Best Skid Plates???
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Best Skid Plates???
Was looking for some skid plates for my 4.25" extended bags. Anyone have some good pics of what they are running and how they work? I talked to Vern at Topshop and he was GREAT to deal with. I also talked to someone at Sinister and when I asked how long there "paint savers" were, I got a response of "they are long enough". Not really the answer I was looking for! Any pics you guys have will help out.
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i would say the sinster set. they go on the rear of the bags . i havent purchased them yet but from my expericen thats were you usualy scuff the bags. either backing up to a curb are going into a turn to stepe . was looking hard at these as i just put a set of extended bags on a road glide. just my 2 cents
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I have the Sinister Paint savers and the are about 3-4 inches long. They came with rivets for installation however I used bolts, and nyloc nuts so that if/when they get scuffed up I can easily take them off to sand them down and paint them. I think most of these Skid Plates/Paint savers are about the same unless you make your own... which wouldn't be very hard to do. I don't have any pics of them but you can barely see them without bending over/down to look under the rear of the bags.
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I have the Sinister Paint savers and the are about 3-4 inches long. They came with rivets for installation however I used bolts, and nyloc nuts so that if/when they get scuffed up I can easily take them off to sand them down and paint them. I think most of these Skid Plates/Paint savers are about the same unless you make your own... which wouldn't be very hard to do. I don't have any pics of them but you can barely see them without bending over/down to look under the rear of the bags.
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They do wrap around the rear outside corner of the bag just a little. If I had my bike here I would go snap a pic for you but it is at the upholstery shop for a new seat.
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I made my own i went to the big box store and bought some 1 1/2" metal strips, cut them to length and then shaped them to match the bags with a grinder then painted them!!
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Got a pic of what they look like?
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The picts don’t show them very well but I made these out of some scrap diamond plate. I knew what area contacts the ground because I dropped my SG without bag guards and had the scratches to go by.
