Do you have pictures of your setup you can share?
Heck no, that's just how I'd do it, but my XSR is for street. I do not plan to ride it on any dirt/gravel if I can help it. I have a KLX250 for dual sport and dirt/gravel riding.
Don't really want to offend anyone, but when I started riding some off road in 1971 with a Bultaco I saw how the Honda scramblers "worked" and stayed with off roaders for off road. Scramblers were just high pipe street bikes and still are. I started riding back roads again in the late 80s with a heavy Honda SL350 twin, then an SR500, which didn't meet the needs when the going got rutted and rough on those roads. Went to a KLX650 for dual sporting for about 30 years, then rode a KLX250 and found it felt like a mountain bike! So I have two bikes to do the two types of riding... along with that SR500 which is still in the process of becoming a street tracker.
Not everyone has the space, money, and/or desire to have two bikes so a choice is made. When I could only have one bike I did the KLX650 and rode it for everything. When I could do it I got a street bike too, 550 Zephyr. Last year I got enamored with the XSR, first street bike in over 20 years to pull me in. Nothing else really did it. In the mean time I got into the 300 lb 250 for more serious off road than the 375 lb 650 for someone my build. The 550 has my 66 year old knees scrunched up too much and will be sold off.
It would be hard for me to ride my $8500 street bike intentionally on dirt. I'd rather be on the 250 or 650. You see I like to be sideways when the opportunity calls and to venture a bit further in the rough. I don't want to have the XSR laying on its side, I wouldn't shrug it off like I do with the KLXs. There's something about cruising along at 40-50 mph on a gravel road, hanging the back wheel out a bit when the view is clear and the surface right. There is something about finding that road with the deep Jeep trail ruts, going where few other vehicles could do, with ease. I highly recommend it if you can do two bikes. I will say I know a few roads where it would be tempting to play Grand National flat tracker on some corners... gotta resist the temptation, hit them on the 250.
So, no I do not have a bash plate on the XSR, although I may see if I can work up some sort of filter sump plate to fend off stones or rocks that may be on a lesser quality paved road. A very minimalist piece to be as "invisible" as possible. If I do make one I will put up a pic. No scrambling and bashing about with the XSR here.
