Fitting SW Motech Sump Guard & Centre Stand was a mistake 

terry haught thanks Terry, I appreciate your comments and it should get fun and sometimes not when i can get to travel 😆 👍🏻

Patrick Mills RR on order, should be here next week and as well as the jack there are emergency small trail bike lifts you can use on a trip 👍🏻

Difficult to say what’s best, all down to road v trail use and light trail v heavy trail. I’m really happy with the RR guard I eventually fitted and it’s been thumped a few times now 😆

Hi Nigel, glad it helped, always a personal judgment but most of us are ‘like minded’ You won’t be disappointed and easy to fit (don’t know if you’ve seen but I’ve put up a fitting video) cheers, Andrew 👍🏻

@@thecampingbiker791 Yes I've watched it, thanks.

We all learn as we go along in life 👍🏻

It was doing my head in Wayne 😂 I’ve also seen some videos of the SW one being used in the US where the the whole guard was pushed back in a cantilever way and this is because it hangs from all four connection points ! Yes, there’s a RR fitting video..can link here: Rally Raid Engine Guard fitting to Honda CB500X ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9NDX-WDAq1Y.html

Try some thin rubber matting or dense foam and cut to shape sticking on upper side of guard…old BMWs had similar to this so I guess it should help!

@@thecampingbiker791 thanks a lot, I will give that a go, I think I have something suitable in the garage, just have to figure out how to stick it securely / safely to the plate 🤔

@@UKbiker73 let me know how you get on..gorilla glue is good 👍🏻

Kenny Woods ‘warts and all’ as they say 😂 to be fair they were good quality but you just know if not right for yourself 👍🏻

Thank you

TheTb4x yes, difficult decision but I’ll probably get a small scissor stand for garage maintenance and a small lift stick for on the road needs..I’m happy to have made a swift decision to change to the RR guard and it will arrive this week 👍🏻

@@thecampingbiker791 just read my post to you. just ment to say i was to old to off road :-) not you

TheTb4x I read it as intended, but we’re never too old (in our heads anyway 😂) my last bike will be my old MZ TS250 Supa5 but I’d have to alter it a bit for going off road 😉 👍🏻

CD T you’ll always get that from me....well other than the bits edited out preening myself for the video 😂

@@mikedowning4603 to be honest both skid plate and centre stand were excellent quality but I always knew I really wanted the RR so living with the SW skid plate resonance sound just tipped me to what I wanted.. centre stand easy to fit and top quality 👍🏻

Thanks Andy. Do you still have the stand? If so would you like to sell it?

@@mikedowning4603 sorry Mike, I sold as soon as removed

MrDazza64 unfortunately it’s not possible as the RR guard uses the centre stand fixing tube on the bike...I’ve sold them both anyhow, no messing about when my mind is made up 😂 I’ll use a small bike scissor type lift for garage and find a suitable small trail bike stick lift for traveling 👍🏻

There’s not a lot in it, I ultimately removed the Motech and put the RR one on as didn’t really like the way it was fitted on the bike. The Motech had a slight better clearance but if going anywhere with rocks I wouldn’t be comfortable using the Motech as it could easily push backwards and upwards as it is only really hanging from the bike whereas the RR can take a better knock as it is more firmly fixed and very solid. My bike has the level 2 RR suspension which lifted the bike up giving slightly better ground clearance anyhow. My personal view is if using mostly on rocky tracks I’d go for RR but if mostly gravel the Motech would do the job fine. Hope that’s useful 👍🏻

@@thecampingbiker791 thanks, yes you helped a bit. I will mostly do gravel, I do not like the sound of rocks underneath when going faster :). I am careful not to actually hit the bike from the bottom, so I need guard to deflect stuff mostly, not protection from actual hard hit/planting. I heard your issue with resonant tone with Motech, now that confused me even more 🙂…

@@jutjub22 ah, yes the resonating sound..only at slower speeds (sun 30) or at least couldn’t hear when higher but I believe there is a way to fix that by sticking rubber matting on the top part of the guard! Some oem aluminium guards on bikes have the matting already stuck on so I presume that’s the reason!

@@jutjub22 to be honest just on gravel I think chances of damage is fairly low

briantheminer hi Brian, both sold and RR has been delivered..I’ll get a small scissor stand for garage maintenance and possibly a small stick lift for traveling. To be honest, I don’t know how both centre stand and RR guard could fit as both use the centre stand tube on bottom of bike, but anyhow they’ve gone and RR stand will be fitted in next few days 😆 👍🏻

The RR is the stronger of the two but as you say bike design makes it a bit difficult, for most of my riding the RR will be just fine as I’ve found out from a 14 mile trail done in last couple of days..it did take a bit of a bashing and without it the sump would have got the bashing (and I fell off 😂)Haven’t posted the video but will be doing so soon 👍🏻

As always David we all have a personal view and that’s the joy of being different 👍🏻

@@thecampingbiker791But you are a RU-vid influencer and seem to be implying that a very good product is not good when it appears you want the macho appearance of the RR version. I’ve seen the off-road riding you for and for the SW Mototech product that’s a walk in the park. As I said, your money, your choice but for my money a very good skid plate and the centre stand are what the 500X needs to make the most of its touring ability. Your viewers need to hear that before they make 5heir own decision.

@@davidmatthews3093 always a personal perspective with anything really, hopefully people will take a variety of different views before final decisions, plenty out there but I’ll always do videos just on my thoughts, right or wrong as it’s just a hobby not a job 👍🏻

Hi Michael, I dropped out for the Rally Raid one and therefore ditched the centre stand, but a few thousand miles later I don’t regret changing and have managed well without the centre stand using a small bike lift at home. There doesn’t seem to be any other options out there and I’ve been doing a bit more trail riding than originally planned with the RR guard more than paying for itself with the bangs underneath I hear 😆

tweetchris46 in the past I’d have just made do but don’t want to waste time at my age so easy enough decision, yes sold it and center stand quickly at fair price 👍🏻

The Camping Biker i totally agree. If something isn’t “right” (for whatever reason) I won’t put up with it either.