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That sinking feeling
Got fed up of that will it won't it feeling as you put the sidestand down on soft ground so looked at the bolt on type camel toe extensions on the market. I wasn't willing to pay that sort of money so raided a skip for some steel sheet and cut out a new base for the sidestand.
Cost: �4 for some paint and a bar of chocolate for the welder (workmate). http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...1/PICT0012.jpg http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...1/PICT0011.jpg http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...1/PICT0014.jpg |
Nice! :)
Do you know if the material of the sidestand is easy to weld? |
No problems at all - its actually a really sturdy stand - 'good' steel.
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Nice mod mate.
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looks oe. How clean is your bike??!?
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Aye clean and covered in WD 40, soon to get dirty hopefully, roll on spring - snowing AGAIN today.
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Nice work that man :hello2:
Hope you've got some spare plate from your skip diving, as I think "Yer man" might be wanting that done to his when he see's yours. Could you just confirm for me which electronic / electrical bits you dis-connected before that foot was welded on (assuming that it was done on the bike). Well done again on a top job - now, pass on the name of that welder that works for chocolate :laughing11: Steve T :gbxtank: |
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Aye job done off the bike, and plenty of plate left in the skip if you fancy it. So come on is it a ten or not? Just to add to yer mans invitation - fancy a run? |
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Just remove the earth terminal from the battery, that will be fine. V-tec |
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You also run a centrestand, I see: take care that the jiffystand don't touch the centrestand when riding. I've got the Touratech sidestand enlargener and when not modified, it touches the centrestand; so I modified mine, therefore it's running free now.
Greetz, Hans. |
Hello Hans,
I made a point of extending it in one direction only (when in the down position towards the back of the bike and in the up position towards my arse.) otherwise it is the same profile as the original. My reasons for doing this was so that it didn't form a trap for things like branches and other assorted debris that you come across on forestry type tracks- a couple of times I've dragged what seems like half a tree behind me. But yes on reading your post I hot footed it into the garage to check!-there are a few mm of clearance. Cheers, Ian |
Camel Toe is a really bad design as the heads of the allen screws protrude through the bottom of the toe and are ground down when you use it, then it's totally impossible to tighten the thing up. Consequently mine fell off somewhere in Morocco (the Touratech equivalent that I had on another bike uses recessed allen screws so this doesn't happen).
I found the stand a bit too upright, so whilst I was in Morocco I had a tiny amount cut off and a bit of gaff metal welded to the stand which I left unpainted for the rufty tufty look. Nice sensible mod, Fiddick, but don't you wonder why Yamaha didn't put a decent sized foot on the stand in the first place? |
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Yes the original is painfully small for this type of bike - must have been getting towards home time on a Friday at the design stage. |
Top mod - might just get the MIG out and have a go myself!
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Do you think Anwar will make some money out of it then? :knob:
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thats great
ive just lowered the bike with the metal mule dogbones and although the stand still works its a bit iffy for a positive lean im 6ft 1 and still found the ten can be too tall on rough ground i dropped the forks as well so now i can really dig me feet in if i need to i was going to get round to cutting and reweld but thats a really nice job so thanks ill get that done |
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