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Norman Hyde Centre Stand
Sent to: ThreeDog
Hi--both Dek and myself have installed these. Mine is on an America--don't know for sure about Dek's. No pics from my effort, but maybe Dek has some.
The job takes about 40 minutes--you must remove the left pipe to run the bolts for the stand into the frame. Attaching the spring is the next chore--a little brute force is needed. Did the coins-between-the-coils thing with the spring, but it was tough--took about three tries. Coins kept working loose. Be sure to grease the pivot points.
As far as pulling the bike up on the stand after installation, it's mostly finesse. You might find pulling on the frame or on the rear foot-pegs helps as you plant your right foot on the stand and use your left on the handlebar-grip. I wound-up using a length of nylon webbing as a strap to loop around the frame and my right hand--it gave me a little more room to do the rock-back-and-stand maneuver.
After the bike is up, the stand is great for steadying it to do service or repairs. Even with the shipping from the UK to the USA, it was cheaper from Norman Hyde than from Rivco.
Good luck with it!
Cheers,
John
P.S. - as noted above, I really have to lean it over on left turns to achieve a scrape with the Norman Hyde stand. Can't say anything about a Rivco or other.
Best wishes to all!
