Contributed by Scott MacLean (Australia)

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This is a cheap alternative to a rear hugger - materials
cost should be under $US5, including nuts, bolts etc.

This is what I started with - half a meter of insertion
rubber which is a strip about 8 inches wide (we work in metric here but I'll convert to make it easy for you)


I cut it so as to be about 7 inches wide - this meant it
fitted between the rear side arms and curved round the angled braces just a little bit.  I cut it to a length that would just clear the centre stand.  I also had to cut a notch in the top right corner so that it would fit snugly when mounted to the tool kit compartment.  I drilled three holes, as you can see, in the tool kit compartment and the rubber to match.


You can get a bit of an idea here - in this photo, the rear
of the bike is to the top.


Here is an underneath shot, taken on top of the rear tire
and looking forwards - you can see the cut out notch clearly and why it is needed.   The toolkit compartment is actually off-set to the left (looking forward) so that's why you need more overhang on the RHS.


Finally, the somewhat daggy (and temporary) arrangment I
have put in place to make sure the rubber stays off the tire.


Note that at no time did I have to remove anything, except
the seat and the toolkit.

Scott