Side Stand
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 3:35 pm
Well update on my bike be knocked over by white van man (my neighbours son) he has agreed to pay and all is well so just paint to get done and we are all good again.
in the meantime I decided to address the issue of the crappy Aprilia side stand, having read numerous suggestions as to the best way forward. Most involve the GSXR of fireblade stand. The GSXR looked too messy and the fireblade stand in the year range is hard to get anywhere at a reasonable price.
I read somewhere that a Blackbird stand would do, so I got one of fleabay for £15 inc postage.
Most suggest that just the stand is the way forward, so I dismantled the two stands and all went well. Once fitted the bike was far more stable but still very upright and there are a number of other issues.
1 - the stand sits to far in when it's up and has a short kick arm so it is difficult to get at whilst you are on the bike.
2 - the switch from the falco require another pin hole to be drilled in the stand
3 - the falco bracket does not allow the stand to stop when up so it hits the underside of the exhaust.
Whilst all the issues are solvable I decided to try the honda stand and bracket, as to be honest the whole assembly is better made.
Things you need to do:
1 - reshape the top of the bracket so it missed the engine casing bumps, good old angle grinder (10 minutes)
2 - elongate one of the mounting holes on the bracket as they are about 0.5 mm too far apart. Dremel - 5 minutes
That done and the stand fitted the bike now has a good angle of lean. The stand angles further forward than I think it should but by the same token it is rock solid and would never roll forward off the stand. It now meet the honda stop and does not catch the exhaust and sits out a bit more than using the falco bracket so is easy to lower whilst sat on the bike.
Then the dreaded switch. The honda one does not work. It only has 2 wires instead of 3 and using the existing mounting pins, the light off when down and on when up.
I then tried the falco switch and again using the existing honda mounting points it works perfectly.
All in all I am happy with the overall job, it is 100% more stable, more solidly made, a quality item and only took 15 minutes fettling and no one minds a good fettling.
I will post some pictures as soon as I can if anyone is interested.
The stand was an 05 Blackbird stand.
in the meantime I decided to address the issue of the crappy Aprilia side stand, having read numerous suggestions as to the best way forward. Most involve the GSXR of fireblade stand. The GSXR looked too messy and the fireblade stand in the year range is hard to get anywhere at a reasonable price.
I read somewhere that a Blackbird stand would do, so I got one of fleabay for £15 inc postage.
Most suggest that just the stand is the way forward, so I dismantled the two stands and all went well. Once fitted the bike was far more stable but still very upright and there are a number of other issues.
1 - the stand sits to far in when it's up and has a short kick arm so it is difficult to get at whilst you are on the bike.
2 - the switch from the falco require another pin hole to be drilled in the stand
3 - the falco bracket does not allow the stand to stop when up so it hits the underside of the exhaust.
Whilst all the issues are solvable I decided to try the honda stand and bracket, as to be honest the whole assembly is better made.
Things you need to do:
1 - reshape the top of the bracket so it missed the engine casing bumps, good old angle grinder (10 minutes)
2 - elongate one of the mounting holes on the bracket as they are about 0.5 mm too far apart. Dremel - 5 minutes
That done and the stand fitted the bike now has a good angle of lean. The stand angles further forward than I think it should but by the same token it is rock solid and would never roll forward off the stand. It now meet the honda stop and does not catch the exhaust and sits out a bit more than using the falco bracket so is easy to lower whilst sat on the bike.
Then the dreaded switch. The honda one does not work. It only has 2 wires instead of 3 and using the existing mounting pins, the light off when down and on when up.
I then tried the falco switch and again using the existing honda mounting points it works perfectly.
All in all I am happy with the overall job, it is 100% more stable, more solidly made, a quality item and only took 15 minutes fettling and no one minds a good fettling.
I will post some pictures as soon as I can if anyone is interested.
The stand was an 05 Blackbird stand.
