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Offline OldSchool_IsCool

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Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er
« on: July 17, 2010, 09:29:48 AM »
Whats a matter bunkie?  Are you tired of struggling, sweating, cursing and begging for help just to get your bike on center stand?  Are you "in-seam challenged"?  Did you put on lowering blocks for easier riding only to find your center stand is now pretty much useless?  Is that's what's troubling you Bunkie?

Well cheer up!  Now with Old School's Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er you too can be the envy of your shop by popping your bike on center stand practically with one hand!  Go ahead and use those lowering blocks, make your low ride'n bike look bad azz!  No more lying to your buddies that you took your center stand off to save weight! 

Here's how to order... er I mean... make one.

Take a piece of half inch by 5 inch chunk of wood, cut it to 21 inches (all sizes are approximate)  Attache a 5 inch length of 2x4 to the underside, lining up one edge of the 2x4 block with the centerline of the plank.




Now place the short side of the Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er under your back wheel as illustrated


Pull back on the handlebars, rolling the bike up the Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er until you feel the bike balancing on the 2/4 fulcrum.  At this time, step on the center stand's lever arm so that the center stand feet contacts the ground.


Pull back a little more while continuing to press the center stand lever arm to the ground.  Note that the Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er now becomes a ramp in the REVERSE direction!  The weight of the bike now pulls the bike up onto its center stand practically FOR you!


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Re: Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2010, 07:02:11 AM »
Nice tip Bruce,think I will slap one together.  Now lets see a build thread on Ole' Betty  ;D

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Re: Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2010, 11:43:45 AM »
Hey Eric!

Welcome back home. I may just have to do a thread on Betty. At this point though, I'm not sure I can remember all that I have done. Guess I could just dig through the receipts LOL. Head bearings, front wheel bearings and fork oil seals are the current projects.

Say, you got a source for 48mm bore circlips by chance?  I'm sure my fork circlips are but an orange stain on the old seals.
Can I have a motorcycle when I get old enough?
If you take care of it.
What do you have to do?
Lot’s of things. You’ve been watching me.
Will you show me all of them?
Sure.
Is it hard?
Not if you have the right attitudes. It’s having the right attitudes that’s hard.

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Re: Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2010, 03:32:52 PM »
been looking for something like this. bumping this for everyone else grunting and swearing at their bike.
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Re: Handy Dandy Center Stand Get 'er On 'er
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2010, 02:35:30 PM »
Nice.
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