Which hugger?

[phantomrider]

Looking for advice from the forum

I've just bought a new (to me) R1250GS which hasn't got a hugger fitted. My previous GS and GSA did have one fitted, and so I've never had to buy/fit one. They seem like a relatively simple bit of kit, but I'm wondering if some makes/type of hugger are better than others.

Thanks in advance for views/advice

 

[Flaming T]

Either Nippy Normans and pay a small fortune or AliExpress and get the same thing for 1/5 of the price. I have had the latter for the last 4 years and is perfect.


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[shez1]

Machine Art (from Normans) is expensive but fits well and is good quality. The Chinese stuff in my experience does not fit quite so well, but is a lot cheaper. If you move the bike on the Machine Art stuff does sell well second hand. Keep an eye out in the for sale section, they do come up fairly often.

 

[Doc]

Limberger

 

[Alan R]

Limberger

Or, if you prefer carbon fibre to cheese, try an Ilimberger hugger. There are many threads about the Puig hugger and the Chinese copies of, that fasten to the brake mount and paralever strut. Read them and come to your own conclusion about their safety or lack there of.
Alan R

 

[Doc]

Or, if you prefer carbon fibre to cheese, try an Ilimberger hugger. There are many threads about the Puig hugger and the Chinese copies of, that fasten to the brake mount and paralever strut. Read them and come to your own conclusion about their safety or lack there of.
Alan R

Get what you pay for.

 

[CPJS]

Don't bother with any of them.
Frame infill panels and a Mudsling are way, way more effective.
I fitted the Puig Hugger to my bike, it made little difference to the amount of crap thrown onto me and the back of the bike. I then fitted Puig infill panels, voila! no more dirt on me. Then fitted Chinese copy of the mudsling, hoorah! no more dirty shock.
50,000mls later and moved to another bike and still doing their job.

 

[Joe narvey]

I had the mudsling on the front and it contacts my Altrider bash plate. Just a FYI if you plan to fit a bash plate.

 

[sven]

I've been using an Ilmberger carbon hugger for seven years and it's still in excellent condition. The fixing method is much more secure and safer than the Puig hugger and its eBay copies.

It keeps the bike cleaner than the standard coal scuttle, but my wife still gets plastered in crap on wet roads. It looks a lot better though.

 

[bosnjo]

If llimberger made one without being carbon fibre, I'd have one.

 

[CPJS]

It keeps the bike cleaner than the standard coal scuttle, but my wife still gets plastered in crap on wet roads. It looks a lot better though.

The 'coal scuttle' is there for German type approval Ref. bumper height or some such guff, not required in the UK. Some say removing it reduces the amount of muck thrown about, I haven't tried that one out.
Infill panels stop that crap that covers the Mrs and the backs of your legs, money well spent.

 

[Golf Sierra]

In my view - Mudsling. You’ll know yourself whether you wish to buy the ‘real thing’ or the Chinese copy.

 

[mrklunk]

Timely post. I bought the Chinese Puig copy after seeing rave reviews online. But I had to take the bike into BMW as the suspension felt weird. They diagnosed a broken paralever which may be down to a 'badly fitted non-OEM hugger', they say the bolt may have been too long or over-tightened? It was fitted by an ex BMW tech (I'm not much with the tools. and I didn't want to chance it). Now they may be wrong and creditably they replaced the paralever under warranty but said they may have to "fight withe BMW about it". But it's left me huggerless and I'm now reluctant to have another one fitted in case of future warranty claim issues. When I picked the bike up the hugger was in the top box as they wouldn't refit it. This thread is helpful as I didn't know about mudsling and fillers so I will look at that option. Cheers

 

[Winjar]

hugger for starbucks, mudsling infills for all else

 

[Smartrider]

I have have had 2 GS1200 and 3 GSA1200. Machine art Mudsling and Fender extender every time. Very expensive bits of plastic but they work.

 

[phantomrider]

Thanks for all the advice - much appreciated.

I went for the "Mudsling" - which was nice and easy to fit. I bought it, from Nippy Normans" as part of a "package" with an Advant front mudguard extender. They did seem expensive for some "plastic" parts - however I guess the cost is in the design, development distribution etc.

My next part to upgrade will be the windscreen - I feel another post coming on!