swing arm skid plate..

[nelzar13]

Any of you guys order from the company that sells skid plates on ebay that are 3/16" thick verses a 1/4" thick? i just ordered one figuring its only a sixteenth of an inch im sure it will be cool.... they seem pretty nice work wise, the welds are nice and sharp and it comes polished to boot! of course its not gonna stay like that but hey it looks perty for a day... So any one have any experience? give me the low down.

thanks

[matts27]

Got a link or pic?

[greencow]

You would be surprised how much of a beating they get from rocks ect.

[nelzar13]

the hyper link wasnt working for some reason just cut and paste. i figure for 75 bucks ill give it a try and see what happens. but then again new england does have torturous rocks!!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-400EX-Skid-plate-Swingarm-ATV-Fits-all-years- _W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem25608eee70QQitemZ16053
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[tri5ron]

personally, I would never use a 3/16 on the swinger.
The difference in price for a 1/4 plate vs. a 3/16 plate, is cheaper than a bent rotor, or sprocket, or tossed chain resulting in a cracked case, etc.

3/16 is fine for the belly skid, in my opinion, just not for the swinger.

Just my .02 cents

[BikeSwimLaugh]

Originally posted by tri5ron
personally, I would never use a 3/16 on the swinger.
The difference in price for a 1/4 plate vs. a 3/16 plate, is cheaper than a bent rotor, or sprocket, or tossed chain resulting in a cracked case, etc.

3/16 is fine for the belly skid, in my opinion, just not for the swinger.

Just my .02 cents


I totally agree with this guy.....and then, to no surprise, I realized it was my buddy Ron! :)

[CJM]

My friends bought 3/16 swingarm skids, 1 trip to hatfield mccoy and they were bent so had on the 2nd day he had to figure out a creative way to bend them back.

I run a 1/4" thick proarmor one myself, its never bent ever.