Topic: Center Stand on a CB 500

[Spike]

Without a stock exhaust to provide a stop for the centerstand, has anyone figured out a clean way to make a place for it to rest in the up position?

[bjbuchanan]

go to tricks/tips and go to exhaust section

[Spike]

go to tricks/tips and go to exhaust section

Thanks for the "reminder" 

[bjbuchanan]

Its bot a tool suggeation i cant link easily feom my phone. Its right under project shop section on the homepage. Plenty of good ideas with pics

[IndyFour]

Here's what I did...



I mounted a small scrap of steel bar to the right leg of the center stand.  When the stand is up, the bar rests against the rear brake stay rod.  There's also a piece of hose around the piece of steel to keep it from clanking against the rod.




Hope that helps.

[davis96]

Simple tab welded to the stand works great on my 71 cb500.


As a temporary fix before I had my frame apart, I've used a longer bolt on one of the center stand clamps, attaching some flat steel which went back and limited movement (hard to explain), maybe this drawing helps:


Davis

[Spike]

Thanks for the quick replies!  I love the different approaches to a common problem.