kickstand Mod
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kickstand Mod
any one ever done any thing like this?
i see kickstands that are made with just one side but i cant find a place to buy one or one that would mount up to a 92 elite
think this might work?
i see kickstands that are made with just one side but i cant find a place to buy one or one that would mount up to a 92 elite
think this might work?
"Its not what you ride, its that you ride"
1996--------Honda Elite S-
1991--------Tomos Targa-
And a Bunch of other bikes.
1996--------Honda Elite S-
1991--------Tomos Targa-
And a Bunch of other bikes.
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Out to work, but might be better if it also swung outwards a little as it goes down.
I have a Honda Gyro (three wheeler) that previously had a broken pivot
lock. Normally, on a Gyro, you flip a lever, that action sets a parking pawl to lock one rear wheel, *and* locks up the pivot to the Gyro frame will stay upright. With a broken pivot lock, the frame would fall to one side almost like a 2 wheeled scooter.
Anyway, instead of fixing the pivot lock the prevous owner just welded on a bicycle kickstand, then did a little shortening and bending. it worked excellent, but added another step to parking the Gyro.
Getting back to making the kickstand swing outwards - Take a look at a bicycle kickstand, they are mounted at an angle to increase the spread from the frame as it is swung down. Without the angled mount, your kickstand may end up sticking out further than you want when it's in the 'up' position.
A downside of the side style kickstand is that parked on uphill/downhills, you'd be more likely to need to set your parking brake, the kickstand doesn't have much holding power even on a bicycle.
I have a Honda Gyro (three wheeler) that previously had a broken pivot
lock. Normally, on a Gyro, you flip a lever, that action sets a parking pawl to lock one rear wheel, *and* locks up the pivot to the Gyro frame will stay upright. With a broken pivot lock, the frame would fall to one side almost like a 2 wheeled scooter.
Anyway, instead of fixing the pivot lock the prevous owner just welded on a bicycle kickstand, then did a little shortening and bending. it worked excellent, but added another step to parking the Gyro.
Getting back to making the kickstand swing outwards - Take a look at a bicycle kickstand, they are mounted at an angle to increase the spread from the frame as it is swung down. Without the angled mount, your kickstand may end up sticking out further than you want when it's in the 'up' position.
A downside of the side style kickstand is that parked on uphill/downhills, you'd be more likely to need to set your parking brake, the kickstand doesn't have much holding power even on a bicycle.
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That wouldn't work well with the Honda center stand design on the Spree (not sure on others.) Not sure what the point is in any case; center stand is usually better grounding; it's not a 600# bike, after all.
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Not to bring up an old topic. But on the Elite's a mod like this works. I have a 95 that the center stand has been cut and made into a side stand. I will post some pics if you guys want. It works quite well.noiseguy wrote:That wouldn't work well with the Honda center stand design on the Spree (not sure on others.) Not sure what the point is in any case; center stand is usually better grounding; it's not a 600# bike, after all.
hahaha, bumping up one of my first topics i ever made.
Yeah man, post it up.
You can buy side stands for the elite, but they are hard to find and cost a lot. So if it does work good then maybe more people will do it.
Yeah man, post it up.
You can buy side stands for the elite, but they are hard to find and cost a lot. So if it does work good then maybe more people will do it.
"Its not what you ride, its that you ride"
1996--------Honda Elite S-
1991--------Tomos Targa-
And a Bunch of other bikes.
1996--------Honda Elite S-
1991--------Tomos Targa-
And a Bunch of other bikes.
My S is on my front porch, I just cleaned the carb on it tonight. I will go get a couple pics.Dac wrote:hahaha, bumping up one of my first topics i ever made.
Yeah man, post it up.
You can buy side stands for the elite, but they are hard to find and cost a lot. So if it does work good then maybe more people will do it.
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