I am thinking of removing the skid plates on my 05X. I only ride in sand, and mainly in Florence Or. area. Anyone know of any problems this would cause? I don't know how much they weigh, but every pound counts.

 

If your riding in only sand. I think its a great idea. But, if your going to be riding in rocky areas or even where there maybe very hard debris, I would leave them on. I took mine off. Its just looks a whole lot cleaner and besides...its easier to change the oil and dont have to worry about cleaning up a mess if the oil is spilled on the skid plate. Just my 2 cents worth. Hope this helps.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Choose I got more then just the wink out of you in one of my post [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Good point on the cleaning part, what a pain that sandy oily mess it gets. So if I see rocks in the sand I will be going around

Just out of curiosit, how heavy do you think they were?

 

I dont think they are more than 2lbs. But I took mine off for the reason mentioned above.

 

The only skid that I wanted was the swing arm skid... I have an '02 standard with no skids besides the swinger, I ride only dunes and see problem with removing your skids. Way less mess as stated above.

 

Hey DragonDJ11,

I just did that vary thing and weighed all the plates ( A-arms, center belly, and rear skid and my bike lost 9lbs) damm that rear skid was 4 in it self... what a pain in the but it was to remove !

 

You would be suprised. I removed mine a few months ago and with all the nuts, bolts, washers, etc. it all weighed close to 10lbs.

 

That is a whole HP [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

Yep, I am going to be removing them. Thanks for the input