ACD skid plate special Super Ténéré promotion with free shipping

[yannig]

ACD Racing Parts is currently running a group buy promotion.

We need one more person to sign up to get the FREE SHIPPING .

If six or more people sign up, you would get an additional 10% off your Super Tenere skid plate!
That brings the price of the plate down to $238.50 for black and $216 for raw aluminum and free shipping
(Shipping costs values - approx $45 per plate). Canadian customers will have to pay $40 shipping

Don’t miss this amazing deal!!!

Anyone who is interested, please email kl.acdracing@gmail.com and put your name down.

 

[Rambler]

Deal time and a very nice skid plate.
Get your studs set in place also.

 

[Antanas]

Will be hard to change oil filter.

 

[Mak10]

If you put studs in the front mount holes it is a snap to change the oil filter. While changing oil it is nice to inspect/wash as well. Great buy on an excellent skid plate.

 

[yannig]

Will be hard to change oil filter.

the good part is when the skid plate is still in place, it leaks and you have oils under the bike, it takes 5 min to remove the skid plate

 

[jrusell]

Email sent to contact.

 

[Involute]

If you put studs in the front mount holes it is a snap to change the oil filter. While changing oil it is nice to inspect/wash as well. Great buy on an excellent skid plate.

Agreed!!!!!!

 

[MFP]

Deal time and a very nice skid plate.
Get your studs set in place also.

The “stud mod” makes all the difference, highly recommended!
The ACD plate is well made and that is a great price.

 

[spam16v]

Not sure why ACD doesn’t move to charge $5 more & include studs with the hardware kit.

Oil change is simple. On center stand, remove rear nuts, front nuts, slide bolts out just enough in rear for plate to drop off and installation is reverse of removal. Takes a little wiggling to get the bolts back in, but a non-issue really.

 

[MaR1tin]

Not sure why ACD doesn’t move to charge $5 more & include studs with the hardware kit.

Oil change is simple. On center stand, remove rear nuts, front nuts, slide bolts out just enough in rear for plate to drop off and installation is reverse of removal. Takes a little wiggling to get the bolts back in, but a non-issue really.

Hello, I would be grateful for seeing a video showing this including a photo detail of what kind of studs you actually meant. I bought mine ACD guard too, still not installed, pending oil/oil filter change. That is why I would appreciate hints helping make the next oil service easier with ACD already fitted. Thanks in advance.

 

[Mak10]

Here’s a picture of my stud setup. I can’t remember the metric size and pitch off the top of my head. I use two nuts per stud. One to hold the engine mount and one to hold the skid plate. Makes removing the skid plate easy. Don’t mind the dirt, it’s just for looks.

 

[MaR1tin]

Here’s a picture of my stud setup. I can’t remember the metric size and pitch off the top of my head. I use two nuts per stud. One to hold the engine mount and one to hold the skid plate. Makes removing the skid plate easy. Don’t mind the dirt, it’s just for looks. View attachment 63684

Aaah I see now, many thanks ;-)

 

[Sasquatchluvin]

Here’s how I solved the oil filter problem, enlarged the holes in the bottom also

 

[MaR1tin]

Hello, anyone here having ACD skid plate combined with GIVI fall frames please ? That would be my case this spring, just wondering whether the upper front attachment with bolts and spacers supplied with the plate is tricky or not. Thanks heavily in advance,

 

[Mak10]

I’m running Givi bars. See above picture. Not a problem.

 

[EricV]

Hello, anyone here having ACD skid plate combined with GIVI fall frames please ? That would be my case this spring, just wondering whether the upper front attachment with bolts and spacers supplied with the plate is tricky or not. Thanks heavily in advance,

Welcome to the forum. Please take a minute to add your location to your profile. It gives context to your posts and allows everyone to give you better answers that apply to your region better.

Take one of the engine mount bolts to the hardware store and they will help you with the size and pitch of the threads. Get one long enough that you can securely mount your items and double nut it as Mak10 shows in his pictures. That way when you do oil changes, nothing comes loose except the skid plate. Those two bolts are motor mount bolts and you do not really want that coming loose every oil change. Never mind the potential for damaging the threads in the aluminum of the engine. They were not designed or intended to be removed with any regularity.

If we know what country you are in, we can offer suggestions on where to go to get studs.

 

[MaR1tin]

Welcome to the forum. Please take a minute to add your location to your profile. It gives context to your posts and allows everyone to give you better answers that apply to your region better.

Take one of the engine mount bolts to the hardware store and they will help you with the size and pitch of the threads. Get one long enough that you can securely mount your items and double nut it as Mak10 shows in his pictures. That way when you do oil changes, nothing comes loose except the skid plate. Those two bolts are motor mount bolts and you do not really want that coming loose every oil change. Never mind the potential for damaging the threads in the aluminum of the engine. They were not designed or intended to be removed with any regularity.

If we know what country you are in, we can offer suggestions on where to go to get studs.

Hi, thanks, good to know this improved attachment system.
1) Just what I am not sure enough now is how the set-up looks like, under "stud" I imagined a rod with a thread that I would screw into the engine block through the black pad with holes for 4 bolts and through the givi fall frame attachment points and finally through the ACD skid plate top attachment points as a final "laywer", just putting one nut under and onto the ACD plate.
2) To lower the skid plate is it enough to dismantle then the top nuts and release a bit the two bolts on the bike´s bottom sides, right ?

Thanks again in advance.

 

[Mak10]

The studs replace the lower bolts in your diagram (8and10).

The upper bolts, you have circled are re-used.

A nut goes on top of the crashbar mounts. You don’t take this nut off when removing skidplate. Then skidplate and another nut to hold skidplate on.

 

[Mak10]

 

[Mak10]

Also only remove one engine mount bolt at a time. Take it out and replace with stud. Take care not to cross thread. Once stud is in place, you can loosen other engine mount bolt. If you loosen both at same time, engine might sag enough to make putting bolt or stud in difficult.