Fitting the f***ing side stand spring!

SZRacer

SZRacer

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Hi all,

After turning the air blue with my curses, I'm wondering if the group has any good tips suggestions for this:

Been trying to fit the side stand I bought from Wolfgang last year, on my 1969 750 GT.

Obviously, bolting the side stand in position is no problem, but I cannot for the life of me work out how to get the spring in.

I've tried using the hook tool i had left over from an old exhaust, but there's not enough space below the bike to get a good pull on the spring from below.

I've also tried attaching the spring at both points, with the stand loose, and pulling the stand down far enough to get the bolt in. But I've obviously not eaten enough spinach recently, as it's beyond me.  ::) :'(

Any tips for getting the spring in?

Cheers,

James
 
Try putting  2pence pieces between each coil to extend the spring.

Doesn't have to be 2pences anything that fits betwwen if you get my drift.

Spring away,
Andy
 
SZRacer said:
Excellent! Will give the 'coin trick' a go (assuming it's not a wind-up! ;))
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Defitely works. Here in OZ we use 5c pieces. Bend the spring one way shove coins in,  bend it the way shove the same  number of coins in. If not long enought more coins or porn. shove it in....
 
Shouldn't be that hard. I grip the edge of the spring ring with vice grips and manoeuvre it into place. I like the coin trick though - it'd be a lot quicker with big notes ... time is money, as we all know  8)
 
Side stand Spring is the same thing as a BREV Brake Shoe Spring.

Don't count of that side spring holding holding your Breganze upright when parked.

You gotta park Perfectly - Or else she will fall over denting your tank off the handle bars.

It's a pain side stand that no other riders understand but love your center stand as you can tare your motor apart with a Braganze Center Stand.
 
Sometimes it is better to leave the side stand unbolted and connect the spring first. Then use the leverage afforded by using the side stand. This is one of the things that I would have liked to see how the factory did things.
Ian
 
Vice grips works most of the time, but on stands with really vicious springs, I use a loop of tie wire around the hook on the spring and a wooden toggle-type handle at the other end of the wire to get a good grip, then pull like a teenager and try to hook it onto the stand. Once the spring is installed, the pull wire can be cut and removed.
 
Laverda SF said:
It's a pain side stand that no other riders understand but love your center stand as you can tare your motor apart with a Braganze Center Stand.
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I'm with you, Ron. Cut off my sidestand 25 years ago when I fitted a 2/1 - LOVE my centrestand. Pity the poor sidestand-onlies, such as Zane riders, who might have to remove a rear wheel out in the middle of nowhere!!!
 
I've been working on a guy's BMW, and one of the jobs was to fix the floppy side stand (pivot was worn out).  The other thing I did at the owner's request was move the upper spring hook so that the spring goes over-centre.  The stand now stays put when deployed. Side stands that flip up when you take the weight off them (like the RGS stand) are a PITA.
 
Dellortoman said:
I've been working on a guy's BMW, and one of the jobs was to fix the floppy side stand (pivot was worn out).  The other thing I did at the owner's request was move the upper spring hook so that the spring goes over-centre.  The stand now stays put when deployed. Side stands that flip up when you take the weight off them (like the RGS stand) are a PITA.
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They are also a legal requirement in many countries... normal practice until "idiot-proof" devices such as side-stand and clutch cut-out switches were introduced.

piet
 
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