Bikes from the late '70s and early '80s seems to share a design feature of their accessories. The mirrors, along with the signal lights and other appendages, are blocky. My Honda still has stock mirrors, and they are square slabs on round pegs. I could have designed them with a children's building block set.
Smooth, rounded features do cut down on air resistance, but not a significant amount. So my complaints are purely a matter of taste. If you want your bike to match an old Saab, then stick with the squares. Otherwise you could pick up a set of Pro-One Pro-Mini contoured mirrors.
The Pro-Mini mirrors are small, as the name suggests, at 3-5/8 inches wide and 1-1/2 inches high. The stems are 4-3/4 inches long. The size as well as the smooth, chrome-plated, die-cast design let these mirrors flow seamlessly with the rest of your bike.
Installation is easy with all of the hardware provided, and these will fit just about any make and model. The Pro-Mini mirrors are sold in pairs, which seems obvious -- but some companies try to trick you with the price by selling them separately. These will modernize the look of an older machine or fit the liquid design of new, heavily chromed bikes.
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