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Just installed the Rivco center stand this weekend and other than the heroic amount of strength it takes to lift the bike, I really like the convenience.

The problem is that is the lift arm on the left side scrapes the ground when making tight left turns. These are the turns made at 10-12 mph like when turning from a left turn lane onto a side street. I'm leaning fairly tight, but not so much that I've ever felt unsafe.

The limit screw is all the way up, so the stand is as tight to the top of the frame as it will go. The bike has not been lowered.

Anyone else experience this problem?

Yikes, that sounds potentially dangerous at some point. All it takes is to catch and throw you off huh?

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I have floor boards on my Speedy and have only scraped them once or twice. When I installed the center stand I looked closely at the clearance. It looked like the floor boards would still touch before the stand. I was surprised when the center stand arm scraped on a slow speed left hand turn as you described. The scrape was very light on the arm for the stand. I didn't see much concern due to the location of contact on the arm. I just noted it was possible and adjusted accordingly. As for the strength to lift the bike on to the stand, it does take some getting use to. The hand strap is a little clumsy. I am looking for a solution to mount a lift handle on the bike at the appropriate height. After a little practice I could get on the stand on the second rocking back, now I can even do it with the bike fully loaded.

It wakes me up when my floorboards start chattering when they scrape on the hero pegs. Makes ya feel alive, that's for sure.

Martin, David,

Are your bikes lowered at all?

My bike is lowered, I put a piece of scrap plywood under the back wheel and now it doesn't seem to take an unreasonable amount of strength to lift. As for dragging, only done it twice - once hitting a dip turning onto an on-ramp, the other was laying it over pretty far on the dragon, I chalked it up to being lowered.

Yes, & it sure got my immediate attention. It happened on a low-speed, sharp left turn at steep lean, when I crossed the crown in the road centerline.

I have yet to ground the Triumph footboards. My other bike is an S4, so I do know how to heel a bike over.

The bike isn't lowered. The photo of the center stand on the NewSpeedmaster site seems to show it wrapping higher and closer to the exhaust than mine seems to sit.

I have the 412 progressive shocks with heavy duty spring that are stock lenght, 12" I think. I have to agree with Martin about the picture of the stand on Newspeedmaster.com. My stand has a rubber bushing thingy on the arm. I quess to protect the exhaust pipe when coming off the stand. I was afraid it would contact the hot exhaust and melt or burn, but it has about a good 1/2 inch of clearance in it up position.

There is an adjustable stop on the centerstands upper mount, this should be adjusted so that the stand retracts as far as possible. The pedal arm should have little or no clearance between the muffler.
Even when it is adjusted properly it is possible to drag or scrape the bottom of the pedal arm when it curves around the muffler during severe or hard cornering. Dragging of the left foot peg or floorboard (if so equipped) will occur at approximately the same degree of lean angle (severe or hard cornering).
This is not a design flaw but rather a design limitation dictated by the manufacturers design of the motorcycle itself.

Thanks for the fine tuning points regarding the center stand installation Stephanie. And for Rivco's engineering and production of the center stand. Bravo!

Don't forget to include your weight and condition of the road when cornering. If you hit a dip/bump when turning or are carrying extra weight/baggage, you will be more prone to dragging.

Set your shocks to the highest settings