Centre Stand Locking Mod

[fred_jb]

I thought this might be of some interest, so have posted a few pictures. I have been intending for some time to make my centre stand lockable to make theft a bit harder, but didn't get around to doing it with my 1200. I've finally got it done on my 1250, and I don't know why BMW don't offer something like this - it would only cost pennies to add at the production stage. I can now use a disk lock on the stand to prevent the bike being taken off the stand which hopefully will make it quite a lot harder to steal, especially as the lock ends up being very difficult to get at to cut off. The bike will rock slightly forward but move no further once the disk lock comes into contact with the frame bracket which the stand fastens to.

This mod basically involved making a suitable bracket out of 5mm thick mild steel and having that welded to the stand. I was going to get the whole stand powder coated after the welding, but was running out of time before my next trip, so just painted it for now. The worst part of the job was getting the springs back on afterwards, though getting them off wasn't easy either. Surely there must be special tool for this! I had to improvise by bolting a bracket onto the lower spring holder and then using a clamp between that and the lower crossbar of the stand to stretch the springs - very tricky and only succeeded on about the tenth attempt!

New bracket in a crude jig to hold in position for welding

After welding and painting:

Fitted to bike:

Lock in position:

Double deterrent!

 

[Delboy777]

Quite neat, but isnt it going to mince up your gear linkage ? seems very close.

 

[Neil W]

Connect springs to centre stand and frame first and then use the stand as a lever to position it to allow pivot bolts to be fitted.

Always thought a locking centre stand as per late 70's kawasaki z1100 tourer was a good idea

 

[ShakeyGS]

Simple but very effective!

 

[fred_jb]

Quite neat, but isnt it going to mince up your gear linkage ? seems very close.

Good point, but the bracket itself is designed to pass behind the gear linkage as the stand rotates and there is plenty of clearance for that. When the lock is fitted and you try to take bike off its stand, the disk lock bar moves upwards and hits the frame bracket which arrests further movement with about 10mm clearance between the lock and the gear linkage - picture is a bit misleading on that. If I had made the hole in the bracket a bit smaller there would be less movement and more clearance, but I was allowing for a fairly thick powder coating and didn't want the lock to be difficult to put through the hole.

 

[Delboy777]

Good point, but the bracket itself is designed to pass behind the gear linkage as the stand rotates and there is plenty of clearance for that. When the lock is fitted and you try to take bike off its stand, the disk lock bar moves upwards and hits the frame bracket which arrests further movement with about 10mm clearance between the lock and the gear linkage - picture isa bvit misleading on that. If I had made the hole in the bracket a bit smaller there would be less movement and more clearance, but I was allowing for a fairly thick powder coating and didn't want the lock to be difficult to put through the hole.

 

[fred_jb]

Connect springs to centre stand and frame first and then use the stand as a lever to position it to allow pivot bolts to be fitted.

Always thought a locking centre stand as per late 70's kawasaki z1100 tourer was a good idea

I had read of that method, but couldn't really see how to get any angular movement to lever the springs because of the two pronged attachments each side. Might give it a go next time. I was quite surprised to find that the pins on which the stand rotates and which are held in with circlips seem to be made of some very lightweight material, feels almost like a bakelite type plastic, which might be easily damaged if half inserted while wrestling with the stand and springs.

 

[MartinK]

Good on ferries too, help stop the bike rolling off the centre stand...

 

[Tractors are go]

Your next must have farkle.


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[Delboy777]

Your next must have farkle.


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No i think ive got enough on the bike and on the way already. Id be better riding the dammed thing hope to get out for a few miles at the weekend. Work is all consuming at the moment

 

[MrMcNamara]

I thought this might be of some interest, so have posted a few pictures. I have been intending for some time to make my centre stand lockable to make theft a bit harder, but didn't get around to doing it with my 1200. I've finally got it done on my 1250, and I don't know why BMW don't offer something like this - it would only cost pennies to add at the production stage. I can now use a disk lock on the stand to prevent the bike being taken off the stand which hopefully will make it quite a lot harder to steal, especially as the lock ends up being very difficult to get at to cut off. The bike will rock slightly forward but move no further once the disk lock comes into contact with the frame bracket which the stand fastens to.

This mod basically involved making a suitable bracket out of 5mm thick mild steel and having that welded to the stand. I was going to get the whole stand powder coated after the welding, but was running out of time before my next trip, so just painted it for now. The worst part of the job was getting the springs back on afterwards, though getting them off wasn't easy either. Surely there must be special tool for this! I had to improvise by bolting a bracket onto the lower spring holder and then using a clamp between that and the lower crossbar of the stand to stretch the springs - very tricky and only succeeded on about the tenth attempt!

New bracket in a crude jig to hold in position for welding

After welding and painting:

Fitted to bike:

Lock in position:

Double deterrent!

Great idea, well executed min if I shamelessly steal? (the idea)

 

[malcopopolo]

A Roadlok prevents the front wheel from moving and effectively does the same thing and less hassle.

Also less to carry.

 

[G&T]

Good thinking that Fred

 

[MrMcNamara]

Quite neat, but isnt it going to mince up your gear linkage ? seems very close.

Any chance of posting a template of the addition or sizes? Anyone around the Manchester area needing one welding to an existing stand (off the bike) I will be happy to do this FOC (was coded for welding many moons ago so good chance of a neat strong job

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

A Roadlok prevents the front wheel from moving and effectively does the same thing and less hassle.

Also less to carry.

This idea + Roadlok + Pragmassis anti pinch pin and lock, only thing left for the scrotes is to lift it in the van, but bloody awkward for them with that center stand down me thinks, 2 alarmed disk locks must make a hell of a noise, nice one Fred.....

 

[Oldrat]

Impressive mod, well done Fred. As you say why the great minds at BM bloomin W couldn’t come up with something as simple, I don’t know.

 

[G&T]

This idea + Roadlok + Pragmassis anti pinch pin and lock, only thing left for the scrotes is to lift it in the van, but bloody awkward for them with that center stand down me thinks, 2 alarmed disk locks must make a hell of a noise, nice one Fred.....

No...they’d just nick the seat. ’Thread on here somewhere’.

 

[Wapping]

Impressive mod, well done Fred. As you say why the great minds at BM bloomin W couldn’t come up with something as simple, I don’t know.

Because bods would rather have flash dashboards, integrated infotainment and a throttle blipper, I guess.

 

[rogerstan]

Manufacturers probably quite like bike theft as long as it doesn't impact on their brand, all it does is wheel another bike out of the showroom. Great job by the way.

 

[fred_jb]

Great idea, well executed min if I shamelessly steal? (the idea)

No problem - that's why I posted it.