been meaning to share this ... but anyway after breaking three .190 Aluminium Guards I was hella bent. The last one lasted just a few rides. I then started looking into getting either a .250 or just welding plates to a stock one. I understand some are worried about the weight etc. but I gave up on lightweight ones. So I found that PRM made a .250 and went ahead and ordered it, I got it in the mail only to find that it had been welded slightly off making the side kickout so it was impossible to fit. Long story short, they took it back on return and I decided not to have them send me another as they were bitches to deal with, figured it was time to go the stock route. So this mess took like a month ... them shipping it to me, me shipping it back etc. When I was searching for that shock in the pics above I came across a company called cobra who made makes an aluminium alloy swingarm skid .250 that was tough as all sh*t. Heavy yes but build quality top notch (way better than the PRM) and the real kicker is 39.99 new. check it here.
Yamaha Blaster Swingarm Skidplate, New in Box, Special Holiday Sale, No Reserve | eBay
Its on the left, the .190 that I just broke the welds on is pictured on the right. The second pic shows the extra plates so it does not bend into the brake. If I break this one I give up because it is the toughest one I've ever seen. Just check the difference in thickness in pics, it's supposedly .250 but is almost twice as thick as the .190. It also protects the shock mount unlike any others I've seen
And unlike the AC Racing and the UM racing ones I've had, it has full welds across the bottom
