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15-10-04, 11:31 AM

The fork on the end of my side stand appears to have opened up, so that once the stand is down and the weight comes on, the bike has to move a fair bit more to take the slack up.

I have thought of 3 solutions to this and would like your thoughts please

a) Buy a new one
b) Apply some heat and squeeze it tighter
c) T*~t it tighter!

Cheers

embee · 15-10-04, 12:03 PM

There's a fair bit of slack on them even from new.

I thought the angle of lean on my SK1 was more than I liked, so I fitted an extra pad to the foot end (actually a mate had an SK1 too, and he made a pair of alum blocks which fit the foot end of the stand and is attached using an M6 bolt through the foot). It adds something like 10mm, and gives a more sensible lean angle.

northwind · 15-10-04, 07:43 PM

Mine has a lot more slack than it did originally, I think it must have taken a hit when i dropped it on that side... got an Ebay one ready to go on which is visibly tighter, cost me a fiver

You can't tighten it with the bolt, BTW.

16-10-04, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tris

The fork on the end of my side stand appears to have opened up, so that once the stand is down and the weight comes on, the bike has to move a fair bit more to take the slack up.

I have thought of 3 solutions to this and would like your thoughts please

a) Buy a new one
b) Apply some heat and squeeze it tighter
c) T*~t it tighter!

Cheers

Whip the bolt out and stick a stack of shim washers in there to take up the slack.

16-10-04, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

Mine has a lot more slack than it did originally, I think it must have taken a hit when i dropped it on that side... got an Ebay one ready to go on which is visibly tighter, cost me a fiver

You can't tighten it with the bolt, BTW.

Northy where do you keep finding these cheap sv650 bits? I keep searching "sv650" but its not bringing up any considerable bargains.

northwind · 16-10-04, 10:33 PM

You just need patience- I've been looking for a new stand for about 4 months. I have to admit, though, the postage was another £4, forgot about that

I still don't know how the exhaust was so cheap, mind. Maybe because nobody else wanted to buy an exhaust that nobody had even heard of, even the manufacturers

The ridiculously cheap Ohlins shock was a private ad that Wee Mo found and posted here, just that I was the first to get to it.

I tend to bid on stuff I don't neccesarily need- example, I'm planning to fit a Veypor, and installation probably means cutting into the rear coil/plug cable, so I buy a set of used coils for £4.99. Things like that. Just bought a wiring loom for a fiver, never know when that might come in handy, 4 spark plugs for £8, a used battery for £10...

But if you want a real bargain, there was the Schecter guitar I bought for £130 and sold 6 months later for £350

I lose as much on impulse buys, so it all works out.

rictus01 · 17-10-04, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northwind

got an Ebay one ready to go on which is visibly tighter, cost me a fiver

You can't tighten it with the bolt, BTW.

Ditto, although I did leave it in the shed for 11 months, and only changed it to donate the old one to BigApe's bike, nothing wrong with it thourgh.

Cheers Mark.

15-10-04, 11:31 AM	#1
Tris Guest Posts: n/a	Side stand The fork on the end of my side stand appears to have opened up, so that once the stand is down and the weight comes on, the bike has to move a fair bit more to take the slack up. I have thought of 3 solutions to this and would like your thoughts please a) Buy a new one b) Apply some heat and squeeze it tighter c) T*~t it tighter! Cheers

15-10-04, 07:43 PM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Mine has a lot more slack than it did originally, I think it must have taken a hit when i dropped it on that side... got an Ebay one ready to go on which is visibly tighter, cost me a fiver You can't tighten it with the bolt, BTW. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

16-10-04, 10:33 PM	#6
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	You just need patience- I've been looking for a new stand for about 4 months. I have to admit, though, the postage was another £4, forgot about that I still don't know how the exhaust was so cheap, mind. Maybe because nobody else wanted to buy an exhaust that nobody had even heard of, even the manufacturers The ridiculously cheap Ohlins shock was a private ad that Wee Mo found and posted here, just that I was the first to get to it. I tend to bid on stuff I don't neccesarily need- example, I'm planning to fit a Veypor, and installation probably means cutting into the rear coil/plug cable, so I buy a set of used coils for £4.99. Things like that. Just bought a wiring loom for a fiver, never know when that might come in handy, 4 spark plugs for £8, a used battery for £10... But if you want a real bargain, there was the Schecter guitar I bought for £130 and sold 6 months later for £350 I lose as much on impulse buys, so it all works out. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

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15-10-04, 12:03 PM	#2
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,801	There's a fair bit of slack on them even from new. I thought the angle of lean on my SK1 was more than I liked, so I fitted an extra pad to the foot end (actually a mate had an SK1 too, and he made a pair of alum blocks which fit the foot end of the stand and is attached using an M6 bolt through the foot). It adds something like 10mm, and gives a more sensible lean angle.