Suzuki Huggers.....are they all the same?

[Amplimator]

hi i got the chance of a K5 genuine suzuki hugger for budgie but my bike is a K3......is there any diff in swingarms on the K3/K5?

if so........could i get it on wiv a bit of magic?

thx in advance peeps

[xXBADGERXx]

I know the 650 K3 is different from every other K so that Hugger won`t fit . You seem to have 2 exhausts so I am assuming you have a 1000cc SV or 650 with a Laser or Renegade twin Hi-Level system ?

[Dangerous Dave]

Not 100% but I don't think it will fit, or the K3 doesn't fit the later models (something like that).

You seem to have 2 exhausts so I am assuming you have a 1000cc SV or 650 with a Laser or Renegade twin Hi-Level system ?
Going by the outlet shape and the height of the cans that is a Laser half system, and it is a 650cc.

[Amplimator]

Yup indeedy tis a laser half system on my 650, sounds and looks crumpet!:-D

I brought the K5 hugger anyways and jus used a cable tie for one side, it was a bargain really so couldnt really say no and it does its job jubbly.....u can jus make it out in my avatar

I wasnt willing to pay silly money for a suzuki one but at the same time didnt want an aftermarket one (im fussy lol) so found this was the best compromise

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[xXBADGERXx]

Cable tie could wear out with movement and rub the paint so just keep an eye on that , or maybe use a strip of metal with holes drilled in it to make a bracket and use a bolt with a Nylock nut on it as long as it doesn`t get too near the tyre , nice when you get a bit of new kit fir the bike isn`t it , I live on eBay looking for tidy bits for mine :)

[Cam_73]

WOW!!!!! :eek: £266 for a K3 hugger........ must be making them to order now. They have increase by £100 over the last 18-24 months.

That's insane.

Banditmania then :)

My mistook, carbon fibre one, still £160 v's £58 , wonder where we will most likely buy???

[Amplimator]

Cable tie could wear out with movement and rub the paint so just keep an eye on that , or maybe use a strip of metal with holes drilled in it to make a bracket and use a bolt with a Nylock nut on it as long as it doesn`t get too near the tyre , nice when you get a bit of new kit fir the bike isn`t it , I live on eBay looking for tidy bits for mine :)

are there any geniuses on here that have actually made a bracket that could do one to order for me or show sum pics wiv a 'how to'??? paint wear aint a prob as i av a k3 an there aint any on the swingarm.....but i do know cable-ties will get brittle after a while and break

thx for the heads up badger geezer

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[SoulKiss]

are there any geniuses on here that have actually made a bracket that could do one to order for me or show sum pics wiv a 'how to'??? paint wear aint a prob as i av a k3 an there aint any on the swingarm.....but i do know cable-ties will get brittle after a while and break

thx for the heads up badger geezer

Amp

I had a K3 hugger on my K6

All it too mod-wise was to cut a huge chunk from the front of it as the K3 didnt have the Tool-Kit holder under the battery box - this fouled on my K6

If I hadn't been given the hugger as a slightly damaged freebie I wouldn't have done it.

Oh and I borrowed a mates bandsaw to do the cut.

So K6 onto K3 SHOULD fit, but might be a bit funny near the shock....

[Amplimator]

the only bit that didnt fit was the hole on right hand side of the swingarm (that also has a rear brake line hook fingamajig) the hole on the hugger was about an inch further towards the back of the bike an jus didnt line up

i considered drilling a small hole an using a self tapper but but got lazy+wise an used the (blurry big) cable tie instead. i used double sided foam sticky fings down that side to prevent any sliding around an tied it damn tight!

its goin nowhere......for now anyways

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