2slowwheels
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Have a new to me 1988 RT. Are there good options for a better/more user friendly sidestand?
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Sidestand for an RT
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There are some threads in the Similar Threads pane below...not sure how applicable they are but worth checking. Snowbum has a page on sidestands:
http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/FarleyBrownSurefoot.htm
http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/FarleyBrownSurefoot.htm
JALAIMO146577
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Sidestand
I prefer the Brown over the Farley because when deployed it goes over-center. I've seen the Farley retract when the bike rolled forward on a slope.
Somewhere there is a thread on the Brown stand about using a clamp (BMW OEM) from a GS cylinder guard or something along that line to mount the front part of stand directly to the frame.
I prefer the Brown over the Farley because when deployed it goes over-center. I've seen the Farley retract when the bike rolled forward on a slope.
Somewhere there is a thread on the Brown stand about using a clamp (BMW OEM) from a GS cylinder guard or something along that line to mount the front part of stand directly to the frame.
happy wanderer
Day Dreaming ...
Mine is another vote for the Brown Sidestand. I have one on my 82 RS and it's excellent in every way. The manufacturer's instructions and mounting hardware however are not so great. It's a two point system where the strong point is your left rear engine mount bolt and the front one is an exhaust pipe clamp. Because the stand flexes and rotates slightly the front clamp slowly destroys your header pipe. First the rust from rubbing the chrome off and then the cracks.
Thankfully there is a cheap and very effective solution using BMW OEM frame clamps.
I posted this solution with a photo here:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?89001-My-Browns-side-stand-install&p=1088733&viewfull=1#post1088733
The whole thread on the same question you have now is here:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?89001-My-Browns-side-stand-install&highlight=brown+sidestand
Pretty sure the Brown stand is still available at Bob's BMW. I have a Flying Teapot sidestand on my 81 G/S. I wanted another Brown stand for it as well but they don't make one for that bike. The Flying Teapot stand is also excellent and both are MILES better than the tricky to deploy BMW OEM stand. My left shin still bears the scars of trying to shove my boot under the left cylinder to get that thing deployed and stay out while I moved the bike over without dropping it. Not their best design to be sure...
Thankfully there is a cheap and very effective solution using BMW OEM frame clamps.
I posted this solution with a photo here:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?89001-My-Browns-side-stand-install&p=1088733&viewfull=1#post1088733
The whole thread on the same question you have now is here:
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?89001-My-Browns-side-stand-install&highlight=brown+sidestand
Pretty sure the Brown stand is still available at Bob's BMW. I have a Flying Teapot sidestand on my 81 G/S. I wanted another Brown stand for it as well but they don't make one for that bike. The Flying Teapot stand is also excellent and both are MILES better than the tricky to deploy BMW OEM stand. My left shin still bears the scars of trying to shove my boot under the left cylinder to get that thing deployed and stay out while I moved the bike over without dropping it. Not their best design to be sure...
Side stand foot
A friend who rides Harley’s showed me how to fold or smash a beer can the right way to do that job.
The only downside to these stands are that they don't have a good foot at the ground. You have to carry the mobile side stand foot for soft pavement, sand, ground, etc. to keep the bikes from taking a nap.
A friend who rides Harley’s showed me how to fold or smash a beer can the right way to do that job.
I found that the Foster's oil can beer is a good selection as a side stand puck. The only problem is it limits the selection of taverns and bars to patronize.
pglaves
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The only downside to these stands are that they don't have a good foot at the ground. You have to carry the mobile side stand foot for soft pavement, sand, ground, etc. to keep the bikes from taking a nap.
Well, compared to an OEM K100 or F800 stand, these have plenty of "foot".
Foster side stand puck
Foster’s oilcan very under appreciated beer, if I have 2 or 3 I am pretty well pucked. Remember the good old days when it was an Aussie beer than one day got one only it was brewed in Canada 
still ok last one I had it was brewed in Texas 
kind of brings to mind the salsa ad.
Also important to know it is possible to find cozies to fit oil cans!
Is it my imagination or does fosters taste better out of the oil can than other sizes?
Last temp up to 26 and I have not tried the oilcan for several years so I think I will go out get one and see where it’s brewed and how it tastes.
I found that the Foster's oil can beer is a good selection as a side stand puck. The only problem is it limits the selection of taverns and bars to patronize.
Foster’s oilcan very under appreciated beer, if I have 2 or 3 I am pretty well pucked. Remember the good old days when it was an Aussie beer
than one day got one only it was brewed in Canada still ok last one I had it was brewed in Texas kind of brings to mind the salsa ad. Also important to know it is possible to find cozies to fit oil cans!
Is it my imagination or does fosters taste better out of the oil can than other sizes?
Last temp up to 26 and I have not tried the oilcan for several years so I think I will go out get one and see where it’s brewed and how it tastes.
pglaves
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How does this mount? To what?
lkchris
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This is a foto from their webpage for the Surefoot for '85-on Airheads ... which is what the original poster has.
The following website--which I think doesn't ship to USA as Motobins does--includes a series of photos showing the mounting. It's the model at the very bottom. Click on the photo and click next until you see it.
https://www.motorworks.co.uk/vlive/Shop/Parts.php?T=5&NU=15&M=20&Ct=MA&SbCt=BA_15_20_MA_45#
Snowbum has photos of Surefoot installations near the bottom of this page:
http://bmwmotorcycletech.info/farleybrownsurefoot.htm
b25bsaboy
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I have the Brown side stand on both my R100RT and R75/6 and I wouldn’t be with out them as it took me awhile to attach the Brown to the R75/6 without modifying the H#*l out of the attachment to the frame.
