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... re the center stand. I know what you mean about this issue. I haven't mentioned the following before, but yeah, I did run into a similar issue with mine when I was bolting it up.

What I did to get it to swing forward enough was to take my bench grinder and ground down the two little stopping "nubs" about 1/16 inch or so along the side of 'em that swing along the bottom of the bike's frame rail. That allowed the stand to swing a little more forward before the those nubs land up against that section of the frame rail.

There still appears to be plenty enough of those nubs left to be strong and sturdy enough to support the whole structure whenever the stand is being engaged.

I do think an alternate plan might be to slightly grind down the bottom and back corner of that frame rail mounting area enough to allow those nubs to engage further forward.

Yeah, it does seem a slight shame that one has to do this to get these stands to work perfectly, but I've just chalked this all up in the "Minor/Personal Preference Adjustment" column.



Dwight, would you mind if I send your comment about having to grind the stop pins to the US distributor? Did grinding the pins a 1/16 inch also let them clear the end of the frame rails and swing past them OK? I'd much rather grind the stand than my America's frame if that fixes both problems.

It appears my stand is not an aberration then, but a day-one problem with the design that could be easily corrected on future stands; getting them to alter their fixtures would save other America owners the lost time and frustration we've had - well at least that I've had lying on the cement in my cramped bike shed and taking photos to send to the distributor. The best solution would be for them to correct the design and I am willing to wait if Dave can effect the change and send another stand to verify the correct spacing.

Phil in Northwest Arkansas 04 America, Black, Corbin seat, TORs, no AI, 34K