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#1 | Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:20 pm (Last edited: Tue Sep 27, 2022 11:23 pm)

I picked up my brand-new RS 1250 yesterday. All I need now is for it to stop raining...I ordered the bike in June, was told it would be here in Late October or November, and here it is!

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#2 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:56 pm

Nice, what colour?

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#3 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:26 pm (Last edited: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:26 pm)

Sapphire blue, Becksy. I love it! And it stopped raining today...

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#4 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:27 am

Suggest you fit Avant Guard and Mudsling to protect engine casing and rear shock whilst the bike is still pristine . Enjoy your new ride�..

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#5 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:09 pm

Thanks - is a mud sling better than a hugger?

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#6 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:26 pm

For keeping the crap off your expensive shock absorber, probably. Sadly it looks like a piece of discarded undertray from a W reg Vauxhall Astra held on with zip ties. I have a hugger!

You will love the bike. I�m on my 3rd and just yesterday I came back from my 140 mile round trip to the office (rare event these days) telling my wife what an amazing machine it is. Capable, comfy, real world fast, happy bimbling along and later really pressing on in the wet on sketchy B roads. Superb.

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#7 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:45 am

Zitat von Beerman im Beitrag #5
Thanks - is a mud sling better than a hugger?

Yes, I�ve had both fitted ( and at the same time for a while), I�d say the Mudsling is far more effective than the hugger ( Puig in my case).
Personally I don�t find it too ugly, but I can agree that zip ties as fasteners are not the best engineered solution, but effective.
I recently fitted a similar item on my GS and got it from eBay at a fraction of the Mudsling price, I haven�t checked but I guess the same is possible for the RS, if I was fitting again on the RS I wouldn�t hesitate to buy an eBay � version�.

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#8 | RE: Hi from Wolverhampton datum

Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:46 pm

Thanks Boxerboy, mud sling, Avant Guard and 'fender extender' all ordered.

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