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If it works like the one on a BMW, it will add to unsprung weight while making the rear messier rather than cleaner. The possum scraper captures debris that would have otherwise flown harmlessly behind the motorcycle and redeposits it back onto the tire where it is then deposited all over the rear shock and the back of the swingarm. The one that came on my R1200GS now sits harmlessly in the parts take-off box.
IMO those things are totally worthless, looks like it would act as a wind sail and actually add to the SPRUNG weight which hurts the suspension action.
Even in my know it all age I'm still learning.
I've always associated the word sprung with being on the wheel (suspension/SPRING) side, hence sprung weight. I put the word spring and sprung together.
The wheel and that beemer mud flap as being unsprung still does not compute in my mind..............its on you Beemerphile!
"sprung" weight is weight supported by the springs
OK. That makes it a little easier to reprogram my thinking. But when you think about it, the terms could easily be argued in the reverse, as I had it.
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