Help removing side stand on ADV please!

[Rabbit Leader]

I want to remove the side stand on my 04 ADV, as a welding friend of a friend is gonna put a piece in the length to make it longer... You can't beat a bit of length... :chewstick

I looked at it the other day, with my adjustable in hand, expecting to find a nut on the rear. I didn't. There is a circlip on the front... Is this the only thing holding it on (excepting the electrical connection) ?

The plan is, as it's hollow, to cut it an inch from the foot, put a piece of bar up inside to strengthen it, then weld a piece about 300mm to make it longer...

If someone can tell me how to remove it, and it works, maybe I can get this guy to do others, as they all seem a bit short....

Thanks for looking :gosh

ps I can understand the smilies, very good, but why Tesco?

 

[Steptoe]

ps I can understand the smilies, very good, but why Tesco?

it's a standing joke - to do with a certain baker

 

[ianboydsnr]

The plan is, as it's hollow, to cut it an inch from the foot, put a piece of bar up inside to strengthen it, then weld a piece about 300mm to make it longer...


bloody hell, what sort of suspension have you got..

 

[Possu]

Why not bolt a 1/2" thick aluminium plate to the sidestand foot? Lengthens it & can give a bigger footprint to stop it sinking in soft ground:

No. it does not drag on left handers.

 

[Rabbit Leader]

The plan is, as it's hollow, to cut it an inch from the foot, put a piece of bar up inside to strengthen it, then weld a piece about 300mm to make it longer...


bloody hell, what sort of suspension have you got..

Oops... Should've been 30mm......

 

[Mouse]

If it's anything like the stand on the 1200, you have to remove the circlip that's on the outside, and then get a hex (Allen) key round the back to remove the bolt.

 

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