Anybody know of problems with the factory center stand?

[Dr. Mordo]

I searche dthe archives but didn't see anything.  The peg you stand on to put the bike on it's center stand seems substantially weakened on my bike.  For a long time it would just bare it stay on the stand, so I took a mallet and bent it forward again so the bike would lean back further.  But now it has been a month or two and it seems like the center stand is dying on me.

Has anybody seen this before, and if it craps the bed where can I get another?

BTW, it has been cold in Texas!  Last week in the mornings it was 32 before wind chill when I was leaving for work.  Without heated gear or grips, that is pretty cold for my 30 min drive to work.

[Mustang]

Sw Motech makes a center stand for steamers , and it is the OEM stand that Triumph sold for them .
http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/productview/2004/501/
$180 bucks

[Dr. Mordo]

Thanks, that's good to know.  So I guess I'm the only one with problems?  Or were they not that common?  I sorta wonder it it wasn't weakened in a laydown or something; I haven't laid it down, but it had obviously been down a few times when I bought it.

[abruzzi]

Thanks, that's good to know.  So I guess I'm the only one with problems?  Or were they not that common?  I sorta wonder it it wasn't weakened in a laydown or something; I haven't laid it down, but it had obviously been down a few times when I bought it.

the lever was broken on mine when I got it.

Geof

[John Stenhouse]

The OEM stand on the girlies was made of chocolate, mine bent and had to be straightened with a bit of scaffold pole cos it was touching the chain. I think they beefed it up on later models.

[Dr. Mordo]

Hmm.  I guess I need to examine closely to see if a repair is possible, but I suspect a new stand is in my future.