Loose side stand?

[theoneandonly]

check that the plate the stand attaches to ...is not loose .
that is the plate NOT the pivot bolt.

 

[Paul Young]

This was the thickness that was needed for mine, which just happens to be exactly one hockey puck thick. The rubber is also gripper shaped on sloped concrete and it’s much easier to get off the stand when travelling fully loaded. It did need chamfering though, to clear the exhaust trim and retracted centrestand.

 

[Udders]

Did you sort this in the end?

 

[B-Maniak]

Be careful if you add length to the sidestand , too long and it will hit the centre stand before it fully retracts , it is close if you put a GSA sidestand on an otherwise standard GS but I have done it on a couple of bikes .




Just remembered how ridiculous the angle of lean is on a GS on the sidestand even with new pivot bolt and bush, on my old GS I used the Adventure stand and back then they were buttons off E Bay.

Decided to modify an old GS stand I had in the shed, the new extension is solid bar and turned on the lathe a stepped section fits snugly inside the old stand and I will weld it and the cut and chamfer it for the best height and angle of lean.

The blue line on the extension is standard GS length to the sidestand foot , the purple is GSA

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Good job, how long is your new extension, not to touch the central stand nor the exhaust?

 

[Neil W]

Good job, how long is your new extension, not to touch the central stand nor the exhaust?

On a GS with a standard centre stand the maximum you can extend the sidestand and get away with before they interfere is 35mm , I am not sure if you are trying it on a GSA as I do not know what the difference is with a GSA centrestand

 

[B-Maniak]

Thanks, I'm talking about a GS, so 35mm is what I was looking for