I have a nice pair of fully chromed headlamps and want chromed mirrors to match. Does anyone have any experience of these type of mirrors in the SVA environment?

Sharp edges aside, and the deflection rule which should not apply as the are fitted within the wheelbase, they are not very tall and may not give sufficient rear vision?
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I suspect your problem will be how much you can (or cannot) see out of them. Might be worth getting some cheap bike mirrors for test then swapping after.

Mark,
Also to pass SVA, a template of card cut to 70mm(W) x 40mm(H) must be able to fit within the mirror glass area,also some part of the glass must be at least 70mm high. ie:the mirror can be any shape aslong as you have the above. The drivers mirror must be adjustable from the drivers seat.and should be E marked.
Hope that is some help,
PHIL.......

.and should be E marked

Do mirrors have to be E marked?

I also found these on NF website, they seem really good value (the whole site, not just the mirrors), click here

I think they would look OK if the mirror heads were painted body colour
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I used one off a metro and stuck it to the scuttle for the SVA. The man seemed happy with that. Don't think it was E marked either but the lense was big enough for his template to fit. He tests the field of vision by measuring how high of the ground the mirror is and then sets a target on a pole to the same hieght and places it about 15m behind the car. If he can see the target then it passes.
Once you're home, pull the crappy mirror off and put whatever mirror you like on. I used some off a Honda VFR

1: does that 70x40 including the interior mirror?

2:do you reckon the nf auto ones are sva-able?

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2:do you reckon the nf auto ones are sva-able?

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I got my information from a book called "how to get your car through the "SINGLE VEHICLE APPROVAL TEST" and it says " all mirrors must carry an acceptable approval mark, E or e, together with"I"on a class one interior mirror, or "III"for a class two exterior mirror. I don't know what the SVA manual says, but i'm sure this book is based on it..
Maybe someone who has a manual could look it up??my book may be wrong!!(ripped off again!!)
I myself have been looking at those mirrors from car builders solutions (nf auto)they look the dogs!!--need to find out if they are accepteble.

Findlay...according to my book..the interior mirror surface should be no smaller than 80mm wide x 40mm high and with a minimum radius of 2.5mm around the edges.
regards
phil........

Phil.
Where did you get that book!!!????

Phil.
Have you got a scanner?

Phil.
I'll share my sweets with you in the playground at playtime

Mark,
Next you will want to show me some of your puppys!!!!.
I got the book online @www.instantbookstore.com its a pdf file and takes about five mins to download
,costs about £8.00 and its in the general section.
And yes i do have a scanner, although the downloaded writing prints out very well, the diagrams seem a little ghosty and are easier to read on screen. All in all it has proberbly the same info as the SVA manual but less money and more understandable. The web site also has the authors e-mail address if you have any questions for him. The file is pasword protected and when you buy, you get a password to use everytime you open the file.
regards
phil.......

I, and I suspect, a few people have got thru without E marked mirrors, I think as long as they look correct and give the field of vision required they might not be checked, risk you take.

No e-marks but they do comply. I don't think the tester looked closely enough to check for marks on most of the parts I used. As long as they aren't sharp and do the job they are o.k.

yours, Pete.

My ZXR 400 mirrors have E marks, not the uk number but they are still e marked...

just been and had a look at my bike they are marked E 111 so are fully sva compliant...

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The SVA book / guide is in the Tiggerracing files section of the Yahoo group

Mine were from a catalogue, the cheap replacement ones for when you fall off and break the Japanese ones and don't want to pay £35 each for originals.

yours, Pete.

when i was knocked of my bike and bust a mirror i paid £15 for a genuine kawasaki replacement, from a kawasaki dealer...

My inspector only checked for vision parking on one line and looking for another in the mirrors. He also pointed out that the interior mirror is optional as long as you have both wing mirrors fitted. Neither of my mirrors are 'e' marked and they passed. Interrestingly he only measured the size of the interior mirror (which he said I didn't need!!), didn't bother with the others!

Merlin.
Are your mirrors obviously big enough? and i would suggest that the interior mirror was tested because it was there, as in a reversing light has to work if fitted but you don't have to fit one...

I was a little dubious as to their size 'cos they are quite squat and oval and they are designed for the side of a m/bike fairing.
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Merlin, mi 'owd fruit,

You're a bit short of switches there M8!

Which ones the ejector seat?

Cheers

Chris

not fitted yet, but the side winders are the second from the top on the left!
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Mr merlin...do you mind me asking what those mirrors are off, they look like they'd fit the bill perfectly on mine.
Thanks
Sheepy

no idea what model of bike they were designed for, I just picked them out of a Bike catalogue for about £35 the pair. Sorry can't offer more info I'm afraid.

Don't know where MErlin got his from but I got mine from Stuart Taylor who sell them in black and in "Carbon look" Passed Nottingham SVA with a small central mirror. Make sure you mount them high up on the scuttle it took about 10 mins of fiddling for me to convince the tester i could see all of his cones (the rear arches were in the way)