Correct center stand spring

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Quick question. I have a '73 850 that needs a new center stand spring. It has the correct 1973 center stand.
I purchased the shorter stubby spring: 06-2839 but when I pulled off the existing spring I saw that it's the longer, thinner 06-2514

does it matter which one I use to replace it??
Aside from the shorter one being harder to put on?
 
I wondered if it was giving the stand they refer to as part no. 06.2839, to confirm it is compatible with the spring they list? Can't see that no. on a stand though.
 
06-2839 and 06-4643 appear to be the same spring. Short stubby and correct for a 73.
I'm not sure how the 06-2514 got on my bike as I've owned it for 35 years.
I'll get rid of the longer one and try to muscle the 4643 on.
thanks for the help.
 
I'm not sure I can help about your spring issue, because I have the early centerstand and I welded a little bit on to it the lengthen it because they are notoriously short and now it's starting to occasionally drop down in certain situations and scrape the ground. I have it off for now

I have just recently started winding my own springs, so I am looking for a spring solution to my similar problem too. From what I've read, springs in parallel will add up their force to give a higher spring rate and that's the easiest solution to stop the center stand from bouncing. I'm thinking of making a tight wound spring to go down the middle of the stock one to stop the bouncing.

I'm also thinking of learning to weld aluminum to make an aluminum center stand so it will be lighter weight to solve the problem that way... but of course I always plan to make the best solution but don't always have the skills to pull it off. In this case it's a few dollars for a spring or a thousand dollars in tools and failed attempts along the learning curve to make a light weight center stand.
 
o0norton0o said:
I'm not sure I can help about your spring issue, because I have the early centerstand and I welded a little bit on to it the lengthen it because they are notoriously short and now it's starting to occasionally drop down in certain situations and scrape the ground. I have it off for now

I have just recently started winding my own springs, so I am looking for a spring solution to my similar problem too. From what I've read, springs in parallel will add up their force to give a higher spring rate and that's the easiest solution to stop the center stand from bouncing. I'm thinking of making a tight wound spring to go down the middle of the stock one to stop the bouncing.

I'm also thinking of learning to weld aluminum to make an aluminum center stand so it will be lighter weight to solve the problem that way... but of course I always plan to make the best solution but don't always have the skills to pull it off. In this case it's a few dollars for a spring or a thousand dollars in tools and failed attempts along the learning curve to make a light weight center stand.
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o0norton0o said:
I'm not sure I can help about your spring issue, because I have the early centerstand and I welded a little bit on to it the lengthen it because they are notoriously short and now it's starting to occasionally drop down in certain situations and scrape the ground. I have it off for now

I have just recently started winding my own springs, so I am looking for a spring solution to my similar problem too. From what I've read, springs in parallel will add up their force to give a higher spring rate and that's the easiest solution to stop the center stand from bouncing. I'm thinking of making a tight wound spring to go down the middle of the stock one to stop the bouncing.

I'm also thinking of learning to weld aluminum to make an aluminum center stand so it will be lighter weight to solve the problem that way... but of course I always plan to make the best solution but don't always have the skills to pull it off. In this case it's a few dollars for a spring or a thousand dollars in tools and failed attempts along the learning curve to make a light weight center stand.
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I would be leery of using springs in that configuration for fouling each other
 
BERT said:
I would be leery of using springs in that configuration for fouling each other
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I'll let you know how it goes if you're interested. I already did it with a 2.5mm music wire spring inside the 3mm stock spring and I came to believe that they have to be the same wire size because 2.5 wire couldn't hold it's shape over the large diameter of the centerstand pipe. My options were to weld a tiny anchor with a hole to hook the skinny spring to or try a skinny spring made out of 3mm wire to match the big spring.

I like having a center stand to do work on the bike. I use the side stand when I park the bike and I am out and about, but I like the center stand for service work
 
I know this is an old thread but I believe the 06-2514 longer, thinner spring which seems like the one already on the bike might be the choice replacement. I can't get the 064643 anywhere near the proper holes in the stand or cradle. Am I just not pulling the spring enough or is it truly too short? And is it possible I have an earlier center stand somehow on my 73 850? Thanks
 
Thanks. I've seen that video. They make it look too easy. Anyway the hole in my center stand is all the way to the right on the center stand. The one in the video looks closer to the middle. I'll give it another shot with the 06-4643
 
Got it. Thanks. I think the British shop sold me the wrong spring about 30 years ago. But got the 06-4643 on with quite a spread. Definitely easier with the right tool
 
Just note to the OP and anyone else.
A few years back I installed new center stand bushings bolts and spring.
On a 20 mile run the spring disappeared and center stand was dragging.
Did it fall off?? Did it break???
Don’t know, it’s gone.
We had made one stop. Maybe it was back there. Anyways, stuck on the side of the road with it dragging. Nothing to tie it up wth. Alas, my belt.. Made it home.
Summary, always have something to tie up with. Wire, zip ties, belt. Anything.
 

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