1 Right Hand Side Stand. Sat Jan 06, 2024 4:13 am
MartinW
Life time member
I'm in the process of building a RH side stand. Years ago I fitted a later straight leg stand which I shortened to compensate for a shorter YSS shock. At the time I trimmed off an extra 8mm to allow the fitting of a RH stand between the stand and the gearbox. Spacers took up the gap until I got around to it. This it went on the back burner for quite a few years. Just before Christmas I decided to resurrect the project after I managed to score an OEM side stand off one of the K Kronies, thanks Vic.
I used a piece of 8mm thick by 40mm wide steel bar which was bent to mirror the angle of the LH stand. I put the bike into my docking station and jacked up the bike to allow me to remove the stand. I removed the front stand bolts and loosened the rear bolts I then slid a narrower temporary piece of bent flat bar and moved it around until I was happy and marked the holes. I then used the narrower flat bar to mark the holes on the 40mm bar and drilled the holes. I also notched the bar to clear the centre stand spring mounting point.
I then remounted the bar and using the side stand worked out where to drill the hole for the side stand bush. A couple of 15mm washers took up the clearance. The bar then had to be shaped to allow the stand to pivot and stop in the extended position. As I don't like bushes running on threads I made a new pivot bolt with a longer shaft which required running the thread down further. The bolt was also drilled and tapped to take a grease nipple. I measured the position of the spring hanger mount at 100mm and did a mock up. It seemed bit loose and rattly so I adjusted it to 110mm which is now fine. After refitting to the bike everything seems to clear.
The aluminium foot will have to be removed and the bend in the stand will have to be changed. A paint job will finish it off. SSD is coming over on Monday to help with the bending. I have the correct size benders but heat is also required. In order to see if my conversion would work without shortening the centre stand legs I suggest putting a piece of 8mm ply under your bike and then try and get it onto the centre stand. I also had Matts curved leg stand which came in handy. I could use it for measurements and checking the fit. The hardest part of the job was bending the 8mm thick flat bar with a blow torch, it took three goes. Occasionally I regret getting rid of my oxy/acetylene bottles.
I used a piece of 8mm thick by 40mm wide steel bar which was bent to mirror the angle of the LH stand. I put the bike into my docking station and jacked up the bike to allow me to remove the stand. I removed the front stand bolts and loosened the rear bolts I then slid a narrower temporary piece of bent flat bar and moved it around until I was happy and marked the holes. I then used the narrower flat bar to mark the holes on the 40mm bar and drilled the holes. I also notched the bar to clear the centre stand spring mounting point.
I then remounted the bar and using the side stand worked out where to drill the hole for the side stand bush. A couple of 15mm washers took up the clearance. The bar then had to be shaped to allow the stand to pivot and stop in the extended position. As I don't like bushes running on threads I made a new pivot bolt with a longer shaft which required running the thread down further. The bolt was also drilled and tapped to take a grease nipple. I measured the position of the spring hanger mount at 100mm and did a mock up. It seemed bit loose and rattly so I adjusted it to 110mm which is now fine. After refitting to the bike everything seems to clear.
The aluminium foot will have to be removed and the bend in the stand will have to be changed. A paint job will finish it off. SSD is coming over on Monday to help with the bending. I have the correct size benders but heat is also required. In order to see if my conversion would work without shortening the centre stand legs I suggest putting a piece of 8mm ply under your bike and then try and get it onto the centre stand. I also had Matts curved leg stand which came in handy. I could use it for measurements and checking the fit. The hardest part of the job was bending the 8mm thick flat bar with a blow torch, it took three goes. Occasionally I regret getting rid of my oxy/acetylene bottles.
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1992 K75s