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Has anyone put a center stand on their bike? I have one on the beemer, and I like being able to stand the thing up straight. Makes things like oil changes easier.
I've seen that there's one available. I'm curious if anyone's put one on, and what their experience has been. Is it pretty easy to get the bike up on it?
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 cant put on stand by myself but my rear wheel is different than stock
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Grzegorz,
Try rolling the rear of the bike up on a piece of scrap wood like a 2x4 and it should come up easier. Works for mine and I have lower shocks.
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good idea will try at work thanks
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I bought one from Fast Eddy last April and have loved it ever since. Makes cleaning the wheel a breeze and airing up/Chain service too. Also good for when your doing almost anything else to the bike and want it nice and stable and not leaning to one side.  Today I hooked up the rest of the wires for a Kisan Signal minder and it went real easy taking the tank off and swiveling the bars back and forth as I threaded the wires and got things all set the way I wanted them on both sides of the frame etc.  It does scrape when taking a hard left turn but so does the stock exhaust and peg...scares the h e double hockey sticks outta people that are nearby when it happens - SCCCCCRRRRAAAAAPPPE  
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Today I hooked up the rest of the wires for a Kisan Signal minder and it went real easy taking the tank off and swiveling the bars back and forth as I threaded the wires and got things all set the way I wanted them on both sides of the frame etc.
Why did you have to swivel your bars for the signal minder?
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Today I hooked up the rest of the wires for a Kisan Signal minder and it went real easy taking the tank off and swiveling the bars back and forth as I threaded the wires and got things all set the way I wanted them on both sides of the frame etc.
Why did you have to swivel your bars for the signal minder?
to keep from whacking my head on the grip/lever when I leaned in to run the wires and to make sure I had enough slack for how I did it.
turn the bars one way while on one side and the other way when on the other side.
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I have one from the 1st batch. I need a 1" slat of wood under the back tire to use the stand without hernia-inducing effort. All things considered I like the stand & would do it again.
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Has anyone put a grab handle on the side like the old bikes had to put it up on the stand?
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It comes with a short strap that wraps around a section of frame and I just hook on the rear foot peg on trips.
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It comes with a strap to wrap around the frame by the ignition. Helps alot to get it up on the stand.
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I have a single seat rail on mine and it makes it very to roll onto the stand , if you are having trouble getting it on the stand it`s just practice they roll up very easy with time
What goes round comes round
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Cool paint job, Grzegorz. 
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Hi Joe
I put one on months ago, works well and I'm no condom full of wallnuts and don't have any difficulty using it. I still run stock tyres and suspension.
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"condom full of wallnuts"
OK, can someone from OZ please translate that into Yank? 
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"condom full of wallnuts"
OK, can someone from OZ please translate that into Yank?
Just guessing here, but I would assume that "Condom full of walnuts" is a descriptive expression for a muscle-y type person. (i.e., the skin being the condom, and the muscles being the walnuts.) If I'm wrong, please correct.
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"condom full of wallnuts"
OK, can someone from OZ please translate that into Yank?
Just guessing here, but I would assume that "Condom full of walnuts" is a descriptive expression for a muscle-y type person. (i.e., the skin being the condom, and the muscles being the walnuts.) If I'm wrong, please correct.
Hey Joe 
You hit the nail on the head,, "Mr Universe type" is a ruff yank translation
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Hey Joe
You hit the nail on the head,, "Mr Universe type" is a ruff yank translation
Great! I've got a couple of internet friends in your fair country so I've picked up a bit of the lingo.
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G'day DollarBill (that's about a buck innit), just wondering where you got the stand from and about how much to get it to "the Gong", guess it would be much of a muchness to "the Alice".
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Translation please? The Gong? Much of a muchness to "the Alice"? I get much of a muchness.
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Hey Ray I got it from Brent at www.newspeedmaster.com. Along with heaps of other trinkets over the last 18 months. They're good!! Quality products, spot on service. Order on thursday or friday and it will arrive the next week. May be a little longer in the outback. It cost under $300, but that was when the Aussie $ was around 95c, Probably gunna cost around $450 now. I prefer to leave the bike vertical when in the garage. Still rekon tyres can get flat spots when left for too long in one spot. And it comes in handy for maintainence times. The tag goes way back, when I had a few. $$$ that is. Raised 3 boys and they bought me a Trump!!! for fathers day, but the funds came out of their inheritence.
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Hey Dog
"The Gong" - Wollongong on the eastern seaboard. Just south of Sydney.
"The Alice" - Alice Springs, fair in the the guts of Aus.
"Much of a muchness" - about the same.
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I need an Aussie slang phrase book! Thanx guys.
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Hey dog If I put a mind to it I might get a round tuit one day. 
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Hey Dog Told ya I might get a round tuit!!! Try this on for starters!! http://www.aussieslang.com/Feel free to reqest more detailed explanations any time. 
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I bookmarked that to read farther later. Kinda feel better I am pretty good on the basics already! Great post. 
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G'day DollarBill (that's about a buck innit), just wondering where you got the stand from and about how much to get it to "the Gong", guess it would be much of a muchness to "the Alice".
fasteddysports is selling them on special at the mo
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Just a minor rant here, but why do these bikes not come with a stock center stand? Both of my previous bikes had them, and they're one of the most useful pieces of equipment any bike can have. I don't think it would hurt sales to much to bump the price up a few bucks to make centerstands standard equipment.
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According to Triumph they were going to have them but they pulled them because they were too low, and they were worried about throwing the bike over. Aparently in the early days a test rider was high sided from grounding a footpeg.
I have scraped mine, makes a horrible sound - frightened the tihs outa me the first time, but now I know whereit is
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Interesting. Well, I received my Rivco stand today, and I have to say I'm impressed with it. It's very heavy-duty.
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Bit of a problem: The centerstand doesn't seem to want to fit inside the frame. It's just a teeny bit too wide. Anybody else encounter this problem? Any tips?
-Joe Merlino
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mine was the same some minor grinding of stand and fit
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If you only want to use the $300 or so stand to do a little work on the bike you could save some $$$ and get a bit of wood 8" x 2" drill a hole in it and use a bit of pipe inserted through the hole to raise and lower the bike. Works a treat and costs next to nothing.
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If you only want to use the $300 or so stand to do a little work on the bike you could save some $$$ and get a bit of wood 8" x 2" drill a hole in it and use a bit of pipe inserted through the hole to raise and lower the bike. Works a treat and costs next to nothing.
Agree wholeheartedly. Don't have the centerstand, but it would make a fine farkle when trekking if only for lubing the chain. Can't see much need for it otherwise. But being as it cost as much as a set of tires and tubes, or two thirds the price of a chain kit, well, I'm waiting for the, "here Moe, give me a hundred bucks and it is yours"...
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