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<blockquote data-quote="oexing" data-source="post: 120988" data-attributes="member: 1493"><p>You may find lots of excuses for that pre-war rear stand but in my eyes mostly poor arguments: For very rare situations a bit useful possibly but I´d go for everyday practicality - not a point here for that old sh** and a lot for Dave Hill´s version as many have chosen for a good reason. And in half a century of biking I never had a desire or need for the old stand. Nor on a sidecar bike like Earles fork BMWs - best sidecar bikes ever built - who from day one had center stands, in the twenties even two of them, one behind the engine, one just in front of the engine for both wheels free. Guzzi and Gilera always had center stands, with suitable feet on these, unlike the Hills version. So I copied the Guzzi type for the 1935 Horex with its rear plunger mod and did another stand on the Honda Clubman - super easy in use as Vincent Speet can tell. So on my Rapides no Hills types for me, will do own Guzzi copies for better shaped feet. Sorry about rear stands here . . .</p><p></p><p> Vic</p><p>[ATTACH=full]34899[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34900[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34901[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oexing, post: 120988, member: 1493"] You may find lots of excuses for that pre-war rear stand but in my eyes mostly poor arguments: For very rare situations a bit useful possibly but I´d go for everyday practicality - not a point here for that old sh** and a lot for Dave Hill´s version as many have chosen for a good reason. And in half a century of biking I never had a desire or need for the old stand. Nor on a sidecar bike like Earles fork BMWs - best sidecar bikes ever built - who from day one had center stands, in the twenties even two of them, one behind the engine, one just in front of the engine for both wheels free. Guzzi and Gilera always had center stands, with suitable feet on these, unlike the Hills version. So I copied the Guzzi type for the 1935 Horex with its rear plunger mod and did another stand on the Honda Clubman - super easy in use as Vincent Speet can tell. So on my Rapides no Hills types for me, will do own Guzzi copies for better shaped feet. Sorry about rear stands here . . . Vic [ATTACH type="full" alt="DSC00054.JPG"]34899[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG00020.JPG"]34900[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Honda 500 kl.jpg"]34901[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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