Only Indians as far as I know. Ron
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Thanks for that Ron, lovely bike, but it just creates another question, why just Indians? 
I don't know Bill. As one of the major producers of American motorcycles at the time, I suppose they just had their way of doing things.....like a left hand throttle.
I can't remember any mirrors being fitted as standard to any British bikes until after the Jap bikes came in.
Perhaps someone can put me right on that Ron
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I believe you are right Ron, I don't remember mirrors as standard on bikes in the early 60's.
Perhaps military bikes did not have mirrors because of the possible reflection of moonlight? Cars,Vans or Lorries had mirrors that would stay pretty much vertical but a bike leaning into a bend could flash in the moonlight and signal inadvertantly to enemy aircraft......
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That could be true Sir Ewok? It's the sort of thing they would think of. As you say, just about everything else had mirrors right from day one, so there must be a reason why they never caught on with bikes. My main reason for wanting to 'retro-fit' a mirror is that I was riding happily along on Sunday and suddenly right from behind me, I get an ambulance siren right in the ear! I had no idea he was there until he was on me.
There is certainly photographic evidence that the Canadians in particular sometimes retro-fitted mirrors during late 1944 - 1945 but they were something of a law unto themselves in more ways than one...
This chap seems to have been a mod in the making :-
'ow many 'ooters ?
The fact that the blackout mask has been modified to permit more light makes it a fairly late photo. If the horns are white, as they look then presumably he is a military policeman.
I'm not sure if he has moved the cvc box to the drive side or perhaps it is a second one with an extra dynamo hidden away somewhere ? I can't quite work out how a 35w dyno can run that lot.
Another, slightly less extreme example :-
Yep, Crazy Canucks, that's us ;)
One of the other more famous peculiar habits of the Canadian DR's was to sit on the back section of the tank, wartime photos sometimes show the paint worn off the rear of the tank. Why has never been fully explained.
A friend of mine once told me the craziest Canadian riders came from Quebec- in the60's he was an Enduro rider competiting in the Nationals, the start of each race the Quebecers would tear off ahead, only to be found at the first water hole picking their bikes out of the mud. No Fear...they would soon catch up to the pack,pass them again, only to be found balls deep at the next water hole again..
As for mirrors, in my province it is a legal requirement, not sure when it came into law but all motorcycles must have at least one mirror.
Vincent
This chap seems to have been a mod in the making :-
'ow many 'ooters ?
The fact that the blackout mask has been modified to permit more light makes it a fairly late photo. If the horns are white, as they look then presumably he is a military policeman.
I'm not sure if he has moved the cvc box to the drive side or perhaps it is a second one with an extra dynamo hidden away somewhere ? I can't quite work out how a 35w dyno can run that lot.
Another, slightly less extreme example :-
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I don't have mirrors and just look behind when I want to manoeuvre. I would rather not know what was behind me..... Artic anybody
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I find most threats are in front of me and tend to concentrate more on that area....I've only been rear ended once in 40 years or so and seeing it coming wouldn't have stopped it..Ian
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