HH Brackets

World Vintage Motorcycle Sales Co.

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

If your new Hippo Hands are blowing back against the control levers (clutch and/or brake), you may prevent this by having a set of brackets like the ones depicted above made up at your local welding or metal fabricating shop, or making them yourself at home. Pretty well any version of these brackets will help keep the Hippo Hands from pressing against the levers. Further down this page, I have shown what Karen Briefer-Gose made herself at home as a solution to the blowback, with some pictures she shared with us, depicting her 05 VMax sidehack setup.

Another customer had the idea of making a simple bracket that fastens to the bolt at the bar end weight, and go forward past the tip of the levers, to hold the muffs in position.

Our brackets will install onto the same hole as the mirrors are mounted to, either by themselves with the proper bolt or by removing the mirror, placing the bracket in position, and reinstalling the mirror stalk. Because I try to keep them "universal" in design, you may have to modify the angle of the brackets when you install them on your bike.

Karen's pictures and email to us:

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International customers, please

To purchase a set of Hippo Hands Brackets, as depicted above, colour: grey, $29.95 US/pair, plus $7. US regular mail, for US and Canadian destinations, please use the following button:

"My Hippo Hands arrived today, and they are AWESOME! This is the third pair of motorcycle handlebar muffs I've owned, and they are by far, the best. They are much easier to install. No zippers, no having to unscrew the mirrors to push the stalks through a hole. Anyone who owns a Yamaha knows what a pain it is to get the mirrors adjusted correctly AND tight, especially the one that's left hand threaded."

"I've had trouble in the past with the wind pushing the covers against the brake lever, so I went ahead and made a bracket while I was waiting for the Hippo Hands to arrive. I have a crappy little welder but I didn't feel like dragging it out, so I went to the hardware store and bought an L bracket. The existing holes were too small, so I just used a drill press with a metal cutting bit to widen one hole for the mirror mount. Then I took the bracket, stuck it in some hot embers in my fireplace for about 5 minutes, pulled it out with a pair of vice grips and fireplace gloves, stuck one edge in a vice and bent the leg of the L over. It bolted right up and if I end up needing to lengthen it, I can just bolt an extension to it. "

"Anyway, here are some photos of my 2005 V-Max/Sidecar rig, the bracket, and the hippo hands. Feel free to use them if you like."

~Karen