What did you do with your P11 today. he he

[gpzkat]

So two days ago I cut 1/2" off my side stand and silver solder sweat a new foot on it. Had to do it to support lowering the suspension a little and it's actually been too long forever anyway. So far from the original it'll hurt your sensitive eyes.

Whatever works! My N15's stand is tolerable but could do with an inch more length and a fix to the toe angle. The centerstand has been a nightmare, but I'm ready to try again. I need to grind down the feet to make it a proper height. It requires a hernia-inducing pull to lift it as the stand is too long.

On my Laverda 3C, the center stand is perfect. I step on the lever while sitting on the bike and give a bit of a pull on the bars, and it's up, just enough to get the rear tire off the ground. The stops are adjustable. The kickstand is an atrocity. It passes through a frame lug with an M8 bolt into the engine case, and due to the lean angle, it can damage the case. The mounting hole in my bike's case has been slightly bent, so I've removed the stand. It is very far forward, near the front of the engine, and to make matters worse, it's prone to retracting on its own. I have ordered a bracket from the UK that mounts to the footpeg lug, and a fits a Kawasaki ZX6-R (ZZR 600) stand. Once I get these two corrected, I'll be a happy camper.

 

[Schwany]

Whatever works! My N15's stand is tolerable but could do with an inch more length and a fix to the toe angle. The centerstand has been a nightmare, but I'm ready to try again. I need to grind down the feet to make it a proper height. It requires a hernia-inducing pull to lift it as the stand is too long.

On my Laverda 3C, the center stand is perfect. I step on the lever while sitting on the bike and give a bit of a pull on the bars, and it's up, just enough to get the rear tire off the ground. The stops are adjustable. The kickstand is an atrocity. It passes through a frame lug with an M8 bolt into the engine case, and due to the lean angle, it can damage the case. The mounting hole in my bike's case has been slightly bent, so I've removed the stand. It is very far forward, near the front of the engine, and to make matters worse, it's prone to retracting on its own. I have ordered a bracket from the UK that mounts to the footpeg lug, and a fits a Kawasaki ZX6-R (ZZR 600) stand. Once I get these two corrected, I'll be a happy camper.

I ended up melting the silver solder off with a propane torch and welding it. Bought and taught myself how to use flux core wire on a MIG multi-process welder in about 4 days. Not that great at it, but good enough. Most expensive weld ever. Fortunately, I have more plans for welding projects. Also got welding off my bucket list better late than never.

Getting my '96 R1100GS BMW up on the center stand was difficult if done wrong. No way I could have ever done it sitting on the bike. Too short. That said, I later went into a BMW dealer looking at new 20XX GS models and they are really easy to get up on the center stand. Didn't buy one though. They have gone up in price at least 300%.

The '74 Commando I had for a few months was fairly easy to get on the center stand. I remember starting it, putting it up on the center stand, and watching it spin around in circles in the driveway from the good old Norton vibration. Idling never hurt it contrary to internet wisdom.

I actually can't remember what putting my other motorcycles that had center stands up on the center stand was like. Must have been so easy I never logged it in my head. None of the dirt bikes I had came from the factory with center stands, nor did my Ducati 996S or the P11.