1150GSA sidestand longer than 1150GS???

[Droopy Dick]

Notwithstanding the block of ally bolted to the base of my sidestand, the bike still leans over a very long way.

At the last service, my man changed the bush and also tightened up the mounting plate for the stand. To no avail.

'Cos of my Class F left ankle it can be a real bastard trying to push or kick the bike upright.

But, as the GSA sits on taller suspension, I'm wondering if the GSA sidestand is commensurately longer than the ordinary GS one. If so, by how much?

Can anyone tell me?

 

[Colban]

It is definetely longer.About 20mm longer.
Replaced my std GS with GSA item so it dont lean so far.

 

[Fanum]

It is definetely longer.About 20mm longer.
Replaced my std GS with GSA item so it dont lean so far.

Wot he said


Or order an ice hockey puck off Ebay for about the price of a pint and bolt it through.....I keep meaning to do that on my Adv stand but just haven't got around to it yet....the couple I've seen work well and look good too.

(or be a twat and spend half a fortune on a silly lump of ally block from wundertechlick)

 

[cookie]

as colban, but could do with being a gnats cock longer still.

 

[John Armstrong]

Or order an ice hockey puck off Ebay for about the price of a pint and bolt it through.....I keep meaning to do that on my Adv stand but just haven't got around to it yet....the couple I've seen work well and look good too.

Did that, plus a fatfoot plate as well. Worked for me

 

[Droopy Dick]

Wot he said


Or order an ice hockey puck off Ebay for about the price of a pint and bolt it through.....I keep meaning to do that on my Adv stand but just haven't got around to it yet....the couple I've seen work well and look good too.

(or be a twat and spend half a fortune on a silly lump of ally block from wundertechlick)

My beautifully milled bit of black anodised aluminium came from Nippy Norman!

It adds about an inch to the ordinary side stand 'length'.

Perhaps the way to go it to get the GSA sidestand AND and the aforementioned ice-hockey puck.

 

[davegs]

Side stands.

I sorted my 1150 gs by cutting a bit of steel plate (16 gauge approx) clamped it to the stand foot with mole grips and tacked on with a blob of braze at each corner. Did this on the bike, took 20 mins, including a coat of hammerite been ok since 2001. You will need to fine tune it where it might make contact with the spring when the stand is up, but as I say it's been great and has not fallen over through sinking in the ground at all even when loaded with camping gear. For the chap with bad ankle a tip from the off road school, when pulling the bike into the upright position put your weight on the right hand foot rest, it works!. Simple but I'd never thought of it but it sure helps especially with camping gear on the bike.
dave gs.

 

[Droopy Dick]

I sorted my 1150 gs by cutting a bit of steel plate (16 gauge approx) clamped it to the stand foot with mole grips and tacked on with a blob of braze at each corner. Did this on the bike, took 20 mins, including a coat of hammerite been ok since 2001. You will need to fine tune it where it might make contact with the spring when the stand is up, but as I say it's been great and has not fallen over through sinking in the ground at all even when loaded with camping gear. For the chap with bad ankle a tip from the off road school, when pulling the bike into the upright position put your weight on the right hand foot rest, it works!. Simple but I'd never thought of it but it sure helps especially with camping gear on the bike.
dave gs.

No.

This is NOT an issue with the side stand sinking into soft ground, but to do with the LENGTH of the side stand which means the bike leans way too far to the left, and those of us with Class F ankles, held together with screws and plates, don't have the strength to push the bike upright.

Interestingly, I was chatting to a very nice chap at Bahnstormer this morning who told me that his bike now leans at the very precipitous angle that mine does following an incident last week when his boss parked it with the sidestand downslope, and too much weight being put onto it.

The sidestand mounting brackets are all made of heavy castings so it's unlikely they will have 'bent', and the sidestand itself is a piece of solid bar .... but obviously something has changed.

I had the bushes and bolts changes at service two weeks ago and it's made no difference. And the chap did close the 'fork' at the mount to make sure the sidestand fitted very tightly. He didn't have to make much adjustment.

We wanted to see how long a GSA stand was but there wasn't one to be seen on the site! The standard sidestand, measure along the curve is 9.5", apparently.

 

[Neil W]

Strange but my GS is the same, it leans over at a very scary angle on the sidestand especially with luggage on board.
Tried a longer Adventure sidestand and it was slightly better but still further over than other bikes I've seen.
I reasoned that the bracket may be bent so got a s/hand one with a new bush , no difference.
I'm beginning to wonder if someone put Adventure shocks on mine before I bought it.
Next step will be getting out the oxy and altering the bend on the original bracket to see if i can sort it that way.
I modified an old sidestand with a section welded in , it solved the lean problem but hit the centrestand when it was folded.
The other possibility is that both brackets I 've got have been subject to someone sitting on the bike on the sidestand whilst loaded and therefore bending them.