Does the centre stand guard make a difference?

[Engineer]

Just wrap the horizontal bar in black vinyl tape, less weight, easy to replace when it gets too grubby, the rest of the centre stand isn’t really in the firing line of crap thrown up from the front wheel.

 

[HGS]

Helicopter tape off ebay and bought a couple of these

https://www.survivalduck.com/product/neoprene-chainstay-protector/

They take some stick, easy to take off and wash in the bucket

I got the standard size. The extra large is 4.5cm wider...might get one of theose next time but the helicopter tape does its job

You can see where the stones have hit it. Not gone through. This one is 2 years old and 14k miles in

 

[G&T]

Helicopter tape off ebay and bought a couple of these

https://www.survivalduck.com/product/neoprene-chainstay-protector/

They take some stick, easy to take off and wash in the bucket

I got the standard size. The extra large is 4.5cm wider...might get one of theose next time but the helicopter tape does its job

You can see where the stones have hit it. Not gone through. This one is 2 years old and 14k miles in

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Holy moly...I can’t have a ‘Survival Duck’ on me bike! Unless I say .....it survived the Darien Gap, a crossing of epic proportion through swamp infested waters.

Good DIY hack by the way.

 

[captaindan]

I wrapped mine in some spiral hydraulic hose protector from work. Hard wearing plastic, cheap as chips.

 

[HGS]

Holy moly...I can’t have a ‘Survival Duck’ on me bike! Unless I say .....it survived the Darien Gap, a crossing of epic proportion through swamp infested waters.

Good DIY hack by the way.

It's been through Rhyl.........just the once though

 

[clutchspring]

Photos of the melted stand guard looks to be fitted to a 1300 gsa , I could be wrong.