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Originally Posted by JeffM
Was planning on going to smaller mirrors mounted on the back of the windscreen near to my helmet. Alan Smith uses small mechanics inspection mirrors. Pretty easy to fab-up a mount and attache the mirror end.
I roll with a tank bag all the time. 
Luggage will go in the tail section behind the 1st bulkhead. It should hold 4 grocery bags worth.
I like the idea of mirrors inside the cockpit. Like this, no?
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The canopy bow mirrors you show above are precisely what I have in mind. They're out of the breeze, so reduce drag.
And, thanks for noting the mechanic's mirrors, which also could be useful: Their telescoping stalks could be modified as windscreen stays or struts, so you can adjust the angle of the windscreen by using the telescoping mirror handles with some sort of clamps that lock them at a desired length. (I'd thought about using worn out gass-filled hood or trunk shocks, with one on each side of the upper windscreen, and adding a locking mechanism. Twist-lock telescoping mop handles area also considered.) But, now that you've mentioned telescoping mechanic's mirrors, maybe they could serve both as adjustable mirrors and as windcreen struts.
Some motorcycles such as BMW R1200RT have electric windscreen adjustment, which no longer seems a luxury after using for, say, 2 minutes behind a big truck. My R1100RSL bike has a manual twist knob adjustment, but it does not work well. I have no idea how your bike and windscreen works at highway speed, but this will be a major factor to consider if you travel much. Getting dope-slapped by buffeting is no fun, tiring, and noisy. So, any thoughts on improving windscreen adjustment are much welcome.
Here's a pic of a bike basically like mine, except for the lower fairing. Note the huge hole between the front fender and the headlight fairing. That thing is effectively a drag chute. I used a semi-cylindrical section of a plastic bucket and attached it to the front fork struts, making a D section there to smooth the airflow in that area.
http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&b...2&tx=105&ty=70