10-07-2015, 06:54 PM | #1 |
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Adjustable Sidestand
Well since I live in a third world country and my selection of stuff is limited, when I wanted to change the rear tire I could only find a 140/80-17 tire; this is about 3/4" taller than OEM so the bike leans much more when using the side stand. Plus the side stand foot is a bit small for many instances, sand, mud.
I'm hoping to find a 4.60 - 17 rear tire someday and was thinking that if I extend the sidestand then it will be too long for a lower tire... I recently located a new Machine Shop, it's owned by a Spaniard that moved here 6 years ago from South Africa where he had a professional shop for 45 years, brought most of his professional equipment, and amazing array of equipment, like nothing else I've seen here and he's great at understanding what I want to do. SO... With the current taller tire and the possibility of a lower tire in the future, I decided to make an adjustable side stand and add a larger foot. I got a 16mm bolt, he cut it, tapper the upper section, inserted the the bolt and then drilled a small hole in the back and pinned it so it wont move. Then tapped the lower section and added a locking nut; I can now extend or shorten the sidestand to meet what ever tire size I may have up the road. Oh, Juan made the comment “this steel is very hard, very hard”, must have said that at least four times; Zongshen is using quality steel in this case (three hundred and seventeen thousand years from now some five year old kid playing in his back yard is going to un-earth one of these and everyone's going to saying “wow, wonder what they used this for”). High quality sidestand and sub-standard headlight switch that only lasted three months...
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10-07-2015, 08:44 PM | #2 |
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That's a nice, adjustable side stand. Juan does excellent work.
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10-08-2015, 12:24 AM | #3 |
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Very cool! That's going to come in handy!
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10-08-2015, 01:10 PM | #4 |
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Excellent idea RB, I need to do this to my NC700x as it's a smidgeon too long. Making it adjustable like that is a done deal. Was the kickstand hollow or solid?
As far as Chinese metal, I remember reading back in the 80's about their high speed tool steel out lasting American HS tools because of their metallurgy learned from sword making. Seriously rj
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10-08-2015, 02:52 PM | #5 |
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I like it......Good work!
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10-08-2015, 05:36 PM | #6 | |
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10-08-2015, 05:44 PM | #7 |
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The OEM side stand seems to be cast steel. It weighs an astonishing 1058g! (or 2.3 lbs)
The side stand on my Triumph is tube, the KLR was tube, I think the GS 800 was tube as well. |
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10-08-2015, 06:10 PM | #8 |
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My F650's, the KLR and the heavy weight K75 had a tube also, don't know why Zongshen felt the need to use solid steel here, 317,000 years is a bit excessive as a useful life expectancy for a sidestand
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10-08-2015, 08:13 PM | #9 |
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Yikes! that is a bit excessive!
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10-08-2015, 08:17 PM | #10 |
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I'd be willing to bet that the extra weight over time will help the spring to fail a lot sooner.
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10-09-2015, 07:35 PM | #11 | |
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Eco Mouse, I like your idea of the hollow tube and lighter weight .
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