Leaking boot and soaking wet left leg

[tviljoen]

Not sure whether anyone else has had this problem, but using my 12GS this week into London in pouring rain I got home on consecutive nights with a soaked left foot. Getting out of my streetguard trousers I noticed that the right leg was relatively dry on the outside compared to the left leg. I think the water gets in through the reflective material just above the heel.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Do you dress to the left or right?

 

[Big Lee]

It`s the huge amount of water that gets flung from the rear tyre straight onto the left boot, it deflecting from the shock guard doesn`t help either I could feel it actually running down inside my boot
IMO the only way to stop it is to buy a hugger IIRC the Motorrad concepts hugger gets good feedback although the MK2 version is just coming out

 

[Alte Wolf]

It`s the huge amount of water that gets flung from the rear tyre straight onto the left boot, it deflecting from the shock guard doesn`t help either I could feel it actually running down inside my boot
IMO the only way to stop it is to buy a hugger IIRC the Motorrad concepts hugger gets good feedback although the MK2 version is just coming out

Noticed that also, it seems to be force fed onto the back of the left thigh from the rear tyre

 

[Grizz]

Not sure whether anyone else has had this problem, but using my 12GS this week into London in pouring rain I got home on consecutive nights with a soaked left foot. Getting out of my streetguard trousers I noticed that the right leg was relatively dry on the outside compared to the left leg. I think the water gets in through the reflective material just above the heel.

Are you a Boertjie??

 

[tviljoen]

Thanks Big Lee and Old Wolf. That was also the advice I got this morning from another owner. Will order a hugger this week.

Grizz, yes I am a British Boer. Been living in the UK since 89.

 

[tviljoen]

Just to give this thread a conclusion - I had a hugger fitted (made by ). I have now tried it out in very wet weather and it really does work - lower leg and left boot almost totally dry. I would recommend this as standard on all 1200 GS's. I have also bought one of their lifting handles which makes it much easier to lift the bike onto the centre stand. Vines of Guildford also kindly exchanged the boots for a new pair as they were under 2 years old!