Skid plate

Oh, I just couldn't resist... :-[

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Originally Posted by ;61803

Oh, I just couldn't resist... :-[

I know, sorry for digging up an old post but I fabricated up a skid plate for my father's nomad. I'll probably get around to doing this to mine this year. You can barely see it. It stink that these great bike have the engine sitting lower than the frame. One day he was unloading his nomad from a trailer that has a ramp/tail gate. The trailer was disconnected from the truck. when the weight got on the rear the trailers ass dropped down violently and when he moved to balance it the trailer snapped back up violently and the ramp smacked into one of the ribs with the case bolts that go through it. Broke it clear off... oil everywhere. we drained the bike, brought it to a guy who can tig aluminum, disconnected the battery and brought him the piece with the bolt in it. he tigged it back in place. No problems since. after a grind and polish they black paint you would never know we were there. The next day a short skidplate was added. Yup. 1999 nomad in burgundy.I've been surprised i havent seen more of this.

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I was at the South East rally a year or so ago and Kawgirl was loading her bike on a trailer with a ramp, you know the kind everybody uses from Lowes or Tractor Supply.
Well her motor smacked the edge of the trailer where the ramp hinges and took a small piece of the metal off.
It seems to me a skid plate would be even lower and really hit the trailer.
Do you have a pic of the one you made for your Dad?