BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

I read the weather protection thread here (https://www.1200rt.com/index.php/topic,1140.90.html) very interesting as I never saw this kit advertise so now I have another option.  Has anyone tried this versus getting a decent rear hugger?  I am wondering if adding the weather protection makes it harder to clean behind leaving a lot of crap on the bike:-) So far I have neither so I am in a position to choose!  Peter

I know of no rear hugger for an RT and as the shock is nearly fully enclosed one wouldn't do anything.  And yes the kit makes cleaning a bit harder but not impossible

Yes that is one I had seen, plus there is an assumption on my part that some of the GS or RS huggers will make their way to the RT in time...  Peter

Picture is not all that clear but it looks like it's connected to the footrest hanger and not the shaft.  On my bike the shaft goes up and down quite a lot. Just looks at the fitting instructions for this.  It's not a hugger after all, just two bits that fit to to the footrest hunger like the OEM kit. A lot smaller though.

Yes that is one I had seen, plus there is an assumption on my part that some of the GS or RS huggers will make their way to the RT in time...  Peter

Over the years many have tried fitting GS huggers to RTs.  Stock GS ones never fit due to the larger rear wheel on the RT. When makers have supplied ones to fit the wheel many fouled the mudguard when the bike was fully loaded.  Their solution to this was to have the hugger fitting very close to the tyre.  This resulted in lots of damage to the hugger from stones etc sitting up in the tyre tread.

LC GS's & RT's both have 17" dia. Rear Wheels.

Chrille wrote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PUIG-REAR-HUGGER-BMW-R1200-RT-14-15-matt-black-/181914691765?hash=item2a5af5e8b5:g:rm4AAOSwo0JWL2Pm

This isn't a hugger, it's the Puig weather protection panels.

I stuck a GS hugger on which worked great at reducing the spray but the metal bracket rubbed on the side of the plastic underside of the bike when I had a pillion aboard.

I have an RTLC and find it very annoying that on a tourer, and a very expensive one, full weather protection is not provided as standard. Hence the various threads on the forum about additional fairing sections and huggers etc. all costing extra.

You could be forgiven for believing that the description of tourer would include such items. Okay the bike does have a vast amount of tourer equipment as standard and I like it for that, but surely weather protection as extensive as possible should be quite fundamental to a bike designed for this purpose and not have some of it as extras.

At the end of the day it's a motorbike and if it rains you get wet.  A bike with fully enclosed wheels would not sell. The K1 was an attempt to do it. So for those of us that don't mind looking like a Honda  Silverwing BMW have kindly designed that bit more protection.  I managed to live with it fitted for 12 months then it got too much.  Now it's hiding somewhere in the shed.

I'd like to see what a K1 looks like

Maz12 wrote:I'd like to see what a K1 looks like.

Most have a front mudguard that nearly covers the wheel. Gave you an exiting ride in strong cross winds.