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Must admit I have kind of snickered when I have read about them in the past but thinking about putting one on the rear of my bike. Do they help with splashing from wet roads/keep the bike cleaner? Seems so but hoping to hear from some that have them. Cheap investment to keep from cleaning the bike so often if they work as I think they might.
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Must admit I have kind of snickered when I have read about them in the past but thinking about putting one on the rear of my bike. Do they help with splashing from wet roads/keep the bike cleaner? Seems so but hoping to hear from some that have them. Cheap investment to keep from cleaning the bike so often if they work as I think they might.
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Mud flaps will only help with stuff coming off the tyres. Any rain worthy of its name will get ya before it hits the road! Then there is the spray off other vehicles. I've actually considered fitting a flap in front of the rear tyre, to keep out nails etc.
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I have also been planning on this as well. I read a CHP report where they installed some mid frame flaps that went to the ground and the rear tire flats decreased quite a bit.
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Indeed so. They are angled and I suspect, as they are front wheel drive cars and bearing in mind where they are built (alright, were built, having closed down!), that the flaps are there to reduce snow and ice getting under the rear wheels.
There was a thread on HDF some while ago in which a member commented that he had seen local Police Harleys with a flap in front of the rear wheel. We commissioned him to go and photo one, but I haven't seen any results!
There was a thread on HDF some while ago in which a member commented that he had seen local Police Harleys with a flap in front of the rear wheel. We commissioned him to go and photo one, but I haven't seen any results!