Side stand

[kennyjd]

Would someone be kind enough to advise me what should stop the side stand clouting the exhaust?

[GavD]

That'll be the little metal noggin that sticks down slightly in front of the footpeg on the bracket thing the footpeg mounts on

[nickjtc]

On mine I stuck a few bits of old inner tube to it to stop the "clonk".

[Sin_Tiger]

That'll be the little metal noggin that sticks down slightly in front of the footpeg on the bracket thing the footpeg mounts on

Of it doesn't line up with that, you're stand is bent near the yoke, as most are  I wouldn't recommend trying to straighten it as I'm sure thats the first thing that'll go through your mind.

1 They're made of metallic spaghetti and you'll weaken it further.
2 If it's missing the stop but hitting the exhaust, somone has already tried to bend it lower down.

Save for buying a new stand. If you're able, weld a small tag to catch the stop  (don't put a lot of heat into it in one go) or find some thick wall rubber hose close to the 22mm dia of the stand, split a piece and cable tie it around the stand near the stop, not pretty but it works.

I'm working on a solution using higher spec spaghetti, coming soon 

[kennyjd]

Thank you to all who replied,!!

[ssevy]

Hey Sin,
A used Tiger I was looking at had an adjustable side stand on it. Never saw it in the flesh, and I never heard of another Steamer with one, but it seemed like a good idea.
Although the stand is soft, that cast piece it bolts to was harder than the hubs of hell when I drilled it.

[Sin_Tiger]

Interesting  Mine had an adjustable stand on it when I aquired it, bend, weld a stiffener, bend, weld on a bit more, repeat 

the yoke is pretty hard steel, I hope I can weld onto it OK

[Earthscape]

I had a local welder extend my side stand and make it adjustable length.  My suspension is raised about an inch, so the bike leaned too far over.  The added length on the side stand helps a lot.

[nickjtc]

Good for you. Nothing worse than a bike leaning dangerously over, especially on a downhill slope. Don't ask.

[Beernard]

Very nice, Earthscape. Practical solution.

[ssevy]

Looks pretty slick! It doesn't hit anything in the up position?

[Earthscape]

It clears everything in the up position.  Note that I have the SW-Motech center stand instead of the Triumph version, which might stick out a bit more (swapped after years of grinding away the Triumph version, which makes me sound like a cornering hero, but if you've had one, you know how easily it drags; and incidentally, that was the reason for originally raising the suspension an inch).  I found that even at the stock height, it leaned over way too far (that's 'new and unbent side stand', too).  The SW-Motech center stand is far better.
I wanted to lengthen the side stand closer to the pivot, on the 'straight' part of the stand, but that would have required longer springs to match, which I didn't have a source for.  It was also questionable if it would clear the exhaust that way, so it had to be on the angled part of the stand.