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Had it with the Hugger

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Rosey

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Well I have had the Skidmarx Hugger on the Stelvio for a couple of years now but I have had enough.
First I broke the bracket on the swingarm and welded that up and it broke again.. I then bought another bracket and lasted a little while,then I lost the 2 bolts out of the bracket that holds the hugger on.
Then recently the swingarm bracket broke again,so the whole lot came off.
Part of the problem is the fact that the hugger is only mounted in 2 places and allows the too much movement and the hugger wobbles around.
Plus the State Gum ment call some of tracks we have here roads with sometimes more pot holes and patches than we deserve.

There was drawing in the past for a piece rubber to keep the crap off the rear shock.
Anyone have that drawing?
Brett
 
Hi Rosey and Pete
Seen one somewhere that is fixed to the top rod on the CARC looked quite smart but I'm sorry I can't remember which site I saw it on, apologies.
I have a Skidmarx one and have not had any problems so far apart from having to shave some off so it didn't foul the inside of the silencer.

On my Pan European I had one of these, worked really well. Was thinking of trying to get one modified to fit the Stelvio
http://www.st1300-accessories.co.uk/st1 ... otect.html

Best regards
Nik
 
Brett,

Graham came up with gluing a rubber flap to the plastic above the swing arm, then to the swing arm. I did a similar mod but just glued it above the swing arm to the battery tray on my Breva and just tucking the tail around the shock. That made the swing arm bearing lube job possible without removing the flap. Just take a look in there and see what you can devise.
 
MP has a great solution, but it requires a drill/tap of the swing-arm, and it's about $300+. As shown on their Alba below. If anyone wants one, I can get them.

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Rosey said:
There was drawing in the past for a piece rubber to keep the crap off the rear shock.
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I put a 'shock sock' from Traxxion Dynamics on my Stelvio years ago. The shock stays clean and protected from crud.
 
I've had two swing arm bracket failures on my Norge, about 14 months apart. Both times the good folks at Skidmark have sent me "new and improved" brackets free of charge so I can't fault their customer service. However, it does suggest a design flaw in the hugger mounting.
 
bobra said:
I've had two swing arm bracket failures on my Norge, about 14 months apart. Both times the good folks at Skidmark have sent me "new and improved" brackets free of charge so I can't fault their customer service. However, it does suggest a design flaw in the hugger mounting.
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Ditto re Norge experience ... with hugger and David Cork at Skidmarx (US).

The second time resulted in a noticeably beefier mounting bracket for the swingarm.

The one on the Griso has not suffered at all (or made me do that, too!), tho I do keep an eye on the fasteners. I also noticed that clearance with Pirelli AST's was fine, but a bit tighter with the Michelin Pilot Activ I just mounted (but have .01 miles on. The adhesive residue from the label picked up some aggregate from my driveway and the sound almost had me hurl 'til I figured it out. :woohoo:

A Stelvio ridden "as intended" might be too much for this hugger.

Bill

P.S. I like the look of the hugger, but, as does Wayne, I have the Traxxion "shock sock" mounted on both Norge and Griso for serious protection. See http://www.traxxion.com/ventedshocksock.aspx
 
Rosey said:
There was drawing in the past for a piece rubber to keep the crap off the rear shock.
Anyone have that drawing?
Brett
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My hugger came off too on the motorway at 70+. So I went with the rubber flap as shown below




Here's the link https://www.guzzitech.com/forum/190/4154

Make it from a piece 5-6mm rubber sheet and slide it into the slot between the underseat trays, works fine, comes out for cleaning.
 
great picture, good to see how clean the shock stays. I know a group of Italians went to the dessert in Africa with stelvio's, the ones with the rubber stayed much cleaner then the skidmark ones.
 
I did something similar. You can get a slither of rubber sheet in between the rear mudgaurd and air box held in place with two short self tappers. This drops down between the swingarm and tyre to about 1 inch below the lowest part of the shockabsorber. I made two small hole's in the rubber sheet to fasten it to the lowest link on the shocker and this stops it rubbing on the wheel. So var so good. .. I honestly feel the rear suspension is to exposed to the elements and this has kept everything relatively clean. Will get photos in the morning.
 
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