Hawk 250 Skid Plate Option

[aFallenTree]

Hey everyone,


I've had my DLX for about 3 months now and have loved it. I originally wanted to buy a skid plate for the bike but didn't really see many if any options that would provide protection to the bike without adding a lot of weight or bulk. So I recently designed and made a skid plate for the bike and tested it out over the last month.

Its been really durable and hasn't had any issues with high heat or impacts. It is made out of glass fiber reinforced nylon which is some incredibly tough material. It has the ductility to not crack or shatter when hit but the stiffness to deflect big impacts. I also designed the mounts so that half of it is a stiff flexible materiel that will reduce impact energy while still holding the skid plate in place.

I tested quiet a few engineering grade materials for this and settled on glass fiber nylon for its high heat deflection temperature of 314F.


So with all this, is anyone interested? If so let me know as I'd like to gauge the community interest.


Let me know what you think!