MC Hugger and Road Pilots

ampthill

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Anyone fitted Michelin Road Pilots to a 1200GS with a Motorrad Concepts hugger in place?

It's just that I'm about to replace the rear Bridgestone Battlewings with one of these tryes and was wanting to know if you have had any issues with the hugger rubbing the tyre.

Reason I ask is that all the other tyres I have fitted to the GS have rubbed on this hugger, to a lesser or greater extent, in the past. Only a problem on the move you understand - hugger does not rub at rest - seems to be due to tight clearances and flex of the hugger when on the move. FYI the Michelin Anakee I had fitted previously suffered from rubbing to the side of the tryre, where as the Battlewing curently in place has been smoothed out on the last centimetre of the outside edge.

Peter
 
Hi Peter, yes the Pilots do rub the hugger. (oo er missus! :D )
Personally I`m not too bothered about it :cool:
 
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Hi ampthill

The OE tyres Dunlop Trailmax seem to work well and don’t rub at all on my MC hugger that’s why I changed for the same tyre at 6000 miles. :P

Trev
 
Have run both Trailmax and 020's with mine and they both rub - I imagine tolerances differ form hugger to hugger :nenau

Could be better I guess but I don't consider it a problem as such.

Andres
 
I've had Mich Road Pilots, 020s, Dunlop trailMax and bridgestone tarilwings and they all rub the MC hugger at the very edge of the tread. They seem to do it less with more preload and I suspect the hugger can get pushed by the shock on a severe bump.

Personally, i'm not too impressed with the MC hugger, but thenI guess MC aren't as they don't supply them any more.

The rubbing is not enough to cause a problem, it's just a monor irritant
 
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