centre stand remove?

[skik]

my bike wont sit right on the centre stand [have to put piece of wood under one leg].think it must be bent.is it hard to remove?

[FJ1100mjk]

No. Just two bolts and a spring to remove to get it off.

[Pat Conlon]

It's a heavy spring.....
Extend the stand so that the spring stretches...put a bunch of nickels between the coils of the spring....relax the spring...it's much easier to take off.

[bigbore2]

put a bunch of nickels between the coils of the spring

Jeez Pat, I figured a guy with your means would at least use quarters.

[Pat Conlon]

My wife gets all the quarters....and dimes....she leaves me all the nickels and pennies.

Isn't that normal?

[bigbore2]

As long as she is happy, it is. Otherwise say goodbye to the nickels and pennies.

[keand3]

My wife gets all the quarters....and dimes....she leaves me all the nickels and pennies.

Isn't that normal?

I get all the bills.... Guess that's normal too.. 

[Joe Sull]

Trying to work on the bike without a centerstand sucks! I'm using 2 jacks and a 2x4 across the suspension arm cause the PO took it off.
If you don't have another to bolt right in, your still better off with what you got. That the first think I need to buy when the money starts coming in.

[Pat Conlon]

Baaah, center stands are over rated..... Removing it saves weight and is one less thing to drag the ground in left hand sweepers.

Joe get a swing arm stand and a stand for your front forks. Great for home use.

What to do on the road? How do you lube your chain, you may ask....

Easy...I have a YZF1000 Thunder Ace rear end conversion (on both bikes) which has a hollow back axle, so I use this:

http://www.aerostich.com/tools/maintenance-repairs/bikestands/lift-and-lube.html

How about chain adjustments?

I do mine at home, never on the road....a quality chain is like a Ronco oven...set it and forget it.

How about flats?  On the road, how do I take my back wheel off to fix a flat?

Never had to...a Stop and Go tire plug kit with the 16oz CO2 cartridges has always come thru....on rare instances, the traditional red rope tire plugs are needed.

Don't have a hollow rear axle?   Neeeener, neeeeener....neeener   

[Fj.itis]

I removed my centre stand, but put it back on with no spring every time i need to work on it, takes 30 sec to put on and off with no spring.

[Zwartie]

My FJ has no centre stand and although I miss it from time to time, it really isn't a big deal.

Here's what I use when I need to lube the chain on the road.


And here it is in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jwUv3y7hsGI

I just put the bike on the side stand, turn the handlebars all the way to the left, use a velcro strap to keep the front brake applied and crank up the home-made stand on the right side of the swingarm until the rear tire can spin freely. I put anti-seize on the threads and can crank it easily by hand. I used it every day on the Alaska trip.

Zwartie

[ribbert]

I removed my centre stand, but put it back on with no spring every time i need to work on it, takes 30 sec to put on and off with no spring.

Yep, that's what I do.

I take it one step further and stick it in my bag on trips. Although I'm hoping my new chain and Scottoiler will make that unnecessary in the future.

Noel

[JMR]

Baaah, center stands are over rated..... Removing it saves weight and is one less thing to drag the ground in left hand sweepers.

Joe get a swing arm stand and a stand for your front forks. Great for home use.

That is for sure.