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serenity3743 Serious Thumper Offline Striving to better, oft we mar what's well Posts: 778 Black Mountain, NC Gender:	How about a center stand? 04/21/09 at 10:27:23 Has anybody found or fabricated or modified a center stand for the Savage/S40? I saw where machz54 was planning one in April 2008, but nothing else on it. Sure would come in handy for tire and brake and belt work.
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #1 - 04/21/09 at 10:29:45 It would also come in handy for oil change.
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Re: How about a center stand?
Reply #2 - 04/21/09 at 10:36:04

Center stands are handy & all, but seems they all hang down & I know on the Guzzi, that was the first thing that hit in a corner. I suspect a C/stand would cost some lean angle & the Savage doesnt have much to spare. My pegs hit often. If anything kept them from touching down I would be giving up a ton of cornering.If your riding style doesnt drag pegs, maybe you could build on & get away with having it down there.

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Reply #3 - 04/21/09 at 12:23:30

Just lever it up and put a block under it. There ain't much room for a center stand under a Savage.
I suppose you could if you are handy with tools rig one like was on the old Harleys from before 1949 or so on some models.
It was a stand that swung down and locked into place under the rear wheel. Some guys liked to show off by putting the bike in low gear and reving the engine then pushing forward off of the stand to do ma burn out. This device works best on hard tail frames, but could be rigged to work on a Savage.
When in the up position it was held by a spring clip under the end of the rear fender.

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Re: How about a center stand?
Reply #4 - 04/22/09 at 04:12:58

The bike doesn't really need one other than for tire changes, and other maintenence work (ie forks, belt, and the like). It doesn't really even need one for oil and filter changes, as you have to rock the bike back and forth to get all the oil out of it. There's a couple of posts in here on making a bike lift. That should do for any "off the ground" work you need to do. Myself, I use jack stands. Simple, cheap, effective, and multipurpose (I can use them on the car too.)

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alcoa Full Member Offline never let the bastards wear you down Posts: 155	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #5 - 04/22/09 at 05:45:14 there is a web on building a lift with wood cheap, i saw it in the teck section.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6056 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #6 - 04/22/09 at 06:29:58 alcoa wrote on 04/22/09 at 05:45:14: there is a web on building a lift with wood cheap, i saw it in the teck section. thats what i use 2 4x4s spliced together with a 2x4 give me 7" lift.. drilled a hole thru them at one end and use a piece of 1/2" galv pipe to lever
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #7 - 04/22/09 at 06:58:22 I used two 2x10 rip them to 8 inches,so I have 8 inches of lift
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Sirimbaguayacol YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #8 - 07/17/12 at 18:55:09 I adapted myself a center stand from a scooter and it worked pretty well.
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Sirimbaguayacol YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #9 - 07/17/12 at 18:58:21 Actually I have a picture of my bike with the center stand in my cell phone, but I don't know how to put it in the forum from my phone.
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Sirimbaguayacol YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #10 - 07/17/12 at 19:23:17 Center stand
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ralfyguy Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 932	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #11 - 07/17/12 at 19:36:55 What bike is it from? How did you mount it? Any close ups? And where did you get those mirrors? Those are astonishing!
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #12 - 07/17/12 at 19:39:02 A centerstand would fit a RYCA nicely, since the thing is lifted up some by the new rear shocks.
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wambr Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 610 Russia, Samara Gender:	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #13 - 07/17/12 at 22:47:15 one of our Russian guys did centrestand himself. but it's a wet version.
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Sirimbaguayacol YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 22	Re: How about a center stand? Reply #14 - 07/18/12 at 12:21:11 ralfyguy. Send me your email cause I took some closed pics from the center stand this morning but they exced 2048 KB, so they don't go thru the post.
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