Well, my sweet looking pipe guard didn't look sweet for very long.

[liamthom]

Originally Posted by memphis2857

Somewhere at some point in time dirt rider actually did a test to confirm this. It was crazy they dinged the pipe pretty hard and the bike gained horsepower! They bent the pipe right at the neck and it lost H.P.!?


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On fmf's faq the say that dents and dings close to the head have a larger (negative) impact on performance

[Danj56]

Originally Posted by barossi73

the p3 pipe guard seems to hold up well.mines been on for 50hrs through a lot of single track scrubbing.admittedly only a couple of soft drops but plenty of scraping.that said I should probably have a look behind it!

Does anyone know if P3 has gotten their act together? Last time I ordered a pipe guard or tired ordering a pipe guard from them I had to cancel after 8 months of no pipe guard and couldn't contact them or get any type of answer as to it's where abouts. I had to contact my credit card company to get my money back.

[hamilton]

Originally Posted by Danj56

Does anyone know if P3 has gotten their act together? Last time I ordered a pipe guard or tired ordering a pipe guard from them I had to cancel after 8 months of no pipe guard and couldn't contact them or get any type of answer as to it's where abouts. I had to contact my credit card company to get my money back.

New owner, much better chance of getting what you need. Give them a call see if it's in stock. At least you can talk to someone now.

[liv2day]

Originally Posted by hamilton

New owner, much better chance of getting what you need. Give them a call see if it's in stock. At least you can talk to someone now.

+1

Only comment is they don't have a guard that fits the 200 pipe, they have one for the 250/300s, but not current 200s (at least '11 and newer) - had to return my guard for a refund

[memphis2857]

Originally Posted by liamthom

On fmf's faq the say that dents and dings close to the head have a larger (negative) impact on performance

Here is the article I mentioned earlier

http://motocrossactionmag.com/news/t...-catastrophies

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[Danj56]

Originally Posted by liv2day

+1

Only comment is they don't have a guard that fits the 200 pipe, they have one for the 250/300s, but not current 200s (at least '11 and newer) - had to return my guard for a refund

Thanks OK my pipe is an FMF which is the same for the 200,250 and 300. I sent them an email and got a reply right away.

[liv2day]

Originally Posted by Danj56

Thanks OK my pipe is an FMF which is the same for the 200,250 and 300. I sent them an email and got a reply right away.

What year is your bike Dan? The last time I checked FMF's site, they didn't have one available for newer 200s (think the last year was '05 or '06). I sent an email to FMF and never heard back from them (same thing with a phone call - not terribly impressed with their customer service).

It'd be great if they had a gnarly pipe available for current 200s - going to need a new one at some point given the way I ride...lol.

Sorry for de-railing the thread

[barossi73]

I ordered a p3 bashplate from nz.ex us took 10-12days,not bad I didn't think.put a p3 pipeguard on from new 13 200r.from memory the p3 pipeguard was for the 250?(I think) but fitted fine.good quality but pricey in nz$!liv2day this means they do make one that fits the later 200's....or that my pipe is a 250 pipe?

[Jakobi]

P3 did a good job on my bike.

Last ride was only in 1st picking through a rock garden and misplaced the front wheel right into a big pointy one. In hindsight should have throttled over it, but I was trying to stop prior to impact. Ended up balancing the bike, dead stopped by the rock into the base of the pipe after the front rolled over.

Bent the pipe at the header a bit. Bent both mounting tabs. Small dent on the seam below the pipe guard. Bit of massage and she's mounted up nice and straight again, ready for the next battle.

[Danj56]

Originally Posted by liv2day

What year is your bike Dan? The last time I checked FMF's site, they didn't have one available for newer 200s (think the last year was '05 or '06). I sent an email to FMF and never heard back from them (same thing with a phone call - not terribly impressed with their customer service).

It'd be great if they had a gnarly pipe available for current 200s - going to need a new one at some point given the way I ride...lol.

Sorry for de-railing the thread

The 250-300 pipe works well on the 2011 200