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Vekke · 02-01-2013, 10:27 AM

I will get my boattail mirrors in testing soon:

Those have better visibility than stock mirrors due to convex mirror. Frontal area is about 75mmx105mm=0,00788m2 vs regular Lupo 3L mirror (this is smaller than most mirrors already) 120mmx190mm=0,0228m2. That is 2,8 times smaller

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