yea ive broken a skirt before, and if ur worried about that happening dont ride it man, broke off, went into the top end, smashed the hell outta the head, the piston and the jug, ghtn went down into the bottom end and fucked my crank, not worth it, i had to go from a .40-.80 over bore, like cuttin my engine life in half, and drop 400 bucks on a hot crank n rods