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hugger recommndations

#1 Post by herbacious » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:49 pm

looks like the falco is going onto permanent commuting duties

it desparately needs a hugger...

whats the best one you think?
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#2 Post by furygan man » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:43 pm

Just a guess...skidmarx?
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Re: hugger recommndations

#3 Post by D-Rider » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:10 pm

herbacious wrote:looks like the falco is going onto permanent commuting duties

it desparately needs a hugger...

whats the best one you think?
Searched the internet for huggers - this one looks OK

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furygan man wrote:Just a guess...skidmarx?
Wouldn't like to speculate whether she has any skidmarx .....




Actually, when I had a standard Falco swingarm I had a carbon fibre NWS hugger - that was very nice.
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#4 Post by furygan man » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:17 pm

Here's another...oh no here we go!!

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...sorry i meant this one...ouch, not cheap!

http://www.skidmarx.co.uk/section/mudgu ... other.html
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#5 Post by MartDude » Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:11 am

I think NWS products are of rather better quality than Skidmarx. Some, if not most, of NWS's plastics are made by Pyramid Plastics. I replaced a Pyramid DB screen with a Skidmarx standard one, & the fit was appalling, while the plastic itself was noticeably thinner & flimsier.
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#6 Post by MartDude » Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:13 am

And here's another one for you

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#7 Post by mangocrazy » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:24 pm

So who knows what the little critter above is?

I can tell you, as I've actually had one sitting in my hands. It's a Tarsier, and is apparently the world's smallest primate. Unfortunately (probably because they are so cute looking) they're on the endangered species list.
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#8 Post by D-Rider » Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:19 pm

Is there any truth to the rumour that they are the origin of the expression.
"Your eyes were bigger than your stomach" ?

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Re: hugger recommndations

#9 Post by Viking » Sun Feb 06, 2011 11:32 pm

D-Rider wrote:Actually, when I had a standard Falco swingarm I had a carbon fibre NWS hugger - that was very nice.
I'll second the votes for the NWS hugger. A well put together, good looking piece of carbon fibre, it is.
It's the V-twin thing. There's just something about it that inline-4s don't have at all, and V-4s don't have enough of.
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#10 Post by herbacious » Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:54 am

cheers - what i needed to know
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#11 Post by HowardQ » Mon Feb 07, 2011 12:45 pm

NWS gets my vote, had one on my Falco for years.
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#12 Post by MartDude » Mon Feb 07, 2011 5:22 pm

NWS 'Silver Ghost' hugger seems to be lasting well on the Fut
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#13 Post by mangocrazy » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:21 pm

Another vote for NWS... :smt023
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#14 Post by dyzio » Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:27 pm

TBH I think the crap flap is doing a pretty decent job...

Or am I the only one thinking this?
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