Hey Pleiades,

Thanks for another great mod - one that I'm copying 100%.

I'm having trouble getting the guard to not move forwards and backwards once tightened, using only the two rearmost bolts to secure it. I have a 2mm spacer in place, but the gap between the new guard and the inside of the fork still seems pretty wide either side. Any ideas? I don't want to over-tighten in case the things snaps. One note - I'm using the original bolts.

Thanks again, I appreciate all your help so far

Just omit the spacer between the guard and fork leg. You need to pull the guard right up against the forks. The order of parts from outside inside would be...

BOLT>FORK LEG>LOWER GUARD>WASHER>NYLOC NUT

I also used the OE bolts.

You did get an XTR lower guard didn't you? The XTX ones are different and won't work.

Thanks again, I'll try in some light.

I did get the XTR (2008), it just feels like it needs to be pulled too far wide than would be healthy for the plastic. Maybe I just need to be a bit less gentle with it..

It'll bend a long way before you'll break it. Give it a bit more brute force an ignorance! It's the tension from the bending that holds it in place.