Home made side stand big-foot
 

Whilst still waiting for my engine to arrive the tinkering is taking over. So I made this.

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Here's how if you want a go.

Made from 4mm thick alloy plate, in three layers.

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The weld on top of the foot plate presented a problem and had to be catered for

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The stand's foot is 5mm steel so I had to grind off 1mm until it was flush (next time I'd use 5mm alloy plate instead)

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Put all 3 layers together and scribe a line, (use felt tip marker to scribe in to), so the drill holes pass through the centre of the middle layer and centre-punch 4 markers.

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Drill the 'stack' with a 4mm drill bit through the centre punch marks. Then separate the stack and re-drill the upper 2, through the 4mm holes, with a 5mm bit.

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Tap and die the base plate with a 5mm adapter to create a thread for 5mm fasteners.

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Sandwich the stand's foot in the assembled stack and centre punch a mark where another 5mm fastener will pass through the stand's foot, for security, into the base layer. Drill this new hole with a 4mm bit again.

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Take the base plate off and tap out a 5mm thread. Re drill the upper plate and the stand's foot with a 5mm bit.

The under face of the top plate will need filing / chamfering to accommodate the stand's weld which is on top of the stand's foot. This photo, hopefully, shows the chamfer.

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The 'stack' ends up like this. It'll need the edges smoothing with a bit of wet and dry or a Dremel.

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Grind off the excess length of the 5mm fasteners.

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And for a bit of a twirl....

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Confession time.....If the base plate wears too fast, because it's alloy, I'll use the base plate as a template and cut one out of a 4mm steel plate and tap and die the threads into that.

I wouldn't want to make one entirely out of steel because of the added weight to the end of the stand causing it to 'bounce' and potentially activate the side stand switch (cutting in and out).

The plate came from B+Q years ago and I used ...

4,5mm drill bits
tap and die set (5mm)
some files
wet and dry
an angle grinder with a 1.5mm cutting disc
a Dremel to tidy things up a bit
a vice
some stainless 5mm fasteners I had left over.

How you going to stop the foot plate from departing from the sidestand ? It's looks like it's just some pressure the assembly, but these bike vibrate like crazy, I could see the whole thing becoming loose.

You probably want a small securing mechanism on the base of the foot plate to stop the sidestand slipping backwards.

I wouldn't worry about the base wearing on the bottom, mines 10 years old this year... and it's still fine (I made one similar to yours back in distant history)

That's why I made the '5th' fastener go through the centre of the top plate, through the stand's own foot and thread in to the bottom plate. Thanks for the reassurance on the wear rate :icon_smile:

Nice little project. So how has the extra 4mm of added height under the stand effected the stability on the stand? My bike seems tipy enough as it is.

More confessions....I haven't actually fitted it to the bike because the whole bike is down to its frame only. I think there won't be a problem since many owners have these things fitted and their proper versions will also have a base plate of similar size. It's only 4mm extra after all.

I always leave the bike in first gear when it's on the side stand to prevent roll off. As for being too vertical, i agree with you. You do need to be wary from time time.

Hmm I feel a nightshift project coming on...:smilies0375:

I now have a big foot on the side stand and it made a big difference. Went out riding yesterday and no fall overs on the side stand:unibrow:

Thanks for the plans.

Wow...!!... I'm truly smiling at reading this..