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bill pierce
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sandbar rear hugger?

Postby bill pierce » Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:56 pm

I was thinking of buying one of the sandbar fenders that mount off the rear brake caliper. The mount looks a bit weak. Has anyone used one of these for some time as to test the durability?

They sure look cool especially from the left side of the bike
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Postby PBBoxer » Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:02 am

They are ilmberger and are one of the best you can get. Dont worry about teh strength
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Postby overipe&keen » Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:34 am

As Paul said don't worry. I've done 6k with mine no bother!! :wink:
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Postby box-doctor » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:46 pm

Me too - I have the Ilmberger one & it's as strong as a strong thing on a strong day in a strong wind..... :joker:
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Postby horse27 » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:38 am

Yep, 9k in all weathers and still looks good as new ... bracket is reinforced and very strong. Superb quality (as it should be for the price).
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Postby Me-109 » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:02 am

Two years and 12 or 13 thousand miles I reckon. Going fine. Look better than Pyramid for not a lot more.
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Postby stoney » Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:56 pm

overipe&keen wrote:As Paul said don't worry. I've done 6k with mine no bother!! :wink:


Apart from it rattling! :oops:
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Postby POB » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:54 pm

I've had one waiting to fit for ages. I find myself just kind of turning it over in my hands... a real piece of art, shame to hide it away down there in all the cr@p and gunk from the back wheel!
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huggers

Postby Ruffy » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:56 pm

:( Thats true stoney,they do rattle against the shock there protecting!!
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Postby NA1959 » Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:12 pm

Top product, bought of sandbar, super bloke to deal with!
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Postby bill pierce » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:12 am

There is a guy in the US that sells them on E-Bay for a good price. I bought a front fender from him last summer and it's beautiful. He says they are the same as Wunderlich. Here is the link.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-R110 ... enameZWDVW

They come packaged up real nice and arrive in just a few days. I ordered a rear one yesterday. Listed my old carbon rear on e-bay, I should be able to recover a few dollars from it. It was just too short. I spent about 2 hrs cleaning all the road grime it missed of the pipes last week.
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Postby boxerpan » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:41 am

Why buy from the States when Sandbar can supply the same product ? Has he done something to upset you ?
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Postby POB » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:57 am

Maybe Bill's already in the States?
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Postby AJ » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:12 pm

Even with postage from the States the item would be £165.
Sandbar advertises them for £189.99 :?
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Postby stoney » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:27 pm

If I recall Nigel offers trixsters a discount - maybe 10%, and he is local which can make dealings easier.

From my experience the huggers vary in their level of success. I can't speak for the 1100s one, but the R1200s hugger is excellent.

The ones they did for the GS were just as useless as all the other GS huggers out there. I went through a few of the Mark 1s, which usually ended up rattling, and only offered limited protection as they were too short,and the longer version was a joke as it just had a single sheet of carbon fibre which fell to pieces as soon as it got wet. I have a friend with the revised Mark 2 and is actually sounds worse.
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