I don't care if people have them or not I still have mine just saying don't need one. It's just personal preference. Yeah it can avoid breaking something else, so maybe we should just put big old tires all the way around the quad so nothing gets damaged. Even with the bumper on the mounts are attached to the frame so it can still bend your frame. The bumper only helps for very slow speed collisions. Like I said I have one on for now but thats just cause I can't decide which way looks better.