The Clubman got lugs on the frame for the silencer box below, there I fixed small L-brackets for the center stand, no welding to the frame. The propstand is there as well but not used a lot because we are used to center stands on most of our bikes and the critical curved shoes do an esay roll-on action so no question. The Clubman fell over on grass once on the propstand and got a sad dent in that brilliant tank so I think this was the second I decided to do a working center stand like on the 1935 Guzzi with its very wide and almost perfect stand that can be parked on any grass place safely. I kept about 2 " straight faces on the feet parallel to ground before the curve starts so as to get good load spread on soft ground. The feet are basically a T-profile welded up from 3mm stainless sheet by rough arc welding with rods, so not much bracing is needed. For finding the shape you´d try a cardboard pattern on a sketch after you know how much lift you want from the stand for a free back wheel. Then you see where the stand/foot contacts ground at first point when lowering it when wheels on ground. Now you do a few steps on the sketch with half inch or 1 cm more lift of frame each step while rolling back the bike on the feet. This is how to arrive at the curved foot shape in a smooth lifting motion, no awkward brutal lift as on poor designs.
The Clubman stand is indeed a bit on the very light side , bigger tubes better. But some bracing was allright to clear a few parts, looks a bit "special" but is OK. Some more photos below to clarify the welding on the main tubing between feet, hope it shows. We always kickstart bikes on center stands, certainly the high comp 600 cc four valve Horex SS 64, no troubles so far.
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