Has anyone been having problems with the front fenders breaking on the 05 betas? We have gone through several in just a short time. I broke the front off mine, moved it back & refastened it. Broke it again 2 more times this way. Two times it broke going off a drop. I think the plastic is faulty, because this is my fourth rev3, and never broke a front fender before.

I've done 2 front mudguards in the last 6 weeks at

saw one at our last trial of the year think it was the first trial for the bike and it broke. Maybe theres a prob with them.

Theres only 2 or 3 05 Betas in Hong kong..and i KNOW one of those has already broken the front mudguard.

Maybe there IS a fault??

I've broken a few myself, thought it was just me but now I think it is some kind of flex in the forks or a very weak brace....Kind of scary now...MADMAX

I just recently bought a new front fender for my '04 and it developed a crack within the first hour. Right at the point where the metal bracket underneath ends. I agree with the others, I drilled and zip tied this one up as at $65 a pop, they get expensive quick.

Never broken a front on a Beta (cue snapping noise this Sunday...).

Not noticed any 05 front beakages.

Did manage to crack rear first time out on the 05. Nothing dramatic, just a soft low siding five.

Here in UK I'd put this all down to the cold weather, and my astonishing riding skills.

my son and i have had to replace front mudgaurds ,on each of our bikes both 05 beta's

Nothing constructive to add to this discussion apart from an anecdote: I was in my local dealer's last week to buy an '04 Rev3 front mudguard. They only had an '05 one in stock and since it's the same as the '04 with different graphics, I bought that. The next two people who came in were both looking for '05 front mudguards (and I'd just bought the last one).

I still haven't fitted it since my existing one isn't broken, just a bit bent and gouged. It seems to me that these things might become valuable pretty soon - offers? eBay?

My son has broke three front mudgaurds since december on his beta 80.One snapped just by a small branch going between the wheel and mudgaurd at about one mile an hour.It cost me more in mudgaurds than it cost to enter the trial and petrol for the day

never broke one on my 02 but have had the front section bent up looking up into the sky and it went back fine.

Replaced mine the other day and noticed that they are

Just Broken another 05 front mudguard, Thats 2 in 2 months !, also the brake and clutch levers snap like carrots and they are

I noticed that the 04 and 05 front mudguards are identical except for the sticker...

I've just installed an '05 front mudguard on my '04. Looking at the moulding marks and other markings (and after a "twist test"), I reckon that K's right - they're absolutely identical.