...or your oil filter. Any of those would ruin your day. Even some Gold Wing riders protect their oil filter with a cover.WJBertrand said:I think the bike needs protection down there even for street use. I've done a bit of dirt/gravel riding (about 10% of the mileage so far) without issues but on a dreary commute home from work hit some kind of object in the road that rolled into my path. The front suspension took a pretty good hit and the wheel threw it up against the Ravetech skid plate hard enough to gouge and dent it. Hell of a bang noise. Hate to think if that had been the sump or an exhaust header. ::026::