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Ugly centre stand.

#1 PostAuthor: ianali » Sun Jun 17, 2018 12:57 pm

Having brought and sussed an easy(ish) way of fitting the spring I am now wondering how long I can bare to look at it? Bike has a 4 into 1 so the bit of stand that you put your foot on when using stand is very prominent. I may just pop the stand on and off as required but was wondering if anyone has cut off the part of the stand that sticks out? I’m thinking if I did it may make it difficult to put foot on it when putting bike up on stand?

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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#2 PostAuthor: z1bman » Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:28 pm

yes it will make it extremely difficult to put it on the stand & you could end up having an injury or even drop the bike

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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#3 PostAuthor: ianali » Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:33 pm

Yes, thanks for putting me straight about it. Dumb thought wasn’t it.

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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#4 PostAuthor: ADRIAN H » Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:34 pm

Why not leave centre stand off and buy a paddock stand ?
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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#5 PostAuthor: Taffus » Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:47 pm

Is the 4-1 an Alfa 41? if not use the side stand and look at it from the RHS :D

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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#6 PostAuthor: damien.wrl » Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:51 pm

Or get a 4-2 or 4-4 and the whole side will look better

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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#7 PostAuthor: KeithZ1R » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:28 am

Get a Z1R stand, the foot bit is a lot smaller, less obtrusive and only a little less than useless :fou
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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#8 PostAuthor: ADRIAN H » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:52 am

KeithZ1R wrote:Get a Z1R stand, the foot bit is a lot smaller, less obtrusive and only a little less than useless :fou


Thats funny. :lol: :lol:
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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#9 PostAuthor: Mr Bump » Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:15 am

They do look ugly.

I’ve thought about cutting the arm off and welding it to the other side of the stand to fit around the 4 into one, or making a socket to fit a detachable arm into.

I’ve never got around to it though. What I usually do is take the stand off and temporarily refit it without the spring if I need to work on the bike. I’ll refit the stand and spring if I’m going touring or something like that.
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Re: Ugly centre stand.

#10 PostAuthor: warren3200gt » Wed Jun 20, 2018 8:24 am

Must be simple to spring load hinge it so its out the way when its up and can be folded out when wanted.
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