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If you have both, which do you prefer?Also, on a bike with shaft drive, what advantages are there to a center stand? (I suppose it facilitates the rare removal of the rear wheel, but what about the front wheel?)Just curious. For some reason, my Ducati ST2 owner's manual recommends using the center stand over the side stand. However, it seems that the bike is more likely to fall over if placed on the center stand than if placed on the side stand. Further, in my experience, a side stand is much easier to deploy than a center stand.I have a new Norge on its way, and I have read that the center stand drags easily and is also prone to coming loose. I am wondering if I should just remove it and avoid those problems from the start.
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I like both for different reasons.I USUALLY store the bike on the sidestand (because the lean fits well with the other bikes all in a row).Of course, for long term storage it is nice to lift more weight off both wheels using the centerstand.I also prefer to fuel up on the centerstand to get every last drop (especially when touring). And I like to load up on the centerstand.I use the centerstand to remove the front or rear wheel (simply place a block of wood under it for more height).I also like to use the centerstand for checking oil or some maintenance operations.But most of the time I just park it on the sidestand.PS - I can't STAND that our Duc doesn't have/can't have a centerstand. That makes NO SENSE on a chain drive bike!
And for a completely different kind of input, I tore my Achilles tendon in half using a centre stand, 7 years ago. 750 VStrom, gravel road in N Ont, raining. Decided my chain needed some lube. Bike on a slight downward slant. Foot slipped off the peg on the centre stand, slammed into the road with most of my 180 lbs behind it, snap.
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30 km ride to the hospital, surgery, 8 weeks in a cast during one of the nicest autumns in years. So, by all means, use a centre stand (I still do), but exercise caution. I painted my peg yellow as one of those 'caution, slippery when wet' kinda signs:D. I use the side stand exclusively since my V7 Stone doesn't have a center stand. If it did, I would use it for fuel fill-ups but probably not much else on the road.
For oil changes, valve adjustments, etc., I have a front wheel chock and a scissors jack which, together, keep the bike upright and stable in the garage. The chock and jack together cost a lot less than a center stand, and I don't have to carry the extra weight around.My previous bike, a generation or two ago, was a Honda CB-77 (305 cc), which came with both a side stand and a center stand. I didn't use the center stand very much except for servicing. Back in the 90s I worked with a guy who did a real nice job of prettying up his airhead GS before we took a group trip down the Blue Ridge.Powdercoated frame and valve covers to match in a gleaming white.
I'm amazed that anyone would trust an Italian side stand. When I had my Ducati Darmah long ago, it had both. Center stand was remarkably well-designed for easy operation (they made up for that later with the one on the Pantahs) and the side stand was short so it left the bike at an unstable angle. It also locked in place as I recall, was not deployable on the bike, and if you rode off without first retracting in you'd get tossed at the first left-hander.Spring-loaded Guzzi side stands, at least on my old ones, leave the bike at an unstable angle and can't be deployed while on the bike. Which has to be vertical or even a little past (invitation to disaster there) in order to get the stand down or back up. At that point it's easier to use the center stand.
Which is also more stable.cr. Crazy not to have a centerstand on a chain drive bike.With shaft, I prefer not to have a centerstand. 2 incidents have colored my views on this: #1 I used to scrape my RT's centerstand - very annoying; #2 One hot day long ago I lifted my ST2 onto its centerstand which over the course of a workday SANK into the blacktop. Hoi4 general vs field marshal baton.
It had the 'suicide' stand which was it's own problem. Best for shaft - side stand without auto retract and use the metal plate solution for sidestand/tarmac sink issue. With the Sport1100, I had a beautiful shop stand which I used when doing maintenance. 1) I use whichever is appropriate.2) That was reported with the 2007 Norges, which had soft rear springs. I do not recall much talk on the matter over the past few years, as the bikes have been improved.3) That would be real inconvenient in the event of a rear flat.
I have had a couple of rear flats on bikes without centerstands, and it makes the repair job tougher. In fact, my V11 LeMans sidestand was so long the bike would not stand with a flat rear tire, the bike would fall to the right.Keep the center stand. I'm amazed that anyone would trust an Italian side stand.
When I had my Ducati Darmah long ago, it had both. Center stand was remarkably well-designed for easy operation (they made up for that later with the one on the Pantahs) and the side stand was short so it left the bike at an unstable angle. It also locked in place as I recall, was not deployable on the bike, and if you rode off without first retracting in you'd get tossed at the first left-hander.Spring-loaded Guzzi side stands, at least on my old ones, leave the bike at an unstable angle and can't be deployed while on the bike. Which has to be vertical or even a little past (invitation to disaster there) in order to get the stand down or back up.
At that point it's easier to use the center stand. Which is also more stable.cr.
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Well, the newer V7 Guzzis come here with a specific USA-approved side stand that is quite stable. Thank the Gummint for that.
And they can be deployed easily while the bike is vertical or leaning a bit either way. Also, the 'idiot-proof' interlock system prevents roaring off with the side stand down, saving you some embarrassment. Thank the Gummint again. The only drawback is the USA side stand makes the center stand inconvenient to use, although they're not completely incompatible, if you insist on adding a center stand. And for a completely different kind of input, I tore my Achilles tendon in half using a centre stand, 7 years ago.
750 VStrom, gravel road in N Ont, raining. Decided my chain needed some lube. Bike on a slight downward slant. Foot slipped off the peg on the centre stand, slammed into the road with most of my 180 lbs behind it, snap. 30 km ride to the hospital, surgery, 8 weeks in a cast during one of the nicest autumns in years. So, by all means, use a centre stand (I still do), but exercise caution. I painted my peg yellow as one of those 'caution, slippery when wet' kinda signs:D.
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I like both for different reasons.I USUALLY store the bike on the sidestand (because the lean fits well with the other bikes all in a row).Of course, for long term storage it is nice to lift more weight off both wheels using the centerstand.I also prefer to fuel up on the centerstand to get every last drop (especially when touring). And I like to load up on the centerstand.I use the centerstand to remove the front or rear wheel (simply place a block of wood under it for more height).I also like to use the centerstand for checking oil or some maintenance operations.But most of the time I just park it on the sidestand.PS - I can't STAND that our Duc doesn't have/can't have a centerstand. That makes NO SENSE on a chain drive bike!
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