CrossPro Skid/Bash Plate??

walt2896

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Hello all,
My local bike shop up here in Canada has a good deal on a CrossPro skid plate.
Before i place my order does anyone have any experience with them.
Here is a pic from ebay.
 

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No experience with them. But, there does not appear to be any reinforcing bracketry, or coating/paint. And, it's hard to tell how thick the metal is. So, as long as their price reflects the spartan assembly process.....
 

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CrossPro is big in dirt bike skid plates. Find out how it mounts. If you can, have the seller send you a pdf of the installation instructions. If it mounts to the bottom of the sump like the Yamaha ones, stay away from it. It appears to have better mounting, but it's hard to tell from the one picture.
 

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Hello all,
My local bike shop up here in Canada has a good deal on a CrossPro skid plate.
Before i place my order does anyone have any experience with them.
Here is a pic from ebay.
IMG20210316132435.jpghello,
Crosspro matte black installed on my ténéré.
It's mounted (3bolts) n the oil pan.
Thickness is about 3mm.
Material: aluminum.IMG20210331114434.jpg
 

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It looks beautiful, if you are going to use it for asphalt and occasionally some gravel, that's fine. If you are going to do something offroad, as Ericv said , the anchor in the oil pan is a dangerous. You already bought it, so you can modify the anchors and paint it again.
Edit: If you look at some drawings of Aliens sightings, they always have a big head. Obviously, the one who designed that skidplate is not an Alien. As my father used to say: "He has a head so that his neck does not end in a point":):)
 
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Welcome to the forum. Please take a minute to add your location to your profile. It gives context to your posts and helps others to give better answers or comments to your posts.

To add to what Jiq said, the center rear mount to the oil pan causes the cast aluminum oil pan to break when the skid plate gets hit, and tears the mount out of the oil pan, causing a huge and immediate loss of oil and risking damage to the engine in short order.

What has been found in the past with these designs, which follow the original Yamaha design, is that even a modest hit to the front of the skid plate pushes the entire skid plate backwards enough to tear the rear mount out of the pan. Cast aluminum does not bend, it cracks/shatters when stressed or impacted. So it doesn't take you coming down on a rock right on the rear mount to damage it, (though that will sure do it!), but just hitting the front of the skid plate against a log or stream bank can cause the rear mount to tear out of the oil pan. It's a big, heavy bike and all that mass wants to keep moving.

If you're a street and gravel road rider, no problem and don't worry about it. It will help protect the bottom from gravel and minor impacts fine. And it looks good too. But if you go off road and bash against things, you will want to move to something mounted differently.
 
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