The suicide side stand makes me wary of using it. If the bike gets nudged the stand could spring back and the bike fall. Can anything be done? Is it as simple as taking off the spring? Would this mean the bike may not start? Thanks in advance.
My first Funduro had the same set up, I just always parked it in gear and never had a problem. My latest Fundy has a normal one but has the electronic engine kill device, which when I get around to it is going to be disconnected
On my Funduro, the stand was flipped up by the spring bearing on an extension to the sidestand mounting bolt.
5 minutes with a Dremel cured that problem!
Yep, the stand stays up, it's the bolt extension that you cut off.
All it means is that the stand stays down when weight comes off it.
Have a look at the bike, it's fairly self explanatory when you see it
Perhaps I'm missing something, but surely if you remove the spring, but dont disengage the auto cut out, if you hit a pothole or speed hump then the side stand will drop and cause the engine to cut out!!:dunno:........Jim
Sigh, who said anything about removing the spring?
The spring is hooked to the sidestand, and sidestand bracket.
It is stopped from going overcentre, and locking the stand down by an extension to the sidestand securing bolt, ie a plain shank on the end of the bolt.
Remove this extension/plain shank on the end of the bolt, and the spring can go overcenter, and the stand stays down
Sigh, who said anything about removing the spring?
Tremac did in his original post, TRIUMPH 1300, and it was to his post I was replying, of course I know NOT to remove the spring.....sigh.....,...Jim
Apologies FiS, it's a result of speed reading the answer, and not the original question.
It's part of my fitness regime - jumping to conclusions!:doh:
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