Remove it & forget it...it's of no use and no bugger will want it either 
Rear 'fender'?
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i played with the idea of removing it …but thought it may help stop the bike getting shitty if left on …..it didn't so i removed it , fitted a mudsling and a rear crud catcher from CYMARC…..nice clean legs for me and nice cleaner back end for the bike
id say more than half the GSA riders will remove it ….but what do you do when you go to euro and break the law ?
id say more than half the GSA riders will remove it ….but what do you do when you go to euro and break the law ?
JimVonBaden
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My friend and I had nearly identical 2005 R1200GS's, he took his off and I left mine on. On a 7300 mile trip we took, his bike consistently had more crap on his top case and his back than I did. I say they work OK.
On my new 2015 R1200GS I have not yet noticed, but I only have 200 miles on it, though 50 in the rain.
Jim
On my new 2015 R1200GS I have not yet noticed, but I only have 200 miles on it, though 50 in the rain.
Jim
It seem disconnected from certain viewpoints.
Anyway, that's my view, and as my late mother said, who are you to contradict me!
PanzerRider
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If you remove it, there are 3 screw holes exposed to the elements (one looks like it would just leave a hole the prop shaft hub and let dirt and water in). Can the screws screw in all the way as they are really long?
LotusMartin
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there is an alu blanking plate you can get - possibly TouraTech
madmartin
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Yeh.. that"ll be £199.00. Please. Merry xmas.
Shove some grease in the holes...10p. Thankyou verymuch.
Not needed just fit some shorter bolts - job done!
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Removed mine. Weighs around 500gms so bike much faster now...
Filled holes with some shorter ones I had lying around.
Filled holes with some shorter ones I had lying around.
WindyChuffer
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There is no need to fill the holes.
I am in Germany and so I get no choice: if they spotted that at the TüV inspection it would be a fail. So it stays.
I have added the "infill panels" and have the Cymarc 'spoiler' (lip immediately below the number plate). Not sure if the latter improves things, but I am not intending to experiment, having bought the thing
I have added the "infill panels" and have the Cymarc 'spoiler' (lip immediately below the number plate). Not sure if the latter improves things, but I am not intending to experiment, having bought the thing
Maybe not for you, but for those that do - it keeps the crap out of threads
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Yes ,The Cymarc "lip " should help with rear spray…i rode a lot in the crap english weather with out this and the rear of the top box got blasted with crap ..now i have one fitted its no where near as dirty .It seems to throw the crap outwards and backwards rather than upwards…..so if your riding behind a GS with one fitted keep a safer distance or get sprayed .!
Bendy toy
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Mine is a hexhead 1200 but the shovel effect is similar.
Dirt hits the shovel and throws forward. With no shovel and a small lip spoiler on the numberplate, the bike stays cleaner (or less dirty). A mudsling is more effective than a hugger at keeping clag off the rider and rear suspension.
I've tried a hugger with the TUV shovel. The hugger made virtually no difference. However some tyre inner tube rubber gaffa taped over the gap really did keep the bike clean.
If anyone can get a wide enough mudguard to fit between front of swing arm and the TUV shovel the bike would be a lot cleaner. How well it would look is another thing.
This one looked ok so who knows.
WindyChuffer
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Put some new bolts in and you'll get galvanic corrosion with eventual flaking around the area (DAMHIKT) so would recommend care with metals or better still: Windychuffer's solution with some added grease.
Put the original bolts back in and I do wonder if its possible to puncture the final drive (seems possible but I'm not sure)
Put the original bolts back in and I do wonder if its possible to puncture the final drive (seems possible but I'm not sure)
I thought galvanic corrosion required an electrolyte to take effect (like significant immersion in water - as on a boat)
You could smear some Duraloc on the threads to prevent this but I would imagine we will all be long dead before you noticed Galv. Corrosion here.
It would be prudent to touch up the rough paint edges around where the fender comes away though.
Oh and keep the bike spotlessly clean !
You could smear some Duraloc on the threads to prevent this but I would imagine we will all be long dead before you noticed Galv. Corrosion here.
It would be prudent to touch up the rough paint edges around where the fender comes away though.
Oh and keep the bike spotlessly clean !
PanzerRider
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Well, I decided to buy a small tube of black silicon sealant. I removed the 3 screws and just put a small plug of the sealant in the holes and covered the surface around the thread holes with a thin layer of the sealant. Works a treat.
Good call
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