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.
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
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.
Quote from: "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.
the lever was broken on mine when I got it.
Geof
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.
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.