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Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:59 pm Posts: 120 Location: Peoria, IL, USA
I ordered one and won't have a bike without one. Very handy to have when touring and usually easier than getting out paddock stands in the garage. I'll post pics once I get it and install it.
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:22 pm Posts: 298 Location: Mesa, Arizona USA
I went without the center stand and bought the swingarm stand, race stand some might call it. This was mostly to save weight on our porkey little bike -
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Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:45 pm Posts: 952 Location: The Netherlands
EXKAWIOWNER wrote:
I went without the center stand and bought the swingarm stand, race stand some might call it. This was mostly to save weight on our porkey little bike -
Replace your stock exhaust for a CF one, then its equal again
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:39 am Posts: 368 Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Paul Barnard wrote:
You do not have to remove the exhaust to put on the center stand . The directions tell you too. My dealer said you just route the bolt the other way.
Your dealer is correct. Hardest part to install the centerstand is getting the spring stretched and on the hook. A big heavy Craftsman screw driver did the trick.
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:59 pm Posts: 120 Location: Peoria, IL, USA
Applewins wrote:
Paul Barnard wrote:
You do not have to remove the exhaust to put on the center stand . The directions tell you too. My dealer said you just route the bolt the other way.
Your dealer is correct. Hardest part to install the centerstand is getting the spring stretched and on the hook. A big heavy Craftsman screw driver did the trick.
That is correct. Everything bolted up on mine easily. But those springs were difficult to work with. There are two springs, one inside the other. I opted to do them one at a time, using a large screwdriver to force them onto the peg.
The stand itself is very well made and strong. The bike pops up onto it easily.
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:59 pm Posts: 120 Location: Peoria, IL, USA
There are other pictures of the Suzuki center stand on this site. Here are a couple of different angles.
That second one shows the nut on the end of the bolt that attaches the stand to the frame. The bolt only goes in from the left to the right, since the exhaust is there to the right of it. So the nut needs to be placed at the end, the bolt fed through the hole to the nut, and then tightened.
It is pretty straightforward. I didn't have any trouble getting the nut threaded onto the bolt or tightened down.
Joined: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:59 pm Posts: 120 Location: Peoria, IL, USA
This stand sits high when folded and also hugs the swingarm closely. I haven't come close to scrapping it yet. I probably won't unless I take the bike to a track day.
This stand sits high when folded and also hugs the swingarm closely. I haven't come close to scrapping it yet. I probably won't unless I take the bike to a track day.
thanks.
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