Ive got both and everything still gets covered in crap.
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Would not be to keen on a Hugger if the bike was going to be used Offroad, I just imagine some mud gravel and stones getting stuck under the Hugger, just my opinion, as I have not tried a Hugger offroad, The cheap chinese knock offs are exactly what they are cheap, the real Machine art mudslinger is far better quality, then you have Splash guards, from either Wunderlich or RC racing that do a decent job, at stopping a little of the shite, but hey if you do not want to get wet or a little dirty now and again, you can always just buy a cheapo 2 piece fishermans suit, it will catch the crap, and when you stop a quick hosedown, and drip dry the suit, and all is clean, that is what I do
Totally agree with you about using a hugger off road, especially with knobblies fitted - it’d probably get destroyed.
Can anyone tell me why the GS is so spectacularly bad at protecting the rear of the bike and the rider from all the road crap?
My last GS was a 2003 R1150GS and the rear of the bike used to get totally covered. Since then, I have had a Bull Ulysses, (totally fine with a standard hugger), a Tiger 1050, again fine with a standard hugger, a couple of Pan Europeans and for the past 5 years, I have owned a Kawasaki Versys 1000 with a standard rear hugger that keeps me and the rear of the bike clean.
On the other hand, my mate is on his 3rd R1200GS including 2 LCs fitted with after-market huggers, and both him and his bike get filthy, so what is it about the GS that causes all the crap around the rear of the bike?
The reason I ask is that I am considering returning to the GS fold with an LC.