Hugger

I had a hugger fitted to the Sprint ST, from new by the dealer, and the
other day noticed that it had been fouling the tyre due to a loose
fixing. I've tightened the bolt up but it still seems very close to
the tyre.

Of course, as the dealer fitted it, I don't have any instructions - not
that fitting a hugger should need any, but it might be mice to see if
there's any info on the fixings or whether there should be some
spacers, etc.

How much gap should there be, as a minimum, between the tyre and the
hugger? I can easily get my finger in the gap on the left-hand side,
but not the right.

I'm going to pop back to the dealer on Saturday, just to make sure as
I'm not 100% happy with it at the moment. I guess also I should get
them to give me an original chain guard in case I ever need to remove
the hugger for any length of time.

Catman (and the other poster who's got an ST but I can't remember his
name): got a hugger on yours?

 

I think that because the hugger is fitted to the swingarm you don't need
much gap. All you have to allow for is the tyre flexing. If you change the
size of your tyre you may have to fit some spacers under the hugger to give
it more clearance.

On my old Gixxer there was only a small gap. The same is true for my 10R

see here:
http://sportsbike.org/mybikes/pictures/ace6.jpg

IHTH?

 

My ZX-9R's is close enough so that after a track day, the "shaggy" edges
of the tyre brush against it.

 

CT wrote;

I didn't get one, but I am giving it some thought, as the shock's
getting bloody filthy. I got the impression that it's only bolted on the
chain side and simply rests on the swing arm for support on the right
side. If this is true, I would expect it to sag towards the tyre to some
extent. Is yours the carbon jobby or the more flexible plastic?

 

Ah, hello. Sorry for not remembering your posting name.

Mine doesn't seem to keep the crap off the shock very much, but then I
haven't seen what happens without a hugger, iyswim.

I haven't removed the whole thing yet, but there is bracket that runs
along the front of the swing arm and the right hand side of the hugger
bolts to this (at the font of the hugger).

It's the latter and yes, it does sag somwhat. I'd like to be able to
force it a bit higher but I think that will require some modification
to the bracket or elongate the hole on the hugger that the bolt goes
through.

 

Sorry I missed this. No hugger as yet, but I have a Skidmarx job
sitting at my Ye Olde Bike Shoppe just waiting for this software release
to be done.

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Gets very filthy indeed.

The one I had on the Triple really was very close as well.

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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
Alfa 116 Giulietta 3.0l (Really) Sprint 1.7 75 TS 156 TS S2
Suzuki Bandit 600
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk