Fitting a centre stand?

jimmyd · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 15 Aug 2012 Karma :

How hard would it be to fit a centre stand to a bike that never had one fitted as standard?

I park my bike on the road (Honda VRX400) and it's not the steadiest on its side stand... it wouldn't take much of a push to push it over. That means a shove from a car or a drunken chav on a Friday night could cost me at any time.

I'm thinking a centre stand would help, but have no idea how I'd fit one... are there generic centre stands that are designed to fit any bike...?

Casper · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Karma :

Has it got lugs under the frame for one?

unitynotsocri... · Banned Joined: 29 Jun 2011 Karma :

it would be easier to add another sidestand,a specialist would make you one for a price but your ground clearance would suffer
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Casper · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2010 Karma :

FWIW i had a ZRX11 and that had no centre stand. The side stand was also to long making the bike unstable in wind. You could look into a shorter stand to give the bike more lean. Dont go to short though.

..... · Quote Me Happy Joined: 15 Jan 2005 Karma :

I know SW Motech make a centre stand for the XT600E and plenty of other bikes - I know this is no good for your bike (I can't see one for your bike on their site) but it means there are companies out there making stands.

Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

If the sidestand is causing the bike to stand up too straight, grind down the stop so that it swings forward more when down. This allows the bike to settle at more of an angle from upright and makes it a lot sturdier on the stand and less likely to roll off it.
Take care - a little bit of grinding makes a lot of difference to the angle, so grind and test 1mm at a time.
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jimmyd · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 15 Aug 2012 Karma :

Thanks all, sounds like a centre stand would be a fair bit of work/cost.

Think I'll give filing the side stand a go; just another couple of degrees would make me happier... it currently makes the bike sit pretty much upright with just enough lean to shift the weight onto the stand.