Take off 185s Chain Guard?

[Blazer]

Hi Everyone,

Last weekend while riding, I hit a pretty big bump unexpectedly and threw my chain off the rear sprocket on my 185s. I had to walk a couple hundred yards back to my truck to get my tools. I was able to fix this and continue riding, but having to take off the extra bolts for the bearing seal/chain guard was more time consuming than I would have liked. Is it ok to leave off the rear portion of the chain guard? Any downsides to doing so? I know most of the quads/dirtbikes around my spot don't seem to have any such device.

Thanks,

Blazer

[r&h110125200]

I have a 110 that I swaped a 125 motor into. When I did the swap I never put the guard back on. That was a year ago and it is my trail/mud toy. Haven't had any bad experiances yet. Hope this helps.

[RedRider_AK]

Your chain tensioner isn't working properly if the chain skipped off. I've seen plenty of machines with exposed chains running for a long time, shouldn't do much as long as you're not blasting through salt water on it.