banshee352 Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 Hey i see a lot of the guys at the track run their quads without a rear skidplate... this doesnt make much sense to me? doesnt your rotor and sprocket get all beat up? any you guys do this? i dunno im just wondering... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftdT4R Posted December 15, 2006 Report Share Posted December 15, 2006 It shouldnt on an MX track. The only reason I run mine is because I hit some pretty rocky trails. Otherwise I wouldn't. Even your rims should have a larger diameter then the sprocket and rotor, so assuming you are on a smooth surface, the rotor and sprocket will never touch the ground. Last time I went to an X track the only people running skids were guys that ran trails also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washburn Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I dont ride moto. cant cause my right leg cant take it. But I would still run with a skidplate. Never know when your are going to mess up a double and get stuck on the lip. And your CarZ$$$$$y If you dont run them on the trails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
625banshee Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I dont run one on my blaster and i ride trails and jump jumps and stuff and i never broke anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThE_BaNsHeE_mAn88 Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Hey i see a lot of the guys at the track run their quads without a rear skidplate... this doesnt make much sense to me? doesnt your rotor and sprocket get all beat up? any you guys do this? i dunno im just wondering... your sproket and rotor will be fine if you run on an mx trakc with out a skidplate, the only time they will hit the dirt is in the corners and that only if there rudded out. but most of the tracks dont have big enough rocks to do any major damage to a rotor. i have been running MX for the past two years and have never had to replace a rotor or a sproket to rock related damage. Derick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaegerMXshee88 Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 rear swinger skids in my opinion are not nessecary for the track and most of the time not nessecary for most trail riding conditions. i had a swinger skid (aftermarket) on my last banshee and all it did was hold the mud and dirt and kill chains like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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