SV650 Rear Hugger

I've had a close up look at an SV and noticed that there appears to be a
sort of 'crap flap' placed in front of the rear wheel and to the rear of the
mono-shock.

Is this device not effective at keeping crap off the shock? Should I go
ahead and fit the rear hugger?

Also how many settings does the rear shock have?

 

Most modern monoshock bikes have this. It is more of a gesture than
anything else.

No, not really. It might keep the big bits off the shock, but that's
about it.

Yes, without question. A hugger will deflect 90% of the
water/grit/crap from not only the shock, but the back of the engine
and gearbox, as well as keeping the rear bodywork cleaner and giving
you underseat storage a better chance of staying drier.

We fitted a hugger to Elly's CBR which appears to fit in the same way
as the SV and we left the rubber flap in place too. The flap gently
abrades the top surface of the hugger, but it does pick up and retain
a line of fine silt which I assume would have evaded the hugger and
got onto the rear engine area had we removed it - so I'd counsel
keeping your flap in place too.

Got me on that one. The SV forum or specs off the web will answer
that if Christofire is having a night off.

 

The flap does not do too good a job. Pyramid Plastics makes a nice one,
it'll help keep the spray off the undertail and your back when you ride
in the wet.

I think 7.

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muddy

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It works on the GSX-R - can't comment on teh SV.

Serious statement - absolutely none that you need to fiddle with unless
you're a fucking great elephant.

Note what Chris said before - the FRONT may need adjustment but honestly, if
you're coming from a CB500, the SV is going to
feel marvellous for at least 10 000 miles.

 

Despite what others have said, I agree with you. Whilst not perfect, it
does a reasonable job and the shock stays noticeably cleaner than the
Bandit's did.

7. According to the book, the 'S' comes set on 4 and the naked on 3.
Don't know who set mine up, then, cause it's on 4....

Or possibly very light?

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

In dwb triped:

And then, based on my own experience, the shock is fucked and you'll replace
it with a decent one!

So far, 22k miles, I've only changed tyres, screen (double bubble) and
suspension - these changes, for me at least, have made the bike so much more
fun.

Cheers

 

Indeed - I spray the GSX-R with a fiar bit of Scottoiler FS spray and that
plus the 'cat flap' and the shock still
looks pretty near perfect, despite now having done 1.6 winters and a couple
of miles.

<shrug> I weighed about 72 - 73 kg when I had my SV - never touched the
suspension and had no complaints about the _rear_.
The front I always found a bit squishy, doubly so after having rode the
GSX-R

My only gripe with the GSX-R is that it's rather.. firm.. to say the least,
but the postive of that is it is an absolute pleasure to fire round bends,
even at the slow speeds I go at

 

As others have said, there's 7 notches for the preload, and it's a
bugger to change - there's not a lot of tool-waving space around the
shock.