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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Stable Side Stand?
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<blockquote data-quote="peterg" data-source="post: 12317" data-attributes="member: 446"><p>Howdy Bill,</p><p> </p><p>These are the most elegant and stock appearing means to achieving a stable parking solution for your Vincent such that your rear stand/after market center stand will be relegated to machine servicing/storage rather than a primary (sometimes awkward) parking device. </p><p> </p><p>If you do get a set of these stands, I'd forgo any bending of the arms (more on that below) to achieve your objectives regarding deployment or retraction, rather, remove some metal from the appropriate faces of the mounting castings where they abut your FT118. By virtue of casting stop radius to pivot relationship vs foot pad to pivot very little removal is required here to achieve major repositioning of said foot pads. </p><p> </p><p>Besides the characteristics aforementioned when parked - light foot pad loading - an additional objective is some resistance to rolling of the stand when deployed. The farther you can position the foot pad forward of the 90 degree line of perpendicularity to the machine where the stand pivots when viewed overheard, the more you'll have a chance of decreasing this tendency because the radius of the pad to pivot decreases relative to that 90 degree line measurment requiring the machine to jack itself slightly when rolling forward in order to fall over. I add a slight measure of insurance and achieve more side ground clearance when retracted by welding my feet pads with their top face tilted towards the rear. </p><p> </p><p>With installation on a B series this won't be as noticeable as on a C, let alone a C with longer springs, but, you will notice by virtue of their increased length they hang down a bit lower than the shorter originals. If you grind the stand bosses slightly you can achieve full retracted tuck against engine plates like stock and the reduced ground clearance shouldn't be an issue. I returned from 4 days of loading/unloading two machines from a Chevy cargo van multiple times daily on a standard aluminum ramp at the VOC NA rally without any grounding whatsoever.</p><p> </p><p>Good luck with your install.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="peterg, post: 12317, member: 446"] Howdy Bill, These are the most elegant and stock appearing means to achieving a stable parking solution for your Vincent such that your rear stand/after market center stand will be relegated to machine servicing/storage rather than a primary (sometimes awkward) parking device. If you do get a set of these stands, I'd forgo any bending of the arms (more on that below) to achieve your objectives regarding deployment or retraction, rather, remove some metal from the appropriate faces of the mounting castings where they abut your FT118. By virtue of casting stop radius to pivot relationship vs foot pad to pivot very little removal is required here to achieve major repositioning of said foot pads. Besides the characteristics aforementioned when parked - light foot pad loading - an additional objective is some resistance to rolling of the stand when deployed. The farther you can position the foot pad forward of the 90 degree line of perpendicularity to the machine where the stand pivots when viewed overheard, the more you'll have a chance of decreasing this tendency because the radius of the pad to pivot decreases relative to that 90 degree line measurment requiring the machine to jack itself slightly when rolling forward in order to fall over. I add a slight measure of insurance and achieve more side ground clearance when retracted by welding my feet pads with their top face tilted towards the rear. With installation on a B series this won't be as noticeable as on a C, let alone a C with longer springs, but, you will notice by virtue of their increased length they hang down a bit lower than the shorter originals. If you grind the stand bosses slightly you can achieve full retracted tuck against engine plates like stock and the reduced ground clearance shouldn't be an issue. I returned from 4 days of loading/unloading two machines from a Chevy cargo van multiple times daily on a standard aluminum ramp at the VOC NA rally without any grounding whatsoever. Good luck with your install. [/QUOTE]
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