How about using the large boxes on the side? Are they too big? Just interested cause I was thinking about doing this same thing.

I'm just wondering if this should be a closed forum? Word gets out about this stuff and Strom riders will have a worse reputation than KLR owners...

Looks good. My father in law always says " a poor man has poor ways."

Would love to see a pic of the side mount without the boxes. Just the mount.

An old shovel would make a great skidplate.

Great job! I'm leaning in that direction myself. Those of us who are old enough to remember what a "Desert Sled" is will know that those guys used to use an old coal shovel as a bash plate to protect their old Norton/Triumph/BSA desert racers from big rocks whilst blasting from Barstow to Vegas and other such locals out west.

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Dang nice job right there, uh-huh! Mighty fine work. Thanks for the encouragement.

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