centre stand fitting - idiot question

placey · Post by **placey** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:26 pm

i purchased a centre stand for my rockster and just went out to fit it - but felt rather stupid with toolbox open that i couldn't work out where it goes....

i have the remus de-cat y-pipe i noticed too.... i thought this before as i couldn't see a cat under the bike but having laid on my back and inspected the underside i'm now sure.

so my question is - where does my centre stand bolt to? there appears to be 3 possible mounting sites - a bar that braces and holds the y-pipe, a black tube exiting from the rear sump area just in front of that and a shiny silver allen headed bolt just in front of that - but all of those would seem to foul the gear change lever with the sticky out push down bit of the stand when offered up in any of these positions.

am i really being stupid here? one of those moments perhaps?

also i have the remus revolution end-can. the baffle exit hole at the rear appears to have worn out its lower rivot mounting causing the baffle to be loose in the can - i can move it with my finger. having just searched this forum for an answer to the above question i noticed that this seems to be more common than one would hope for - what's the fix please? i don't really want to hear 'throw it away and buy a replacement' as it's in really good condition and i like the noise.

cheers for any help

paul

frevrod · Post by **frevrod** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:36 am

If it's the black tube I think it is it's a sleeve that comes out with the bolt and is replaced by the new bolt and centre stand. It threw me a bit when I went to fit a stand to my Rock, but once you remove the bolt all becomes clear. As long as you have the mounting plates on each side there's no need to remove any other parts.

riceburner · Post by **riceburner** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:54 am

Re the baffle - yes they all do that.

The fix is to drill our the rivet (or wait for it to wear a bit more, risky though.

I've lost one baffle this way), then use a nut and bolt to fix the baffle in place. The baffle IS actually threaded for a bolt - but I wouldn't rely too much on JUST a bolt tbh - I've lost a baffle this way too.

placey · Post by **placey** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:52 pm

briliiant information - thanks guys i'll be on the case tomorrow....

paul

placey · Post by **placey** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:59 am

well what do you know - centre stand fitted and sure enough the foot lever comes right between the footpeg and gear lever - how strange. it's a conch to operate though!

and the exhaust is fixed too - much less noise.

cheers - paul