[JerryHawk250]

Okay, I found some time today and fabricated my not so fancy but funtional skid plate. I started with a piece of 10"×16"×1/8" Steel plate. I use my grinder to score the plate were in wanted to bend. I used a jig saw with a metal cutting blade to make the radius and a hole saw for drain plug access. I used a 1" piece of flat bar to make a clip to hold the skid plate at the rear (forgot to take picture) and drilled a hole in the frame and bolted at the front . After I installed the skid plate I took a 9 mile ride and took some temp. 94* out on a hot humid sunny day. 226* at the spark plug, 179* at the base. Oil cooler 178* and oil was 173.1* using a temperature probe in the oil and 173 with the heat gun.