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I went riding this weekend at the dunes, and I hit something and broke a couple of teeth off of my rear sprocket. My question is, Does anyone use a rear skid plate to prevent this from happening. I've noticed when doing some of the hill climbs that there is a distinct drag marks from my sprocket and rotor and wondered if this would also prolonfg chain/sprocket life, or just cause me to high center. Any info woul be greatly appreciated.

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I went riding this weekend at the dunes, and I hit something and broke a couple of teeth off of my rear sprocket.  My question is, Does anyone use a rear skid plate to prevent this from happening. I've noticed when doing some of the hill climbs that there is a distinct drag marks from my sprocket and rotor and wondered if this would also prolonfg chain/sprocket life, or just cause me to high center.  Any info woul be greatly appreciated.

I would use one. I used to, and to be honest, it was beat to shit, which means I probably needed it. St Anthonys is the worst for the out croppings. Just do what you never thought you should do: DONT straddle the rocks.

If you don't care about weight, run a skid. Its worth it. I will be using one as soon as I get the skid plate mounts made for my swingarms, and I start fabbing skids.

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i wont run any terrain without one, its like cheap insurance and a better piece of mind. ive seen to many people loose a chain, snap a sprocket, dent a disk, etc...from just hitting a little turd ass rock that looked like it wouldnt do nothing.

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Well I went riding this weekend,and was wondering the reverse question! I got hung up on my skid plate so many times that I was starting to get pissed off,I am thinking of taking it off just hope not to mess my sprocket,and rotor up...Anyway to answer your question Yes you will get high centered more often

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dave, i think you would be a foo to take it off, lol. i just made a read skis plate for mind out of 1/4" aluminum. went riding alst weekend and if i didnt have it on i would have had to spend more money replacing parts than it was to just get a skid plate. im thinking of putting some gussets on mine so the flaps covering the sprocket and rotor dont bend up on me. if this thing bends to crap im going with a 3/8 i dont care how low it is is you can just glid over it with a skid plate and the weight is not even noticable. its funny how all the 200+ lb people are concerned about the weight of there bike, im thinking about making a full skid plate to mount to the bottom but i dont know how id clamp it on. anyone got any suggestions on what there have. cotton eyed joe what do you plan to use?

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I dont run one either because it looks stupid and weighs too much. Yes I weigh over 200 but hey I am 6'6" so there is no way around it. I have been running 20 10 10's and have had no problems at glamis and now I am going to run 22-11-8 so now I dont think there will ever be a problem.

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