With a few adjustments my new chain guide has been made and works perfectly.

 

Looks darned good and effective. I had to do something similar with my '06 when I went to a 47T rear sprocket. Between the stock parts and a Hot Foot Moto chainguide, I made a hybrid of the two that has stood up to the test of time. Yours looks well made...good job.

 

I like that idea. I find the chain guide to be a vulnerable point and I've already distorted two. Restoring them back into shape is not easy...

 

There was no way I was bending mine back in place it had snapped the plastic and all sorts.

I had to modify the one in the picture. The third set of rollers (the set nearest the sprocket) were not needed as they were in the way of sprocket and on the front plate I still had to cut in some semi-circle between the bolt holes so it fitted correctly. I used the original rubber chain guide from the broken one as well. It turned out a nice job and didn't cost anything like the Kawasaki original part that I would have been about £120 over here in the UK.

 

Resurrecting a thread from 2103...

I am surprised I had to dig back so far for anyone who had issues with this.

After feeling a momentary hangup while riding a rocky section of the WABDR, I later noticed that I had sheared the chain guide right off. The only metal part is the outer plate and it sheared at the lightening cutouts. I never noticed that the rest was just plastic!
I ended up riding another four days without it, though I did make sure the chain was not excessively loose.
I just installed a Moose Racing chain guide which ended up being a repackaged Fredette Racing product. It is nicely made and seems plenty sturdy with metal plates on BOTH sides of the guide, and it seems to accommodate a 48T sprocket just fine. The Moose product is readily available on EBay but none of the big retailers seem to carry it.

Just FYI, in case anyone runs into this!

God Bless,
TC