skid plate - my money's worth

[Chris]

Dammit, so THAT's what I was doing wrong! I kept winding up facing backwards and figured eventually there'd be a subframe reversal kit from dual-star to fix it. Here I was all set to buy a used mandrel bender off ebay and crank out my own accessories.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 12:18:21AM -0000, Dooden wrote: > Would it not be alot easier to just stand on the left footpeg and then > step over with some grace ? > > Of course stand on your left leg and make sure you leave the kickstand > down with the bike resting on it. > > Dooden -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.panix.com/~cesser/mybike/

[dooden]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Jim" wrote:

> Left home at 11am and 200 ft. heading north east into the hills. > After 30 minutes of 5,000 rpms I make it to the foothills at the base > of the Sierra Nevada mountains and work my way though the gears for > another 45 minutes to 4,000 ft above sea level. I turn off the > pavement onto a packed dirt logging road and spend the next hour in > the low gears eventually making my way onto a OHV trail. I rolled > over a rocky section of the trail littered with blocky pieces of > granite when I hear the thud of an impact and literally feel the bike > lift up a bit. I stop after a few yards and look for oil on the > ground, seeing none I move up the trail until I find a semi level > place to dismount. I look under the bike and look first at the rear > shock mount, no damage, then at the oil plug, no damage, then at the > bottom of the skid plate, and nothing. Then I see the impact area on > the front sloping area of the aluminum skid plate just below the left > case/cover seam. The impact put a 5mm indent in the aluminum plate. > I figure the granite block tilted on edge after the front tire rolled > over it and wedged itself right under my bike moving at 15 mph. I'm > not sure what would have been the result with the OEM plastic banana > plate. > --Jim > A-15

My guess is it would have a nice crack in it like mine. Except I was going alot more than 15 mph when the front tire tossed something at it, I too stopped looking for a oil leak, but only found a punch/crack in the plate, it is tougher than I thought. My plan was to just make one, but the more I think about it, I think I will just order one, and then add additional aluminum to the bottom at least, maybe even just weld some flat stock to the areas where it meets the frame to make the pan hang a bit lower, at the same time I might as well get the short magnetic drain plug to get that tucked up a bit more too, that thing really does hang low. Dooden A15 Green Ape