Lubing the side stand pivot on an early 2V K bike

[frankenduck]

Later K bikes (not sure what year the change was made) have a collar with a Zerk fitting to lube the side stand pivot.  The early ones just have a hole to push grease through.

Although the link below is for different parts on earlier R bikes, apparently it will also work on early K side stands.

http://w6rec.com/duane/bmw/grease/index.htm

[TimTyler]

This small $6 Harbor Freight grease gun works perfectly right out of the box for lubing the center stands without Zerk fittings.



(Grease sold separately.)

[TimTyler]

Some fool stole my grease gun from my driveway. Went to HF today to replace it and the item is discontinued :(

Found something similar on Amazon.

This might be cool too. And it's smaller and cheaper.

[TimTyler]

I opted for the "deluxe" $11 model Oregon Chain Saw Premium Grease Gun 40469-A.

Good build quality. Works great, better than the HF mini grease gun. Comes preloaded with enough grease for about 1000 center stand lubes.

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