Topic: Center Stand touches Drive Chain

[Sitarz84]

I noticed yesteray that my center stand touches my drive chain even after the proper adjustment.
I think I need to make a bracket that prevents the center stand from coming all the way up.
Anyone else have this problem?
Any good solutions?

[madmtnmotors]

What bike? I know the CB750's have the centerstand stop built into the stock exhaust. Aftermarket exhausts usually cause this problem (since the stop disappears when the stock pipes are removed). I used an "L" bracket off the rear footpeg mount. There is a recet thread on this: http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=108314.0

and the "Google Custom Search" for "centerstand stop" which is the search tool at the top left, not the simplemachines search at the top right (that one no worky) returns this: http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-9323359806520211%3A1305160748&ie=UTF-8&q=centerstand&sa=Search&siteurl=forums.sohc4.net%2F&ref=&ss=3344j1576610j11#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=centerstand%20stop

Lots of info and ideas. 

[Sitarz84]

its a 1977. I noticed that the stand isnt long enough to hit the rubber stop on the right side of the bike.
thanks for the links....I'm sure I'll come up with something horrid to throw on there. At least its a common problem.

[2wheels]

If the chain touches the centre stand while driving, that is a problem.

It it touches while the bike is on the side stand, don't worry.  So does mine.

[aperry]

After reading up in this a couple weeks ago, I went with what seems to be the simplest solution.  It's a small steel plate with a hole in it that attaches to the center stand axle clamp.  It limits the rotation of the stand.  Took 10 minutes to cut from a 1-inch steel strip.  Seems to work fine so far.  It's also almost invisible.  I need to trim it a little to "tune" it but so far it's getting job done.  This is a 76F fame so I can't guarantee it works with a 77. 

Aaron

[Tugboat]

+1 - I've got something like this as well. Works great.

[bytio]

There is a bracket for the 77/78 F 750 that attaches to the aft alloy bracket on the right side, one of the attachment bolts in. The same one as pillion foot rest. David Silver spares has these brackets.

[Sitarz84]

Not knowing that I needed to adust the drive chain when someone was on the bike I decided to take a look at the chain with someone else on it. With someone on the bike the chain actually goes up about an inch from the centerstand so no adjustments are necessary.
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