Could someone do me a huge favour and take a couple of pics of their r1100s centre stand so I can see where everything goes?
The main bits are in place though I have a couple of spare normal bolts, a bolt that the spring attaches on to, two springs of different sizes and a cam-shaped washer.
Not entirely sure where it's all meant to go.
I've never fitted one before and kinda thought everything would be fairly obvious...
I might be able to help as I fitted one last year. No pics though.
The hollow cam shaped bits fit into the hole on the frame and is the bearing surface which allows the stand to pivot on. You might have to clean up the hole in the frame and tap the cam type bits into place with a drift or something.
I'm pretty sure the two spare bolts you have are the bolts that stop the stand when it is fully extended ie the bike is on the centre stand. They screw into the frame from underneath. If you look at the frame from underneath the bike you will see the two screw holes..one on either side of the frame.
Both springs fit as a unit with the small spring fitting inside the larger one and clipping bracket.
One thing I did notice with the centre stand is that it is too upright when extended. One would have to file down the two bolts which fix underneath the frame thereby allowing the stand to angle more when it is extended. I only trust it on a flat surface ie when I'm sevicing the bike in the garage. I never really use it out on the road.
Yes, the bike frame. One other thing you will need to watch is the type of exhaust system you have. The stand will whack the exhaust if you've got a y piece fitted for a laser/remus system. If you're standard then no problems but if you have a y-piece then you will need to buy a small alloy piece that fits over one of the stand legs and this stops the stand from hitting the exhaust.
Actually the Remus Y-piece has an ugly great bracket thing that sticks down to prevent the centre stand from hitting other things, but it was the torque arm it was hitting (until I bent the bracket down more) rather than the exhaust itself, so if you've got a Remus you should be OK. The Laser Y-piece doesn't have this bracket so you'll need the extra bit that scotty described.
Because I have a GS torque arm there was a conflict between torque arm/centre stand/ground clearance so I've removed the stand completely and ground off the bracket from the Y-piece. Looks far better and the bike goes SO much faster for losing all that weight....
Right, that's on now and sorted...though after cleaning my hands I've just remembered I didn't tighten the main bolts - doh!
I see what you mean about the bolts - I'll try grinding them down a bit, maybe quite a bit and hacksaw a slot in to it to screwdriver it on.
Thanks for the help - I think it was the two springs and bit on the stand itself that was confusing me as it's missing the rubber buffer thing that's on yours.
