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Submarine Work

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:33 pm
by Dufus
New Forza 300 owner here. Bought a used one yesterday in Indiana and rode it home through several heavy storms.
Pros: Sticks to the road amazingly well, even when suddenly finding myself in 2 feet of water running across the road and soaking my jeans up to my knees even though I was wearing rain pants fastened firmly at the ankle over them. The bike never hesitated! I didn't know Honda equipped its scooters with snorkels! Love the handling and the amazingly smooth engine! Love the ABS! Love the dry storage area under the seat and still don't know how it stayed that way. Love the great mileage!
Cons: Can't see a straight road behind me with either mirror. Glad I have biceps when riding at 110 kph -- the tiny windscreen protect only my stomach. (Ordered a Givi tall when I got home, as I was tired of feeling like a recumbent version of Rollie Free.)
Question: Does anyone make a stem adapter to raise those mirrors, and if so, where do I buy them? Or a mirror set for the bike that works for tall people? (I'm not a machinist.) Thanks for any suggestions...

Re: Submarine Work

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 2:46 pm
by gn2
You can get mirror extenders or just swap for the mirrors from a CB500F

Re: Submarine Work

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:14 pm
by Dufus
gn2 wrote:You can get mirror extenders or just swap for the mirrors from a CB500F
Thank you! Am I gathering correctly from other posts that I need left-handed threading on both sides?

Re: Submarine Work

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 1:59 am
by glencoeman
Be very careful when riding through deep water as the air intake for the air filter/engine is quite low down (at the front of the belt cover)

Re: Submarine Work

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 7:00 pm
by MBMyer
Dufus wrote:Thank you! Am I gathering correctly from other posts that I need left-handed threading on both sides?
I simply ordered a pair of CB500X mirrors and they went right on. One is normal threading, the other reverse.

Re: Submarine Work

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 12:29 pm
by Road-Dog
I made my own mirror extenders by cutting the steel mirror pipes, adding 6" aluminum ID 3/8" pipe, apply epoxy and paint it black. cost me 1 hour labor and $8.00 USC.