2003 K1200RS Side and Center Stand re-build

[k547]

The side and center stand on my 51,000 mile, three previous owners bike looked terrible, after close inspection and some scraping I decided there was no corrosion, just a hellacious and tenacious coating of dirt that a wire brush and solvent wouldn't remove.

 

[k547]

Sent out for sand blasting and then prepped for 60% semi gloss black powder coat, the center stand bushings and their bearing surfaces polished and new O rings installed with Maxima Waterproof (purple) motorcycle grease. Fasteners re-finished and new rubber stop pads and spring dampers installed. Now both stands retract smoothly and silently stop on the new, thicker rubber stops.

 

[k547]

Since I was already going to the powder coat shop I had the rear drive torque links re-finished in Silver semi gloss and installed new rubber bushings, the originals were hardened.

 

[fmdualexhaust]

Looks great.

 

[k547]

At 200 miles on clean dry roads the middle section of the freshly powdercoated centerstand cross bar was already being abraded by rear tire debris. Just a matter of time before it's thru to the metal. An easily installed/replaced sacrificial protection is needed.

I bought some bicycle frame protection adhesive backed clear film from Cambria Mountain Bikes.



Made a template from printer paper and cut a piece of Lizard Skin to fit with a razor blade on a cutting board.
Sticker On! (for installing graphics on dirt bikes) was used to temporarily nullify the adhesive. Without this it would have been extremely difficult to position straight/centered/no air bubbles.