Thoughts on Swinger Skids

[Oilfield_Mafia]

I ordered the Pro Armor Full skid last night from KB. But I wanted to hear some thoughts from everyone on the Swinger skids.. My stock plastic one is kinda tore up right under the rear sprocket, so its an eyesore, and not doing much for protection right now. I would eventually like to go to a +2 swinger but Im not sure I would ever need it just for some trail riding and a little bit of flat track racing.

Is it worth it to have an aluminum swinger skid if I am woried about denting it? Or should that even be a concern? Stick with a new plastic or go pro armor swinger skid? Thoughts please..

[Krandall]

If travel in the rear is of concern to you, I'd stick w/ the stock plastic one. You lose about 1" of travel w/ the aluminum.

[Peelz]

If travel in the rear is of concern to you, I'd stick w/ the stock plastic one. You lose about 1" of travel w/ the aluminum.

you mean ground clearance, I hope?

[zx10r203]

If travel in the rear is of concern to you, I'd stick w/ the stock plastic one. You lose about 1" of travel w/ the aluminum.

you mean ground clearance, I hope?

With an aluminum skid you can't travel as much!! 

[Peelz]

If travel in the rear is of concern to you, I'd stick w/ the stock plastic one. You lose about 1" of travel w/ the aluminum.

you mean ground clearance, I hope?

With an aluminum skid you can't travel as much!! 

That is what I figured. 4.4" stock clearance under arm. 3.4 not so good.

[Jamie700R]

If you ride in rocky terrain id get a prm swinger skid.

[Headrope]

I don't think of aluminum swing arm skids as protecting the swing arm as much as the brake rotor. So considering where, how hard and how far away from the staging areas I normally ride the decision as to whether or not to ditch the plastic one was pretty much made for me.

[fire raptor]

In the middle of Baja we are under my son,s Raptor with a big wrench that I had to ride to a farm house to borrow just to staighten his brake rotor. He had plastic skids. Now he has Pro Armor. We run tall tires so ground clearance is not a issue. Pay now or pay later!

[Oilfield_Mafia]

Thanks ya'll.. I guess I will order one of them too.

[Out Back Welding]

ok, i had a thought that just might be perfect for your situation, those unbreakable polycarbonate formfit skids.
only problem is i cant seem to find them...ive read about them and even seen adds for them for raptors...anyone remember where to find those? im thinkin about getting some skids when i get taxes back and thats the route i was going to go...via the clearance issue.

[Krandall]

I think... the only one that's poly for the swingarm is the OEM one. I know they make a poly one for the belly skid. that's the only one I can recall seeing.

[Out Back Welding]

dang i could swear i saw a full set someone recommended, on the other site about a year ago.

if i remember they had like a lite greenish tent to them(kinda lame), cant remember if u could get diff colors

its been so long...cant recall :'(

[Gunz]

There is an plastic/poly aftermarket one, its black, durable as hell and its rounded instead square. I can't find it either. I had a ProArmor swinger skid on my 510 and thought it was cool at first, but grew to hate it. It was heavy and I lost over an inch of ground clearance. I finally took it off after a rock got wedged between it and my chain causing my sprocket to snap. It was f'n hilarious (sarcasm) dragging a bike 10 miles through heavy rocks. Me.... for now on will run the stock plastic skid. Plus a stock skid can be had for $10 all day long on the net.  It really doesn't matter what you do it'll be wrong, lol.

[zx10r203]

Tag Metals makes a polyurethane skid plate. Did not see one for the swing arm.

http://www.sixsixone.com/Catalog_TagMetals.aspx?id=a413209c-2037-424f-a3b3-26cd2bdda578&product=547cc0a3-ab94-43fe-89a8-c89d067dff1d

[Out Back Welding]

yeah thats all that i could find too...ill look some more tomarrow.