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Skid Plate Options

Motosportz said:
IMHO you need some real support under the motor as it has a huge oil line out the bottom and the oil drain plug both very EZ to destroy your motor with if ripped off. This is a 400 pound bike with scary critical oil stuff right on the bottom of it. You drag those over a rock and rip them off your bike is going in the dumpster.
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This.

In addition a TR650 could easily weigh 450lbs depending on what else is bolted on and strapped to it.
 
I just installed Kelly's upper skid plate to my Terra and it's a slick fit and very generous in the protection area Here are some photos. Two more photos in next post.
 

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Thank YOU! That thing looks nice in black.

I have ridden mine a good bit with the front protection and am surprised it is not louder as i figured it would be (sounds reflecting back towards you). I still think stuffing some closed cell foam between it and the front down tube might be good.
 
bluegopher said:
You got it. I'll post one as soon as it arrives.
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Still waiting for the SW Motech bars to arrive. Twisted Throttle originally posted today's date as the day they would ship to me (I ordered them July 1st). I just got an email saying the expected ship date is now August 12th.

I have to say I'm a little apprehensive about adding the extra weight to the bike though. I bottomed out the front suspension a couple times this weekend coming down from some fairly mild jumps on a pretty tight trail. I hate hearing and feeling that thud and wondering if I'm leaving a trail of fork oil in my wake.
 
Installing new SW Motech bashplate, and OEM windscreen. I do intent OEm a bit upper than stock.. I will give my impresions about
the turbulence, in helmet and chest at 75mph soon.
What a I broked, pushing the rack to move Terra, one rackarm.. it seems butter. It is crazy, no place on the back to hold Terra to move safetly.
 
I am very happy with my Richochet skid-plate. It went on in about fifteen minutes last night. It seems very sturdy and seems surprisingly light.
 
Leo Fisher said:
I just installed Kelly's upper skid plate to my Terra and it's a slick fit and very generous in the protection area Here are some photos. Two more photos in next post.
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I just got mine put on as well. This thing is SOLID! I feel like I could bomb down a gravel road with abandon without worrying at all.
 
I agree and while the 'noise' has a different pitch - I don't think it has increased - I did get a bit worried though about air flow and engine cooling when I was on a lengthy ride at high speed and temperature. However, nothing untoward occured so I guess it's not an issue! Great job Kelly!
 
rww said:
I wish I had waited for the SW Motech....Touratech is not bad, just looks like better protection on the SW.
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I have installed Sw Motech skipplate yet.. All I can say is: it sound another TERRA650 motobike.. now i can not hear the mufflers, just engine..
you have to get used to-..
no vibrations, but engine sound reboot much more..
 
bluegopher said:
Skid plate went on easy peasy with just a little tweak on the rear mount so it would fit around the spacers. I have to say I really like it and it's quite beefy. So I took the Terra out over the weekend and this evening after work on some trails where I could thrash it a little and man is this bike sweet! I love it more and more and more every time I ride it. I have to get some more aggressive tires on it but it sure is fun ripping around on the stock Saharas trying to keep them hooked up. Now I'm just waiting on the crash bars and a few other farkly items.View attachment 28710
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In a few days i will post a photo of SW motech installed.. PERFECT SYSTEM. Protect everything right way. After seen all systems, I come to think is one of the best, and very solid, diferent colours makes it thinner than it is.. very glad with it, even noisy has change completely..
 
I also installed the OEM windshield, and much worried about it.. i am 1.90m tall, and even placing OEm much higher , turbulences around helmet appear
It works well but i will try as soon as possible to change angle, to see what happen..
 
Just got off the phone with Altrider, they received the new skid plates only to find that they were manufactured incorrectly. The rep told me the engineers were assessing the situation and that we should hear something from them on Cafe Husky soon. If I didn't like my Altrider crash bars so much, I would probably throw a tantrum right now.
 
Lekolite said:
Just got off the phone with Altrider, they received the new skid plates only to find that they were manufactured incorrectly. The rep told me the engineers were assessing the situation and that we should hear something from them on Cafe Husky soon. If I didn't like my Altrider crash bars so much, I would probably throw a tantrum right now.
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I know the owner of that place (Jeremy) personally. Really good people there. I'm sure they just had a manufacturing snafu which unfortunately happens despite your best intentions.
 
Lekolite said:
Just got off the phone with Altrider, they received the new skid plates only to find that they were manufactured incorrectly. The rep told me the engineers were assessing the situation and that we should hear something from them on Cafe Husky soon.
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This is disappointing. While I can understand a snafu by itself...it's already after a 2 month delay from when I first ordered it. I'll wait patiently a bit longer for their reply....and reassess then. Meanwhile, I'll hold off on some other AltRider bits I was thinking about. They make great products, they're in my back yard, but if they keep having fulfillment issues...I hope they get it sorted out quickly.
 
Motosportz said:
I know the owner of that place (Jeremy) personally. Really good people there. I'm sure they just had a manufacturing snafu which unfortunately happens despite your best intentions.
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If I were Jeremy, the owner, I would be mighty pissed right now. Especially after the whole crash bar fiasco.
 
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