I'm not happy at all with my Hyde for the FSE. After a medium rock hit, there was an extra hole in the bash plate, just under the footpeg, and the frame tubes under were bent. As it turned out, the plate could not take the abuse.
I still have the Hyde mounted on my kid´s bike, it is by far the heavy ride the FSE is, and I imagine the plastic could take the hits there.
The FSE engine sump sits low between the frame tubes, and I tend to come down hard on the bash plate when I am getting tired - riding rocks. Seeing what happend to the plate from the last hit, it is likely any sharper rock would cut through like a hot knife in butter.
After the first ride I noticed that the exhaust pipe had melted the exhaust guard part. The heat from the fourstroke exhaust had disintegraded the rubber supports, and then the pipe came in direct contact with the plastic.
Meltdown.
I'm now back to my aluminum plate.
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