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

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

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 ?

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

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

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.

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

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

Amp

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

WOW!!!!! £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???

Originally Posted by 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

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

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Originally Posted by Amplimator

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....

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

Amp