MZ/MuZ Riders

After taking my Baghira out in the dirt and rocks for the first time and ripping the oil line from under the frame, I had to come up with a quick and reliable solution for a skid plate.

I called Touratech and they wanted over $100 US and six week to get the plate that they offered. I didn't want to wait that long so I decided to build my own.

I called up a local metal shop and took a couple of sketches with dimensions over to them. The wanted $35 for the 11 gauge plate with one bend in it. Perfect. From there I trimmed the plat to fit the exact contour I wanted. I also welded in three mounting tabs and bolted it up.

Here are the pics:








Now I have a heavy duty skid plate with full coverage od the engine and oil lines. It also offers some protection to the water pump.

Cheers

looks good

any chance of posting the pattern so us on the other side of the pond can have something as nice?

F0ul

No problem. I will trace off an exact pattern when I get back in town and can pull the plate off of the bike. The drawing that I took to the metal shop was nothing than a 21"X15" piece of 11 gauge metal with a 100* bend 15 1/2" on the long side.

From there I just traced out along the frame rail of the bike and used a cutting torch to trim it back.

Cheers

Well I think it looks better than some of the expensive ones acessory shops well.

Keith