Got this today: My new Ricochet skidplate in anodized red. Hefty piece, solid mounting, great protection for the waterpump and sides of the engine. Installed: Installed in 15 minutes: Love the red:
Looks good! It's hard to tell, because everyone seems to take a picture of the right hand side of the bike from above, but how well does it guard that oil line?
I ordered mine during the Easter break. I went for plain aluminium as I thought the coloured ones would get peppered with stone chips. How does the oil drain hole line up?
The drain plug hole lines up perfectly. The left side rear clamp comes close to where the sidestand switch wiring is zip-tied to the same tube the clamps go around....I removed the ziptie and replaced it after getting the clamp in place, so I didn't pinch the wires.
Here you go, pic from below: Even if it looks that way from this angle, the drain-plug is not protruding past the plate and lines up perfect.
How can you have exposed bolts on a skid plate? Won't they get sheered off or worn down to where you can't unscrew them?
This is a D/S bike we're talk'n about right??? It's not a Trials machine where you would be skidding of rock faces and such. At the most you might get some bark fiber sticking to the bolt heads. Just say'n.
+1 I have no intentions to scrape the skidplate of my Terra over rocks continuously. It is there to protect the oilline, drainplug. waterpump, hoses and engine case from the occasional impact of rocks and bottoming out, esp. since I lowered my bike by an inch. Really no need to take the skidplate off either for the oil change?
I've had skidplate bolts get roughed up enough to have to tap the hex wrench into one of the fasteners, but that bike got ridden mercilessly over rocky terrain for years. Those fasteners are simple to replace when they get dinged up a bit....I've only replaced one fastener on the one skidplate in years of offroad riding. The Terra won't see anything near what the other bikes have, abuse-wise.
Got my red ricochet plate installed yesturday..the red is not quite a match to the plastic but looks good. I know aluminum plates amplify engine noise pretty good but holy crap. Now it sounds just like a DR650 On my old bike i sprayed rubberized undercoat all over my plate, worked great. Dont want to do it with this one as i paid extra for the red one. Anyone out there recomend a brand of foam or equivilent? Thanks.
I have a big chunk of open cell foam between my engine and B&B. It keeps the mud from packing and helps with noise a bit. However, I ride with music in my helmet most of the time, so I don't worry too much about noise.
Right now, perfect system. I see Ricochet have a very nice products.. i am going to order one .. all of skidplate system I have seen so far were unprotected oil plug. I hope do not have problems with the installing brief.
