It's not a skid plate, just a lower cowling. It should protect the front of the engine (oil cooler, oil filter etc.) from mud, gravel and small stones and that's all it's intended to do.
It's actually the lower front cowling from a Ninja 250 that I happened to have lying around. It was pretty beat up but I glued it back into one piece and spray painted it. Didn't bother to try to fill in the original mounting holes with epoxy, but that would be pretty easy.
I suspect the lower cowling from a Ninja 500 might be slightly better since it's not intended to bolt to an upper fairing like the one from the Ninja 250 does.
Anyway, just an idea. Doesn't look too bad even though it was lashed together pretty quickly.
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