Cure for spray on left leg

RichieS · Dec 18, 2019

Have a mudguard fitted and previously to that a Puig rear mudguard, but my left leg still gets covered in crap when riding in the wet. Anyone got any solutions that will reduce the amount of spray and crap being thrown up?

Richie

Deleted account 211025002 · Dec 18, 2019

I used to have an RT but now it is a GS The RT was very good in the wet but the gs is not so good. I have a mudguard too but my rt had one so I dont understand

ChazzyB · Dec 18, 2019

All sorts of folk remedies are available, including:-

- In-fill panels
- Plate on centre stand

One year, I made a comprehensive set of panels cut out from old screenwash bottles and cable-tied them in all the spaces. It worked really well. But looked completely shite.

tanneman · Dec 18, 2019

Buy a hexhead GS. There is no spray on the left leg.

It is sent from my phone. So fucking what?

Mallard · Dec 18, 2019

I’ve got a 2019 Rallye GSA and have the same problem. I’ve fitted a mudsling which has helped somewhat. However, if you put the bike on its centre-stand, kneel down at the back of the bike and look at the relationship between the mudsling and the rear tyre, you will notice that the tyre is very slightly wider than the mudsling and as such causes the problem. I think that this is the result of fitting the wider rear wheels to the LC’s as compared to the narrower wheels on the twin-cams (which I had previously, and without the crap problem). How you remedy this I do not know.

Davel · Dec 18, 2019

Didn't know you could get a spray-on left leg....

zoltan · Dec 18, 2019

RichieS said:
Have a mudguard fitted and previously to that a Puig rear mudguard, but my left leg still gets covered in crap when riding in the wet. Anyone got any solutions that will reduce the amount of spray and crap being thrown up?

Richie

I have all the above and the OE BMW infills panels. I see few after market manufacturers do similar. Don’t have any spray on my legs.
Google BMW r1200gs infill panels and you get a bunch of hits.

CPJS · Dec 18, 2019

Infill panels.
Puig on mine.

jimmer137 · Dec 18, 2019

+1 for Puig, works for me too

ChazzyB · Dec 18, 2019

tanneman said:
Buy a hexhead GS. There is no spray on the left leg.

It is sent from my phone. So fucking what?

What about the right leg? There's no spray on my right leg on the LC as the right side exhaust and silencer catches it all.

Bem · Dec 18, 2019

RichieS said:
Have a mudguard fitted and previously to that a Puig rear mudguard, but my left leg still gets covered in crap when riding in the wet. Anyone got any solutions that will reduce the amount of spray and crap being thrown up?

Richie

Don`t ride your bike in the wet?

richardbd · Dec 18, 2019

I followed all ChazzyB’s ideas but being less of a tight-arse, I didn’t use biscuit tins and screen-wash bottles. I fitted a mixture of BMW in-fill panels and Wunderlich centre-stand plate and (left side) pillion peg panels.

I would say they provide a 90%+ solution. They look ok and leave me looking all clean and shiny at the end of a ride.

If I only fitted one, it would be the centre-stand plate.

ShakeyBMW · Dec 19, 2019

Just tried to take my Puig panels off during my deep clean..... they snapped :blast

I’ve also removed my mudsling because there’s plenty of evidence that it’s rubbing the back tyre on my lowered frame bike.

Y7 JMM · Dec 19, 2019

ShakeyBMW said:
Just tried to take my Puig panels off during my deep clean..... they snapped

I’ve also removed my mudsling because there’s plenty of evidence that it’s rubbing the back tyre on my lowered frame bike.

My Mudslinger rubbed on my rear tyre very badly, iits a standard height back!

brummy bloke · Dec 19, 2019

my last bike, a1200 gs, used to cover my left leg in road cack. My new bike, a1250 gsa doesn't. the only obvious difference I can see is that the main stand on the 1250 has a "guard?" fitted to it, I don't get be shat like I did before. try lashing up one out of plywood to see if it works and then buying a proper one if successful

Mr Bean · Dec 20, 2019

Y7 JMM said:
My Mudslinger rubbed on my rear tyre very badly, iits a standard height back!

Was it an original or a knock-off?

I've had Machine Art Moto ones on my 3 LC's and none have rubbed.

tanneman · Dec 20, 2019

ChazzyB said:
What about the right leg? There's no spray on my right leg on the LC as the right side exhaust and silencer catches it all.

He is concerned about the left leg. Not the right.

JoeBiff · Dec 20, 2019

I've got a watercooled car...

No crud and shite problems on MY left leg. In fact, my left leg does very little in the car apart from tapping in rhythm to the music.

ChazzyB · Dec 20, 2019

tanneman said:
He is concerned about the left leg. Not the right.

I was wondering if the right leg gets sprayed on a hex head, where the silencer is ON THE OTHER SIDE. jeez! :blast

richardbd · Dec 20, 2019

ChazzyB said:
What about the right leg? There's no spray on my right leg on the LC as the right side exhaust and silencer catches it all.

I rode all the way up the Dalton in the pissing rain on a hexhead. My right leg was no dirtier than the rest of me...

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