rob jackson – Member
post pics please if its near the stanchions and how does it promote mud round seals??
In my case, the mud was really sticking to the tyre. A lot of the way round the lap the muddy bits were interspersed with harder pack areas where the mud would clear. Towards the end of the lap though, there was a long muddy section where the tyres wouldn’t clear & it was getting forced into the gap between the tyre & the fender bender. It got to the point where it had nowhere to go, so started oozing out the back of the fender bender & building up around the seals/fork legs. I think the long, thin ferny bits from the trees (like thick blades of grass) were exacerbating the problem by binding it all together.
I kept a close eye on it and eventually thought that enough was enough, stopped to take the guard off, clear all the mud off & found the large stone packed into the mud.
I’ve used it since at Thetford and it didn’t happen to the same extent at all as the mud is much more sloppy.
I’ve tried fitting it to the 08 Reba on my Inbred & there’s not a great deal of clearance at all, so I don’t bother with it at all on there.
I’ve got Spesh tyres on both bikes and they seem to have quite high sidewalls, so I wonder if this is making the clearance more of an issue.