Obie Linkage Guard, simple looks good, New WHT Husky related

http://www.obielinkguard.com/about/

I asked Obie if he could also send me one without the cutout for the OEM mount position. I plan on attaching the Obie guard to my TM Designworks plastic skid plate, so the mount cutout is not needed.

Hmm, I made something like that for my old Honda CR250 out of a sheet of Teflon. I knew I should have put a patent on it.

MH,
A long time ago on a planet filled with Swedish Huskys...... I made some great chain guide bits for my 510 Husky with sheet teflon as well. It is good stuff, but the stuff I used had a memory and kind of stayed where you bent it.
I really like this Obie thing and I am willing to pay the guy for his fab. I will drill and CS 3 or 4 holes in the bottom of my TM designs skid plate and match drill the Obie guard to attach it to my skid plate with CS head screws with nylock nuts over body washers. Woo hoo the TE300 2 stroke bullet proofing party begins!

Yeah, Delrin is much better for this app.. I just happened to have a piece of PTFE laying around back then. Like 2002.

I made similar for my Beta, but it mounts to the link arm with a steel clamp and follows the travel of the linkage. I also made "sliders" to add to the Scorpion link skids on '12 GGs. Lots of rocks and logs here to pop over trail riding, catching a modern linkage is an everyday thing. I work in a research center so I have access to a lot of materials. I have used everything from Delrin, HMWPE(HDPE), to my favorite for this application, Nylon66. The others "flow" too much when pinched by a sharp rock, sometimes lasting only one ride. The N66 is much harder, and takes a hit without cutting or cracking. Logs are less of a problem and anything works. I have since bought the Fastway skid because I just touch down so often it was worth it. I'm going to refit the N66 skid I made for the Beta to my brother's TXC310.

$$ and sense....... yes super hip all the big extremo guys are using them. Basically its just a sacrificial link, for 40 bucks I will try to keep the hack off my OEM links, I am sure that this thing will get thrashed and need @ semi(?) annual(?) replacememnt .
I know all have seen that the KTM/Husky linkage assy really sticks down into the space between the rear of the engine and the rear tire, it def needs some type of glide plate. This thing is the lightest and easiest to deal with. TM Designworks skid plastic plate with the Obie (wan kanobi) thingy attached.

PS I had to change out my OEM fork link on my TXC450 it got way bent, layed on a table one leg down flat the other up @ 10mm or more off the flat surface.

I wasn't crazy about the price but I hit that home brew guard constantly. The thing is, the hit goes to the shock pivot in the rocker, and this has some thin areas where the seals press in that are easily damaged even if "padded" with a few mm of plastic. It's also a solid ramp surface, so it slides off stuff easy, and its impossible to hit the shock clevis/rocker. I could always add a Nylon slider pad if its getting beat up. RMATV now has them for $275.

Pony up Rob....
http://www.promotobillet.com/i-16563438-husquvarna-2014-models-and-ktm-2011-2014-linkage-models.html