How upright is alright?

[Nick Calne]

A longer side stand (Supplied by Mr Sin Tiger ) has my bike standing very upright.

Too much?  What'd ya think? Hard for a steamer owner to judge, being so used to it leaning right over!  I think it is just about ok!

[ghulst]

I would love my Tiger to be so upright. :)

[JoeDirt]

I would love my Tiger to be so upright. :)

Well... the color is the same.

[threepot]

Looks OK Nick. I carry a block of wood around

[nickjtc]

And if you turn the front wheel to the left it will lean over a tad more.

[Sin_Tiger]

Try this.

Full tank of fuel, luggage for a weekend camping, you fully dressed for riding sitting on the bike with the wheel straight. If the bike is still slightly to the left and you don't have to lean more than a couple of degrees to the right to swing the stand clear on flat hard ground then I feel that's safe. If not I nee to make you a slightly shorter one.

It's quite hard to be scientific with absolute measurements as there are so many factors involved.

If it's too long it's not a great drama to shorten it rather than the other way 

Try rolling the wheels onto a 20mm plank and see how that feels. Just let me know and I can sort something out.

[JayDub]

Looks good to me Nick, allowing for the Persian rug and the position of the bars  mine settled after a week too.

[Geoff W]

It looks similar to mine. I had my stand straightened totally by an engineering friend, using oxy-acetyline a scaffolding pole and a 3lb hammer. Works well, but be careful if parking on a camber, you may have to tilt the bike so far over to get the stand up that you approach the point of no return.

[ssevy]

I re-bushed the pivot to get a better angle, and while it helped some, I still carry a hockey puck on a string in my jacket to use when I can't get a good parking spot. Hauling the big girl up off the side stand when she's fully packed on a trip really buggered up my lower back last spring, and I am still dealing with it, so I would say you are looking good. The point mentioned about having a good secure place to plant your right foot when taking her off the stand is an excellent point.

[Nick Calne]

I might start wearing a platform shoe on my right foot. Just to be sure...

[ned37]

Try rolling the wheels onto a 20mm plank

got me thinking..  what do they call a 2x4 in a metric country?

[Nick Calne]

25 x 50mm is the designation for this construction timber size under the European system.

But I have yet to encounter anyone who actually calls it that here.

[ghulst]

25 x 50mm is the designation for this construction timber size under the European system.

But I have yet to encounter anyone who actually calls it that here.

Well, we'd call it by mm size, but I guess the UK doesn't really count as a metric country. (Just wondering what Brexit means to the measurement systems in the UK.  )
On the other hand, I don't think we have 25x50mm like that. I think it is probably 24x something.

[nickjtc]

Wouldn't a 2x4 be a 50x100? We're almost metric here, but when it comes to wood stuff good old imperial is still in use.

[JayDub]

Thats the rough sawn sizes... if its planed then knock off 2-3mm  :icon_wink: