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Falco\Tuono side stand

#1 Post by Tonyunn » Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:48 am

A friend of mine has a Tuono and asked me about his side stand, he stated that his seems to lean over a lot and he is afraid that it might topple one day.

I knew straight away when I bought my falco I had to change the stand, did or does the tuono suffer from the same thing.

I said I would ask for him and then pass on the information or the link if there is one.

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I haven't seen his bike in the flesh so I can't say how bad the lean is.
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#2 Post by flatlander » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:33 am

From everything I have heard and having asked about this recently for Gen 1 I would say yes Tuono Mille and Falco do unlike the mobile sofa which Mart Tells me has a centre stand :)
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#3 Post by MartDude » Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:40 am

flatlander wrote:From everything I have heard and having asked about this recently for Gen 1 I would say yes Tuono Mille and Falco do unlike the mobile sofa which Mart Tells me has a centre stand :)
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#4 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:26 pm

and a free hernia when mart uses it......


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#5 Post by Tonyunn » Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:54 am

Sorry for the sense of humour bypass but could someone tell me does the Tuono have a problem with its side stand.
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#6 Post by flatlander » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:08 am

Yes
For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
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#7 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:46 am

yes

but consider the following caveat

the tuono's generally have a better spec rear shock on them than the falco and early mille and are often set higher - hence why they do lean over more BUT - as i have said in other threads, look at the bike from behind when it is on its side stand - the footprint remains very narrow so....


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#8 Post by Falcopops » Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:04 am

Not a difinitive answere, but I've never known anyone to replace the Falco stand with a UK Tuono one, so I'm assuming it is the same beast. There may be merit in replacing the tilter plate to get the stand to stick out a bit more, but it's never going to be a great fix.
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Re: Falco\Tuono side stand

#9 Post by D-Rider » Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:19 am

Tonyunn wrote:A friend of mine has a Tuono and asked me about his side stand, he stated that his seems to lean over a lot and he is afraid that it might topple one day.

I knew straight away when I bought my falco I had to change the stand, did or does the tuono suffer from the same thing.

I said I would ask for him and then pass on the information or the link if there is one.

cheers

I haven't seen his bike in the flesh so I can't say how bad the lean is.
Exactly the same problem we have - basically same old crock of shite (except for the USA market bikes)

The sidestand bracket is the same part number - however the stand itself doesn't share part numbers.
I've never closely compared the two but I think they are probably the same stand with a simple difference (which I suspect is the positioning of the rod that sticks out for you to be able to get your foot on it and kick it down).
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