Why is it that...

chris___ · Brolly Dolly Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Karma :

On my mates Speetshite scooter braided brake hoses are standard items and on my RXS100 thats nearly 20 years old there's a rear hugger as standard?

Yet on thousands of pounds sports bikes none of thee are standard Confused

Weird!
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mrtEE · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Karma :

chris___ · Brolly Dolly Joined: 13 Feb 2005 Karma :

So genuinely wanting to know why something is is pointless then?
Ok then mate....
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ram_doom · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Karma :

Ignore mrtee, he's on the blob Thumbs Up

My old cbr600 from 1989 had a hugger too Laughing

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finpos · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Karma :

the things huggers and braided hoses have in common is that they cost bugger all to make in quantity and can be sold at a huge mark-up as upgrades.

When i were a lad, huggers were called mudguards, and they came free with the bike.

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mrtEE · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Karma :

map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

IMO the hugger thing it's down to a specs war, my bike is lighter than yours so there, type thing. As also said, it saves the makers a little bit of time in manufacture and a little bit of money in parts and tooling. The sports bikes are also sold under the guise of race replicas, when did you last see a rear mudguard on one of those?

As for braided hoses only really needed when the original lines start to go (or unless you're racing, but that's a different ball game). The originals will last a good few years - well past the 1st MOT @ 3 years anyhow - so the manufacturers don't need to worry (and it saves them money too).

HTH Thumbs Up

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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

Huggers are there to keep shit off the shocks, simple as. Put a hugger on and your rear shock will be much much happier for it.
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Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

They deflect grit, and stones. Unless your shock is mounted stupidly high or you have a stupidly short hugger, it should prevent most nasty things such as grit salt and stones getting at it. Granted some shorted huggers are there for the sake of tartiness, but then can also lengthen the life of the shock.

Jack
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Jackyboy · Scooby Slapper Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Karma :

my gtr has a hugger as standard - well its two interlocking pieces of plastic which keep the shock clean. you cant actually see it until you go looking for it, so i was thinking about getting a new one coz it looks trick...
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