lengths, but two different styles of mirrors for 1999. They range in price from $43 to $48. Of course, Savage riders don't pay over $20 a set for our mirrors, generally speaking. My Savage was wrecked and put back with Emgo mirrors before I bought it.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by Charon on 10/26/10 at 04:36:32

There were some years when the Savage was offered with either drag bars or buckhorn bars. Perhaps the different mirrors were for the different bars.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by prsavage on 10/26/10 at 14:41:17

On my 1990 the right side mirror arm is shorter because the mount is 1/2" higher on that side as it it seems to be part of the brake master cylinder. My bike has the drag bars but I don't think that makes any difference since my wife had a 2003 with buckhorns and had the same mirror mounts and different length arms.

Her bike actually came with the mirrors arms on the wrong sides so there was almost no hand clearance on the left side. I had to disassemble the mirrors and rebuild them with the arms switched left to right. You can't just trade the whole units.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by babyhog on 10/26/10 at 17:00:50

163D34273A3B550 wrote:

There were some years when the Savage was offered with either drag bars or buckhorn bars. Perhaps the different mirrors were for the different bars.

Really? Never heard that one. But that would make sense on the different mirrors...

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by mscepu101 on 10/26/10 at 17:19:22

I just measured the length from the right side mount to the end of the handle bar (buckhorn) and it is approx 1 inch longer than the left side.

The right hand mount does not butt up on the throttle fixture.

Babbit said they are asking their stock room to pull mirrors (right and left) for 1999 and compare the lengths.

I installed the longer mirror and went for a ride today (great weather in upstate NY!) and I did not observe that the different length was a distraction. It just looks strange when you look real close.

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by mscepu101 on 11/02/10 at 15:13:59

Issued solved!

Babbit ran my VIN and contacted Suzuki which verified the original mirror shaft for my savage.

Babbit verified that the mirror provided to me was "mis-packaged" and they have corrected the issue. :)

Title: Re: What is the proper Mirror shaft length?
Post by Ed L. on 11/02/10 at 15:54:24

The proper mirror shaft length is long enough so you can see BEHIND YOU while riding, ;D ;D "I just had to say it" ;)