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Offline Sebsi

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Did I bend my center stand?
« on: September 20, 2013, 12:36:25 PM »
Does this look right?

Suddenly it got real hard to center stand the bike. Maybe it's me, maybe it's not? It seems to fit where it's supposed to but I don't really have a clear memory of what it 'should' look like.



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Offline rbm

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2013, 12:46:06 PM »
Doesn't look quite right.  It should look like this:
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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2013, 10:30:10 PM »
Yea, something doesn't look right there.....
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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2013, 03:57:56 PM »
Damn Gremlins!  :falldown:
You better get you one of those lil' dingle bells to scare em off  :hehehe
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Offline Sebsi

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2014, 09:15:49 AM »
Any suggestions on how to unbend this? Or, just buy Drake's for $125?

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Offline rbm

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2014, 10:53:50 AM »
could you heat the bend using a propane torch, clamp it in a vice and then bend it back.  There isn't a great deal of stress on that part of the stand when in use.  You can try and if the arm breaks, you can always get the complete stand from Drake. 
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Offline drut

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2014, 05:12:31 PM »
"Any suggestions on how to unbend this?"

Best bet is to find someone with oxy-acetylene torch,with that it would easily straighten.My worry would be what weakness allowed it to bend in the first place?
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Offline Sebsi

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2014, 08:31:22 PM »
Right, and my worry would be heating it and bending it back, only to have it break when I'm centering it...which could lead to a dropped bike, injury, impotence, hair loss, the nubs, dry mouth, etc....
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Offline Motorhobo

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2014, 08:43:30 AM »
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Offline racinrich

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2014, 06:34:06 PM »
are they all the same k1100lt rs and k100lt ?
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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2014, 06:40:39 PM »
Quote from: racinrich on May 05, 2014, 06:34:06 PM
are they all the same k1100lt rs and k100lt ?

2V's is different from the 4V's.
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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2014, 06:47:08 PM »
Sorry -- wrong thread. I thought this was the guy whose center stand broke -- that was a 2v....but he's in Norway so I guess this US eBay link won't help much.
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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2014, 09:14:34 AM »
K1100 center stand for sale on IBMWR.org -- $75 + $15 shipping....

http://marketplace.ibmwr.org/ads/view/id/219839

Just sayin'...

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Re: Did I bend my center stand?
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2014, 06:08:36 PM »
Heat it up, bend it to the correct shape weld re enforcement gussets to each side, heat it up again quench it in cold water whilst still hot. Once painted no one will notice and will last ages. CX500 plastic maggot did the same thing on me years ago bike is still standing (I think)  :falldown:
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