Hi
I have a Series D stand on my C Rapide and when operated, the linkage bolt catches on the LH rear brake arm.
Also there’s hardly any clearance between the top of the brake arm and the cable support (pic).
I think it’s always done it judging by the wear on the brake arm.
Just wondering if anybody has one f these stands fitted.
Any help appreciated.
Danno, I had the D type stand on my C Rapide for many years and it was very satisfactory and easy to use. I only removed it because I fitted a sidecar about ten years ago. As I recall the nuts on the stand connecting arm were thin nuts and the pins shortened to suit thus giving a little more clearance.
On my machine the vertical brake arm was in front of the brake cable abutment on the RFM and rested against it in the brake off position. This may be because the cable abutment was a special alloy component that may be a little longer than a standard one. (No, I have just measured three brake abutments including the special alloy one and they all project from the RFM by 2 inches.)
On riding the machine with the stand in the up position the thin nut on the connecting arm was positioned between the turned over top of the vertical brake arm and the brake arm nut at the bottom. Despite the movement of the suspension it never fouled the brake arm at the top nor at the nut at the bottom nor the arm itself and did not interfere with the rear brake operation.
The only thing I can suggest, apart from using thin nuts and shortening the pins if necessary, is to try swapping around the brake arms. There are three to play with, all identical except that the vertical arm on my machine is bent backwards slightly.
Hugo