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10-30-2018, 07:09 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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Well this failure could have killed me
As I started to exit the freeway after a 40 minute ride, I could feel and odd scrape/clank sensation through the pegs. I found my kickstand down. WTF? Flipped it up, and found the spring was gone. Not sure when it happened.
Also not sure if it broke, or if I dislodged it putting the side stand down. Since the center stand is such a crap design, it's in the way of putting the side stand down. And the side stand doesn't have a lever or extension on it, since the bike isn't supposed to have a center stand in the way. So, now I need to find a spring, and also find a way to make the side stand more easily reachable. Anyone know of a side stand from another bike that fits and has a lever on it? Or other good solutions? I can weld, but if there's a ready-made product, I'll take it. Something like this: |
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10-30-2018, 07:40 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Hell
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Well the stand in the photo is not the RX3 side stand
I have had 3 bikes never an issue and yeah I can supply another side stand I am sure |
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10-30-2018, 07:43 PM | #3 |
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No, that's my point. That side stand in the photo has the lever that would solve the problem. The RX3 original does not.
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10-30-2018, 08:07 PM | #4 | |
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I wonder if the spring breaks, I cannot say I had it or heard of it before. |
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10-30-2018, 07:42 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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Oh, here's how I dealt with it being a network guy and all, and I happened to be leaving one of our data centers where there are plenty of them...
I see a variety of universal kickstands with levers. Anyone have any experience with something like this? Ugly, but seems fully functional. https://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Univers....c101006.m3226 Or more basic, but looks thin and light: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-M...0:pf:0&vxp=mtr |
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10-30-2018, 08:17 PM | #6 |
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Location: Peoria, AZ
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Yeah, that seems unlikely. Seems more likely that I hit it and sort of dislodged it when I put the kickstand down during a stop. I suppose another option is to drill the end of the spring perch and put a washer there. Either way, it has to wait until next week as I'll be out hunting from tomorrow night.
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10-30-2018, 08:37 PM | #7 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
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Couldn't you just get a welder ( or do it yourself if you have the tools ) to weld a loop like on the first photo onto your RX3 sidestand just below the spring peg. I might consider getting that done myself as I find I seem to be using that peg and spring to put my sidestand down.
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10-30-2018, 08:57 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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I have a MIG, so yeah, it's an option.
I guess I should finalize that CSC parts order (need a few other things too), and hopefully it will arrive in the next few days while I'm gone. It's prime riding season here. |
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10-31-2018, 12:38 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Peoria, AZ
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I normally have zip ties and wire in my tool kit, but I haven't outfitted this bike with a proper kit yet. Stupid me. But at the datacenter there's plenty of network wire!
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10-31-2018, 02:01 PM | #11 |
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Volcano, Ca
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I had a Yamaha Enduro that would toss the spring at irregular intervals. It had to do with not just a crap spring but also, the jaw where it mounted to the frame where the bolt went through had opened up. Ended up bashing the jaw closed with a big ball/peen and finding a thick spring in a box in the garage, bending it mercilessly and wedging it on. Never happened again.
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