TE/TC P3 Blue Carbon Skidplate

Just treated myself to a bit of bling!

Very nice. I 'm holding out for the blue 2T pipe guard

I got one of the P3 carbon skids from ebay direct from the vendors as a "Factory Blem" for my 15'FE 501 they had a few of them for $119.00, it had a surface imperfection on the outside surface under the left side.

As if that would have mattered after the first few rides. It's a nice piece.

It's a lot tougher than the stock for sure and is easy to remove for oil changes and filter screen checks.

You can barely see the bubble or imperfection looking at it in the picture.

It uses it's own front and rear mounts and the front mount is adjustable. Rear mount block is Billet aluminum and loops around frame.

Stock front mount just gets removed.

It doesn't resonate vibrations like some aluminum skid plates will often do.

I had to make some serious modifications to get mine to fit. The exhaust mounting rubber wouldn't fit with the new skidplate, so I had to file away the shape in my photo to get it to fit properly. Also, the holes were not drilled in the correct location and the incorrect bracket came with it. UK dealer gave excellent service in replacing incorrect bracket.

Yes I see what you are saying.

Mine took a bit of trimming to get it to work properly, once the rear bracket was mounted to loop around the frame. I had to take a sanding disc to the skid plate itself just to shorten it's length a bit extending rearward so it would just snap onto the rear frame tube while angled downward.

A thump of the hand is all it takes now and lift it up tight to install the front bolts. It's pretty easy to do.

I've had it off 3 times or more since installing and done my third oil change so far and it's ready to go for a ride today. Bike only has 11 hours or so on it.

Looks great kitcat. About the modifications required, was the skidplate meant to fit the 2T? In other words, did P3 sell it specifically for your bike, or did you know ahead of time that some fitment issues would need resolved?

Also, any info on your trailer? Mine's similar, but not as clean as yours appears to be! I'll try to post pics.



Thanks!

Thanks! The trailer is a collapsable trailer from Dave Cooper http://www.davecooper.co.uk/bike_trailers.asp and it is first class. 6 chunky bolts hold it together so it has 3 parts, axle and 2 sections the bike sits on. It packs small enough to go on the back seat of my Suzuki Swift. Assembly takes less than 5 minutes.

The P3 skid plate was specific for my bike and year according to its bag it came in. As I mentioned previously, the wrong size front mount came with it but the correct one came the next day. One edge needed a light filing underneath the oil check bolt to fit snugly. I had to file out the slot because the skidplate is curved there and was pushing out the rubber exhaust mount. It was trial and error to get it right, not wanting to file away too much. In all, what should've been a half hour job, probably took 2 hours!

Good stuff. Thx for the link to the trailer; that's what I had in mind when I started building mine, but I had to cobble it together at the last minute in order to make it on our big spring ride. My brothers were giving me a hard time because I've got an extensive welding background, yet the trailer was held together with self-tapping sheet metal screws! Oh well, some day I will re-do it the right way...

Cheers!