I installed this skid plate wanting something quieter that looked nice, was lighter, and easier to take on and off for service. I saved roughly 5 lbs from removing the enduro engineering skid plate and Camel ADV radiator frame. The radiator frame doesn’t fit with this skid plate unfortunately. What I didn’t see in photos of the skid plate is that the upper section has reinforcements that run under the radiator to help reduce crushing damage to the radiator.

I had an enduro engineering skid plate that had taken some dents from big rocks and was very hard to install after removing. The metal bends, and doesn’t go back.

I’m hoping the thick plastic from this skid plate holds up, but after a day of SXS trails and some single track it held up great. Much quieter too.

The skid plate gets a lot of good press because of its looks. But what I didn’t realize is that all the reviews have bikes with no crash bars. I bought the skid plate thinking it was adding more protection, but because it’s made in Italy, it’s very hard to find much info on it here in the US. What I experience while having had crash bars on my bike, I had to remove the top 3 1/4 inches of the upper protective plate to allow my crash bars to clear that. What I also found out and they didn’t tell you in the very poorly worded instructions was that you have to move your horn and you have to remove the heat shield on your stock catalytic converter on the Tenere. I cleaned it up as best I could, but it still looks a little butchered. I’m not sure why they would assume that you would not put any crash bars over the very expensive stock plastic. Also another popular modification is to put the high fender kit on it. Ifyour choice is to cut the end of your fender off. In my case since I had to cut the top, the fender clears when I’m done. The bolt I’m pointing to is unclear in the mounting instructions.