centerstand

So I put the bike up on the Kendon lift on Saturday and decided to strip and refinish my side and center stands-3 hours of my life I won't get back. Thoughts on whether I should have another buttress welded to the center stand? I don't weld and don't know anyone that does so it would be off to a...

I own a 2012 K 1600 GTl. By in large, I love the bike...........EXCEPT WHEN TRYING TO GET IT'S FAT A** ON THE CENTERSTAND. i AM 6'2" AND 230 LBS BUT i HAVE GIVEN UP TRYING TO GET IT ON THE CENTERSTAND AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS ALMOSE ENDED IN ME DROPPING THE BIKE. Any help/advice would be MUCH...

1st time posting so bear with me: I became the owner of a 2004 R1150R this past summer and have loved the new bike, better power, better braking. I did unfortunately however have to part with my beloved '78 R100/7 due to garage space primarily. Now I am faced with the somewhat onerous task of...

I just got my 850GSA with low suspension and found out that BMW does not support a center stand on my bike. Does anyone know of a work around for this? Either after market or some mod.

I bought a 2013 G650GS a few days ago and am having trouble getting the bike onto the centerstand. It's been about five years since I last rode. The last bike I had was a 1992 K75RT. I had no problem lifting it, it did help that it had a lifting handle. The bike was bought from a KTM dealer...

I'm new to the Forum and after many years of not riding, finally bought my dream bike, a 2002 K1200 LT. I've owned several bikes and my last Beemer was a R1100RT, which I absolutely loved. But...after getting the "new" bike home, I went to place the bike on the centerstand and...no way! I tried...

I bought another set of Wilbers for my RS, this time they are the -30mm models. I bought another set of stands to shorten as I wanted to keep a set of stock lengths and am in the process of shortening the side and center stand. . My question is to the riders that have shortened their center...

Another rider noticed that my (steel) center stand was making contact with the (aluminum) final drive housing, and leaving about a 1/16" dent in it. I knew my center stand was bent, but didn't realize it could do any harm. I've purchased a replacement center stand, and was wondering if anyone...

I've searched the forum with not alot of results so here goes. I recently lowered my RT with a new shorter set of shocks. Got the lowered sidestand on OK. Got the lowered centerstand on OK but....I cant get the darn centerstand spring back on. I have the cheapy Harbor Freight spring puller...

I just changed my center stand with a shorter one, bike, 2008 1200RT, was lowered. The lubricant was dry so I used waterproof grease. The problem is how to reapply the spring? Ideas.

Fellow Airheads! I am really proud of my recent efforts in removing the OEM side stand from my '76 R90/6 and replacing it with a Brown side stand. All's good so far....the rub is that in removing the stock stand, I had to, of course, push the front through bolt in enough to remove the stand...

I finally got around to replacing the ageing Reynolds ride off stand on my /5 with a new BMW centerstand. I've never messed with the stand before. I'm trying to put the new bushings into the new centerstand and they're really tight. I can't press them in by hand. Is this normal? I was...