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The front skid plate is compatible with the XL750 TRANSALP 2023-2025. This product is an ideal choice for motorcycle enthusiasts seeking high performance and durability, effectively protecting your engine and enhancing your riding experience.
Product Features
Material: Made of 3mm thick 6061 aluminum and steel brackets, laser-cut for high strength and durability.
Design: Specifically designed to protect the engine from damage caused by road debris, suitable for both on-road and off-road use. The unique design allows for airflow while providing a high level of protection.
Installation Convenience: Comes with all necessary installation accessories, although the installation process may be somewhat complex, and the included instructions may not be very clear.
Maintenance Convenience: The cutout design of the skid plate allows access to common maintenance points without removal, making it easy to clean and remove debris like bugs.
Appearance: Modern design enhances the overall aesthetics of the motorcycle.
Notes
Colors may vary slightly from online photos.
J. Young
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
I know the new Transalp has a reputation as the pavement princess of adventure bikes, but Honda could have lessened that with a factory skidplate. But they didn't and while I am not even sure if I will be taking mine off road proper, I spend enough time on rural gravel and dirt roads to want some protection. And I think they look good (yeah, I know I am a poser). I have a black 24, and this definitely fit the vibe and looked promising in terms of ruggedness.Initial impressions upon unboxing were "man, this skid plate is solid" along with "man these instructions are terrible and embarrassing." For the former, it's certainly well cut and coated aluminum, thick enough for protection but not excessively heavy. And the latter, well, it's four photocopied pages written in a combination of bad English and presumably good Mandarin, stapled out of order and only showing the left side of the process. Yikes, it's easy enough to figure out at least.Once mounted, it feels really good, and looks really good. But two other flaws (at least in my book) and one sort-of broken promise came up with the installation. First flaw was the bolts for the front arms: for some unfathomable reason they are 13mm. Honda is great about making their bikes super consistent and easy to work on partially by using a minimum number of different sizes. Nearly every bolt on the Transalp is 14mm, including the original bolt you remove and replace for mounting the front arms. Why not just use a 14mm bolt? I understand they needed a longer one to replace the factory bolt so they had space to mount the bar, but they make that length bolt in 14mm, surely. Second flaw, the bottom of those same arms have these great rubber shock absorber rings, which is good, but if/when they wear out or are damaged, aren't a common part or size to my knowledge. I feel like they could have easily been simple rubber washers/o-rings that you could get anywhere instead. And the promise of "easy access to service points" is a bit questionable. I can get to the oil drain bolt...but I cannot fit a pan in there. Eyeballing it looks like maybe, just maybe, if it all comes out super clean and smoothly it might go through a cutout but it would be a fine margin whilst perfectly vertical and with ideal laminar flow. And given the issues of spilling oil all over a skid plate that hugs my exhaust headers, that's just too risky. Luckily it is even easier to drop off for those services.All and all, it's an attractive and seemingly well made skid plate that is easy to install even with half the instructions missing. But it does use a bolt that isn't standard for the bike and shock absorbers that might been difficult or impossible to replace at end of life. And no, you can't really do an oil change with it on, but that's a skid plate for ya.
John
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2025
Good quality skid plate. Made from a strong material, and you can definitely here it doing its job offroad.
Danny Karr
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2025
Seems sturdy enough for my needs. I'm not doing a lot of stump jumping, I just need protection from rocks bouncing up. I took this on a 160 miles of rocky dirt roads yesterday and it did great. I just wish it was a little wider to cover the lower engine case. Overall pleased with the purchase and I'd buy it again.
Joe J.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2025
Plate itself seems well constructed but…comes with all kinds of hardware, brackets and NO instructions. Tried to figure it out and ultimately returned out of assembly frustration.
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