Some friends and I took a foray to eastern Ohio yesterday and had a great time. It was pretty dry in the area we were riding in. The terrain is re-claimed strip mine land with alot of nasty wash outs and heavily eroded hills. While clawing my way up a ravine I managed to high center the bike on a small boulder. Only when I got home did I realize how bad it could have been. Where the skidplate took that hit would have ended my day for sure and left me stranded in the boonies 60mi from home. There is not a single mark on the engine case, Uptite did it's job! Big thanks to George and crew for saving my butt and wallet!
As a 300+ pound rider, who rides in lots of rocky terrain, I've done a lot of damage to mine. One dent was about the size of a third of a volleyball dead center between the frame rails. George had to put the thing in his press to straighten it out. Good as new. My motor would have been wasted without that thing. When I look at the other options out there, they all seem inadequate. Thanks George.
I ride in the PA coal regions a lot with my WR 300. I installed an Uptite skide plate that wraps under the pipe. When the rocks and coal chunks hit it, it sounds like a church bell and serves as a great reminder that it's doing its job!
Sweet things for sure! Do not leave home without one EVER! Mine has had some mashing to it, but not like that.
Mine has also saved several trips from being ruined. Bar end protectors and the skid plate are both essential when you get off the tar...
Without Georges bashplate and Pauls HDB hand guards my bike wouldn't have survived my last big outing....... Thanks guys, good protection allows the 610 to live up to it's potential!
