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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
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<blockquote data-quote="b'knighted" data-source="post: 32669" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Hi John,</p><p>Not owning an unfinished D, I can't be sure but think that you probably have the same engine and stand plates as the enclosed models. This would suggest that you have a tapped sidecar boss on the left where earlier bikes had to have a triangle bolted on.</p><p></p><p>Best part of ten years ago, having lain on the ground with the Knight on my left foot during a tired dismount, I bought a Honda VRF 400 NC24 stand (see ebay item 250612568758) and took it to the premises of West Country sidecars. </p><p>The nice man there screwed a lump of sidecar fitting into the boss as far as it would go. We scribed a horizontal centre line and then removed the fitting. A plate was welded across the end of the threaded fitting and two holes were drilled and tapped at the right pitch, and in line with our now hidden horizontal line, to centre the stand on the fitting. </p><p>At first there was a tendency for the weight of the bike to continue screwing the fitting in and it had been my intention to put a lock nut on the inside of the plate, but I never did and I have since seen people climb on my bike with it on the stand without it failing.</p><p></p><p>Dick Sherwin fitted the same model of stand in the same location by making a tubular insert to locate in the threaded hole and welding it behind one of the mounting holes in the stand top plate. He has a second spacer tube welded behind the other and uses two bolts through these to mount his stand.</p><p></p><p>I have fitted these stands to C twin and Comet and find that the stand is easy to flick down with a heel and the rubber foot is great for standing on while climbing on or off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="b'knighted, post: 32669, member: 59"] Hi John, Not owning an unfinished D, I can't be sure but think that you probably have the same engine and stand plates as the enclosed models. This would suggest that you have a tapped sidecar boss on the left where earlier bikes had to have a triangle bolted on. Best part of ten years ago, having lain on the ground with the Knight on my left foot during a tired dismount, I bought a Honda VRF 400 NC24 stand (see ebay item 250612568758) and took it to the premises of West Country sidecars. The nice man there screwed a lump of sidecar fitting into the boss as far as it would go. We scribed a horizontal centre line and then removed the fitting. A plate was welded across the end of the threaded fitting and two holes were drilled and tapped at the right pitch, and in line with our now hidden horizontal line, to centre the stand on the fitting. At first there was a tendency for the weight of the bike to continue screwing the fitting in and it had been my intention to put a lock nut on the inside of the plate, but I never did and I have since seen people climb on my bike with it on the stand without it failing. Dick Sherwin fitted the same model of stand in the same location by making a tubular insert to locate in the threaded hole and welding it behind one of the mounting holes in the stand top plate. He has a second spacer tube welded behind the other and uses two bolts through these to mount his stand. I have fitted these stands to C twin and Comet and find that the stand is easy to flick down with a heel and the rubber foot is great for standing on while climbing on or off. [/QUOTE]
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