Skid Plates, but not which one....
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Skid Plates, but not which one....
I have a different kind of skid plate question. With all the different makes and types, answers make vary I guess. I recently made a steel skid plate for the old 200. Used 1/8" sheet metal, fabbed up some ugly clips and bolted her up. It's not the prettiest, or lightest, but it's near indestructable. My question is, whether anyone else gets an amplification of sorts of all of the notorious kdx noises. The first time I lit it up, I thought my bike was going to hell in a handbasket. I had to pull the skid plate ooff twice to make sure it wasn't just my imagination. The clutch being the noisiest, and followed closely by the sewing KIPS. Is this just my makeshift skidplate, or do all the skids out their have a similar effect? Maybe I worry to much. Anywhoo,
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I've heard of people stuffing foam in there, mostly to keep mud from building up and increasing weight. It might lessen noise though. I would be a little concerned about increasing heat. Mine has always had the plate on it though, so I don't notice the engine noise. Mine is some kind of hard aluminum and it really makes a loud "crack" noise when rocks hit it. Scares the crap out of me sometimes, sounds like the rod blew through the motor or something.
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If you're making your own...or installing a new one..or have an old one...
(that about covers it?)
I drilled a hole under the shift lever so I could access the fastener through the plate. I replaced the hex bolt with an allen head, too.
That fastener may come loose (mine has once or twice), and being able to tighten it in seconds vs: minutes (if you have to take the plate off) is a good thing.
Yeah...you can usually get to it from the side..but that may well require the use of a 12pt. box-end wrench. Chances of rounding off the bolt head? Pretty good!
I don't recall any noise increase with the plate on. Sometimes ignorance and oblivion is a good thing!
(that about covers it?)
I drilled a hole under the shift lever so I could access the fastener through the plate. I replaced the hex bolt with an allen head, too.
That fastener may come loose (mine has once or twice), and being able to tighten it in seconds vs: minutes (if you have to take the plate off) is a good thing.
Yeah...you can usually get to it from the side..but that may well require the use of a 12pt. box-end wrench. Chances of rounding off the bolt head? Pretty good!
I don't recall any noise increase with the plate on. Sometimes ignorance and oblivion is a good thing!
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Here's a couple pics of my skid. Still in refining process. I used bent pieces of angle with a nut welded to them for the back clamps, and for the front I bent a piece of flat bar to fit over both sides of the frame. Then tapped them for the bolts.
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "