Pyramid Hugger. Ref. BTBR

[timeandtide]

Ahhh, the lovely Pyramid huggers.........biggest piles of shite known to bikers. Cheap inferior products, built not to last. Almost as bad as ART products!

Mine fell off in France (only on a few months) and f****d the new rear Tourance)

 

[ricky]

Question for you all. BTBR at the back there, pay attention, this is relevant to you.

Ninja Man has removed the hugger as he does not like it, and offered it to me

But, here's the rub, (pun intended) The forward most section and the reinforced rib area, both have rubbing witness marks. Has anyone else had this problem? I don't want to fit it, if it is rubbing. I assume that the holes are pre drilled, and therefore should locate the hugger accurately. Without having a closer look in bright light, I can't ascertain whether slotting out the existing hole / holes would cure the problem.

The bike was bought from BTBR, maybe he can shed some light? or fibreglass

Of course........................ I've missed the obvious, it's where BTBR has been polishing the thing.

What a coincidence! I've just discovered much the same thing when cleaning up the inside of my hugger for sale, and have had to inform the buyer. The full story is at http://tinyurl.com/bmn5e .

The reinforced bit at the side does look a bit pale and smooth in one place, so maybe there has been some very slight rubbing there at some stage, but nothing like the front bit.

There is some slight adjustment on the mounts, and if you can't get the right clearance then you may have to extend the holes. If there is severe rubbing on the reinforced bit at the side, then maybe you can add some washers between the pillars and the mounting bolts, if they are long enough.

I just wish I'd known about this problem earlier.

Rick

 

[Dusan]

Shite!

Shite just bought one second hand no signs of the dreaded rubbin, but no sign of a metal bracket? Wot bracket?

 

[ricky]

Shite just bought one second hand no signs of the dreaded rubbin, but no sign of a metal bracket? Wot bracket?

Presumably there's been a redesign - the original was purely GRP or Carbon Fibre, depending on which version you had.

Rick

 

[Emoto]

Interesting to hear about a brand of hugger that I think is not available where I live.

I'm hoping to get a look at the new Motorrad Concepts "Mark II" hugger when they come out with it in the next month or two. I like the one I have, but I think the new one is supposed to have a little more clearance between the tyre and the hugger, so I would be less concerned about riding in heavy mud than I am now. How is this Pyramid one in that regard?

 

[Popeye]

David Hi, re the hugger you fitted, have you had any luck getting something to fit. I'm looking to maybe fit a hugger to my Adventure to help keep the crap of the rear suspension unit. Any comments, help or suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks
Mike

 

[BBB61]

Hello Mike!!

Welcome to the madhouse, hows the ADV going??

 

[BTBR]

I would like to add to all this, the hugger in question, namely mine, was fitted to my first GS.

I did 12,000 miles in 11 months with that hugger fitted, green laning and some fairly wild bridge jumps on the Coast 2 Coast with the BTB-C.

I then fitted it to my GSA, ok to be fair it did not have such a rough life second time around, but it still took a good 'ole beating from time to time.

Yes, there are a few witness marks where the suspension has near bottomed out, and at times maybe that was my fault for not winding the preload up when two up.

But feck me, IMHO it aint done bad really.

And yes, I would buy another one, no problems.

As far as I am concerned, a lot of the problems are down to how much care is taken aligning it up when fitting it.

BTBR

 

[ELIMINATOR]

A product that meets customer expectations should hardly need correct alignment. It should be designed to an acceptable standard that does not require slotting holes or alignment. In effect, it should just bolt straight on.

I work in the quality department of an engineering company.

Go do one Alan.

 

[BTBR]

I work in the quality department of an engineering company.

Go do one Alan.

And so do I

However, the same could be said about the Remus exhaust. You can fit it straight from the box, or you can take your time and fit it correctly.

Just fitting it straight from the box usually results in burnt holes in plastic panniers, but taking your time and fitting it correctly normally results in no burnt holes.

Sadly tolerance drift in all the third party component will never allow for a straight forward fit. Hence the need to make allowances for it.

In this case, different tyre sizes, different makes of caliper all play a part.

If the manufacturer were to make one to suit every option then it would then not become cost effective to produce.

Look at the BMW pannier frames that secure the ali luggage as another example, bloody nightmare to fit.
Made to fit the bike by BMW and you still have to file holes, so if BMW cannot get the tolerances right, then what chance has anyone else FFS!

Ever tried fitting after market crash bars or even BMW's own crashbars, the list goes on & on...........

So and in conclusion,

BTBR