Bikes: MTS12S, R1, off road stuff, and vintage stuff too.
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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My 996 has a DP rear hugger, fitted using just the two bolts as I didn't want to drill the extra hole in the swinging arm.
While in France last weekend it lost the rear bolt and ended up being pretty much only held on by the rear brake hose as the front bolt was also nearly out !!
Guess who's going to be drilling the third (bolt) hole now...
Cheers, John. p.s. yes I do maintain my bike, and do check it at the end of every ride. This was after 1200 miles over 3 days of serious riding.
Mood: My Jota goes rumpety rump! & I have my wife exactly where she wants me!
John Its an easy job, the swing arm is thick and can be drilled and tapped without any problems, mine is 5mm and all is well, never flaps or comes lose.
I had only the two bolts holding a dp hugger on my 748. When the top bolt came out it moved so much that it ended up touching the underside of the exhaust and burnt an 1" x 2" hole in the hugger.