Rear Stand.
- Thread starter Mark Fraser
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Has anyone fitted a S/S string to the DH centre stand. If so where did you get this item from?
Mark.
comet stand
Hi Mark .My Dave Hills stand is stainless ,but the spring appears to be galvanised....if you get a shiny spring ,let me know
Hi Mark .My Dave Hills stand is stainless ,but the spring appears to be galvanised....if you get a shiny spring ,let me know
I have two D.H. stainless steel centre stands and asked Dave years ago about the possibility of getting stainless springs to match. He told me that he had tried and could not source any. He then lent me a spring which I took to a 'Manufacturing Exhibition' to show to various spring manufacturers with a view to getting a batch made. However, when I showed it around they all shied away from the job. My memory is that Dave told me that they are off Gold Star centre stands so there should be a market other than just Vins but if you look at the springs carefully you will see that they are a non trivial producti0n job. I could try again but my guess is that there would have to be an order of 50 plus before anyone would take the job seriously.
Once again if anyone does better then I did then I would be in the market for some as probably would Dave.
Once again if anyone does better then I did then I would be in the market for some as probably would Dave.
I have two D.H. stainless steel centre stands and asked Dave years ago about the possibility of getting stainless springs to match. He told me that he had tried and could not source any. He then lent me a spring which I took to a 'Manufacturing Exhibition' to show to various spring manufacturers with a view to getting a batch made. However, when I showed it around they all shied away from the job. My memory is that Dave told me that they are off Gold Star centre stands so there should be a market other than just Vins but if you look at the springs carefully you will see that they are a non trivial producti0n job. I could try again but my guess is that there would have to be an order of 50 plus before anyone would take the job seriously.
Once again if anyone does better then I did then I would be in the market for some as probably would Dave.
Dave told me that he's sold over 700! Hopefully there would be enough interest on here to drum up an order of 50.
Hi Mark .My Dave Hills stand is stainless ,but the spring appears to be galvanised....if you get a shiny spring ,let me know
I bought a stainless one also. It's the best £145 I have ever spent on the bike. I got the sideplates done in mild steel and had them painted. If a batch of S/S springs were made it would be great. I'll speak to the people that advertise in OBM and see what the outcome is.
SS springs
I used two ss front prop stand springs with a link plate to hold my (slightly modified) DH stand up.
I used two ss front prop stand springs with a link plate to hold my (slightly modified) DH stand up.
And Paul's is the one in the photo attached to this thread
Hi Paul,
I posted a pic of your bike (stand) into this thread on page three - took it at Popham.
Stuart
Hi Paul,
I posted a pic of your bike (stand) into this thread on page three - took it at Popham.
Stuart
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Paul,
Your stand must be well modified. can't really work out what's what from Stuart's pic but it looks like you've retained the original side plate. Any chance of some info on your mods?
M