Author Topic: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?  (Read 9988 times)

Offline Fretka

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #20 on: July 19, 2012, 11:39:00 AM »
Not quite as satisfying but much cheaper is a shock sock, kinda like a large (magnum?) plastic fabric condom that slips over and around the shock to keep it clean.................safe suspension?

I'm sure Dan Kyle has them for cheap.
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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #21 on: July 19, 2012, 01:17:21 PM »
PorjectD and David Cork are both selling the Skidmarx hugger, so yes, it's the same.

Heck no, you can't even see the part of the hugger that's hanging down unless you get down low like I did for that shot.

Cool and cool, thanks C.  :chugbeer:

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #22 on: July 19, 2012, 01:22:23 PM »
Heck no, you can't even see the part of the hugger that's hanging down unless you get down low like I did for that shot.

Yes Jay! YOU can see it every time You walk up to your bike.  :stirpot: :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
For the rest of us, no, it's not visible.  ;D
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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #23 on: July 19, 2012, 02:49:35 PM »
Yes Jay! YOU can see it every time You walk up to your bike.  :stirpot: :rotflmao: :chugbeer:
For the rest of us, no, it's not visible.  ;D

I don't get it?
 
 
What are you trying to say Pope??
 

 

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #24 on: July 19, 2012, 04:21:05 PM »
Got mine from David...saved a boat load on shipping over ProjektD.  ProjektD was something like $70 for shipping.

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #25 on: July 19, 2012, 04:53:33 PM »
Got mine from David...saved a boat load on shipping over ProjektD.  ProjektD was something like $70 for shipping.

I just ordered one from David about an hour ago, he gave me free shipping.  :)

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #26 on: July 19, 2012, 05:38:40 PM »
Conrad your wheels are sooooooo clean , you must ride as much a ZG.....
Come out of the closet , and take that girl for a spin. ;)
So ZG did you buy CF or Sassafras glass
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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #27 on: July 19, 2012, 06:26:05 PM »
So ZG did you buy CF or Sassafras glass

CF.  8)

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #28 on: July 22, 2012, 10:33:59 AM »
There is only one company that makes a hugger for the C14 and that is Skidmarx in the UK. It is available in FRP and Carbon Fiber and is retailed by ProjectD in Taiwan or Streetfighters by Design in the US.

Not true.  Motax in France also makes one, and I have one on my 2010.  I chose theirs because the mount positions shift it more towards the back, providing more hugger to the rear, and it doesn't hang down past the swing arm in the front.

http://motax.fr/sommaire_Kawasaki/accessoires_1400_GTR/1400_GTR_07_11_garde-boue_ar__/1400_gtr_07_11_garde-boue_ar__.html

I couldn't find an English version of their site though.

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #29 on: July 22, 2012, 06:51:01 PM »
The Motax looks great. How much was it with shipping?
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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2012, 07:05:42 PM »
Not true.  Motax in France also makes one, and I have one on my 2010.  I chose theirs because the mount positions shift it more towards the back, providing more hugger to the rear, and it doesn't hang down past the swing arm in the front.

http://motax.fr/sommaire_Kawasaki/accessoires_1400_GTR/1400_GTR_07_11_garde-boue_ar__/1400_gtr_07_11_garde-boue_ar__.html

I couldn't find an English version of their site though.

Looks good Rob, I already pulled the trigger on the one from David Cork though, should arrive later this week. Thanks anyway though bro!  :chugbeer:

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #31 on: July 22, 2012, 09:28:35 PM »
The Motax looks great. How much was it with shipping?

Probably more then the Skidmarx one, but I don't know now.  On the Motax site, it's listed as 150 €, which is around $200.  Shipping added another $50 to $75 as I recall.  I bought mine over a year ago, and added a set of hand wings to the purchase, so I can't really comment on on the cost to a buyer today.  Also, I had the top of it painted by a shop (it comes unpainted).  I coated the bottom side with some truck bed liner stuff myself.
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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2012, 09:29:37 PM »

Looks good Rob, I already pulled the trigger on the one from David Cork though, should arrive later this week. Thanks anyway though bro!  :chugbeer:

Yep, I saw that.  Just trying to set the record straight that there's more than one supplier.

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Re: Who makes the best looking carbon fiber rear hugger?
« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2012, 08:28:35 AM »
Yep, I saw that.  Just trying to set the record straight that there's more than one supplier.

Thanks. I stand corrected.