welding your own skid plates

[jarheadoo7]

im looking at plate aluminum and you can get a nice sized thickness and piece of aluminum for about 80 bucks..

the problem woudl be welding it up.. but there is this crap called allumalloy...

anyone try to take this on themselves?

 

[hatfield44]

By the time you pay 80 bucks for aluminum and then use a stick of allumalloy, and fab it up you could just buy a skid.

 

[hatfield44]

Find someone with a TIG and bribe them with beer if you really want to follow this avenue.

 

[2003warrior]

I destroyed my aluminum skid plate and welded up one out of 3/16" angle iron

 

[tyler]

use a aluminum spool gun to weld it

 

[jarheadoo7]

aluminum spool gun.. ill check it out

 

[tyler]

ive heard they are kinda hard to weld with but if you can learn it will work perfect

 

[hatfield44]

Ya still gotta have a MIG, and all the consumables to learn (which takes a while and a lot of botched pieces). Unless you just want to learn to weld aluminum I would follow a different route.

 

[redbonejoe]

I am a welder by trade and welding aluminum correctly takes the right equipment and lots of practice. If you know a welder who can do it and is willing to dedicate the time it can be done but it will likely be cheaper to get some from PRM. My PRM skids have taken a beating since 1997 and are still on the bike!

 

[miami1]

a friend of mine has a homeade skid made out of cromed treadplate steel it looks realy good

 

[tyler]

I know this thread is dead but I didn't want to start a new thread for this.So I am fixing to get a engine skid and a arm skid plates, I found these on eBay and didn't know if they are any good. it says they are made from 6061 T6 Aircraft Grade ALUMINUM. Here is the link. Just tell me what yall think, and if any one else has tried them.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380181558323&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[jarheadoo7]

i dont know why people buy these new.. they will just get beat up..

i say keep savin your money until you find a nice used set for cheaper!

 

[hatfield44]

The words nice, used, and skidplate seem out of place with each other.

 

[DeadLastRacing]

One just sold on FleaBay for $36 new. I had it listed in The DLDotD thread in the classifieds section.

 

[tyler]

ya i know people are really getting good deals on dldotd i have started watching them a little closer.

 

[1998yamahawarrior]

well hell on ebay about 2 months ago i won a brand new AC Racing full frame skid for $11.50

 

[bomber315]

well hell on ebay about 2 months ago i won a brand new AC Racing full frame skid for $11.50

yeah and i forgot about the same auction and got real pissed when i saw how much it went for hahahaha

 

[1998yamahawarrior]

snooze ya lose lol!!!!!

 

[sidewayz]

The words nice, used, and skidplate seem out of place with each other.

Kinda like - HOT , SMART , LIKES TO COOK, RIDES ATV'S , PUTS OUT . All in the same sentence ??

 

[warriorgirl09]

The words nice, used, and skidplate seem out of place with each other.

Kinda like - HOT , SMART , LIKES TO COOK, RIDES ATV'S , PUTS OUT . All in the same sentence ??

oh you mean me?