How to choose the enduro bike protection: skidplates, guards etc︱Cross Training Enduro

http://www.crosstrainingenduro.com The best radiator guards, skidplate, handguards, crankcase protection, bashplate, disc guards and case saver for your enduro bike? And do you really need all this gear? How much protective gear should you put on your enduro motorbike? What do you think are the essentials? Our dirt riding tips are great for developing your hard enduro skills. If you look at the pro level enduro riders, they often add nothing at all. Not even a carbon fibre exhaust guard. My personal recommendation? I think full-wrap handguards will be a great idea for all average dirt riders after enduro bike protection. We have a video about the pros and cons of different types. Ditto for the bashplate or skidplate. Try our training vids for working on your extreme enduro techniques. I think the next level of protection potentially includes radiator braces, disc guards, and exhaust guard for two strokes, and a linkage guard. The rest? Just optional in my opinion. A speedo protector? If your motorbike is regularly upside down you should probably get dirt bike protection. Case saver? Need hard enduro training? Work through our video lists. If you maintain your chain properly you should have minimal risk with breaking your crankcase. Chain guide? As an experiment, I kept my brand new Sherco 300SE completely standard. I wanted to see how long it took to mangle it. More on that later. First. Why do the pro enduro riders use so little protection (except for condoms with all their groupies)? Did you know most of the best hard enduro riders are actually aliens and freaks? Some enduro models have fairly weak chain guides, if your chain regularly comes off in rocky terrain a heavy duty chain guide could be worthwhile for enduro bike protection. Hard enduro techniques are covered in our training vids. Into enduro and dirt bikes? Check out our dirt bike videos. Extreme enduro training vids are our focus. Frame guards and swingarm protectors? These are really just preventing scratches so certainly not essential dirt bike protection in my opinion. If you want extreme enduro training see our playlists of enduro skills to learn. They rarely crash. Their technique is so good they rarely need exhaust guards or linkage guards. At their skill level, even a set of full-wrap handguards adds enough weight to affect steering. If you are enduro riding get into our enduro training vids. And they add a bit more width to handlebars so they hit trees more. The emphasis is on keeping the motorbike as light as possible. If they do wreck an exhaust pipe they have spares back in the pit. And exhaust guards can hold in too much heat in race conditions. Most of us are dirt muppets. We crash far more often. We slam our skidplates into logs. We ride through rocks with all the grace of a bull in a china shop. So the question is how much motorbike protection do we need? There s no right answer for everyone. Here is a sample of what you can fit your beast. This protective gear can easily weigh 12kg or more. Are you obsessed with keeping your motorbike light? You will probably choose a bit less protection. What about riding style? Do you think your way through tough terrain? The only added protection used regularly by pro riders seems to be a front brake disc protector, and occasionally a rear disc protector. And bigger clutch covers which allow slightly larger oil capacity and a bit more strength. Or do you throw yourself into gnarly conditions and just hope for the best? It had one benefit. It definitely made me think my way through tough terrain. I really focused carefully on log-hopping technique so I didn t wreck the exhaust pipe. My first damage? After three months I dropped the Sherco at a standstill and it broke the clutch perch. $330 to replace. Ouch! I fitted full-wrap handguards the following week. If you never ride in rocky terrain, there is a lot of gear you probably won t need. Are you happy to fix things yourself? Some riders spend a lot of money on heavy guards for two-stroke exhaust pipes. But for half the price, you can buy a repair kit that uses air pressure or water pressure to fix a bent pipe. The same with radiator guards. An alternative is just carry some JB Weld in your toolkit to plug any leaks. And when you get home, straighten your radiator again. Ditto with crankcase protectors. If you carry JB Weld in your toolkit you can usually do a repair job that will get you home again. I remember fixing a busted crankcase and kept using it for another 18 months. So what happened with my experiment and the brand new Sherco? #crosstrainingenduro #enduro #hardenduro #extremeenduro