Center stand problem. Wrong spring?????

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31 Mar 2016 12:26 #718529 by car5car
I installed center stand and spring.
Center stand is hanging on spring and jumping. Spring is not holding it tight and can get disconnected.
If I move center stand up, it touches swing arm.
I'll take pictures in a few minutes

96 Yamaha Royal Star
82 Yamaha Virago 920

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31 Mar 2016 21:22 #718625 by RonKZ650
Replied by RonKZ650 on topic Center stand problem. Wrong spring?????
The stock left pipe is used for the centerstand stop to keep it from going up too high. You'll at least need to improvise a stop of some fashion if not running the original exhaust.

321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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31 Mar 2016 22:12 #718632 by daveo
Replied by daveo on topic Center stand problem. Wrong spring?????

car5car wrote: I installed center stand and spring.
Center stand is hanging on spring and jumping. Spring is not holding it tight and can get disconnected.
If I move center stand up, it touches swing arm.
I'll take pictures in a few minutes


After sixteen years of riding with it, I now have the center-stand removed until needed to service the bike, after finally realizing how much better the bike handles corners without the thing scraping on the pavement. That is, since a V&H street header was installed a few years ago, and I just pulled the stand off this Spring...easy with the less-obstructive header.

1982 KZ1100-A2

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