Center Stand identification?

[Deleted User 287]

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[bbelk]

What doesn't kill us makes us stronger........I hope.

I'm gonna be one strong SOB when I meet my maker!

You will also be kilt. At least thats the way those meetings ususaly work out.

[Rob Frankham]

OK, enough about welders and mangle grinders already... the poor guys waiting for someone to answer his question...


Well here goes...

The stand is almost certainly a stock /5 or /6 stand but it has been modified (read botched) by a PO. The tang isn't original and it should have a footplate at the rear of the left hand leg. As far as a deep sump goes, if you must have one and you must have a centre stand, as far as I can tell, the angle grinder/welder route is about the only way to go.

Rob

[Deleted User 287]

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[Rob Frankham]

OK, enough about welders and mangle grinders already... the poor guys waiting for someone to answer his question...
Rob

I hate to disappoint you Robin, but we already answered both of those questions.

Actually, no you haven't... skirted around it maybe... approached it from various angles before sliding off into inconsequentualities but, in true Boxerworks fashion, no one I can see has actually come up and given a straight answer to the question...



Rob

[Deleted User 287]

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[davidaid]

Since we are on the subject of center stands - anyone have a nice picture of how the spring should be installed. My center stand came off a while back (someone didn't torque it right ) and now I can't figure out how it should go back on. 75/6. Thanks!

[Ken in Oklahoma]

OK, enough about welders and mangle grinders already... the poor guys waiting for someone to answer his question...

You know Rob, you and I seem to agree on damned near everything that comes up here on Boxerworks. So it really catches my attention to discover something upon which it appears that we don't agree. I think I get your point. The poster has a question that is important to him about airheads, and he comes to probably the best place there is to get an answer. And he does get a spot of an answer here and a drab there. But mostly what he encounters are the regulars here, using his post as a springboard, as it were, for their usual antics.

And I'm one of those regulars.

The premise of your post and the center of your concern would seem to be that the original poster is being shortchanged as a minimum, and perhaps even disrespected in the bargain.

I think not. I'll try to explain why. I have this notion that those who can address the original posters question(s)--do so. In the present case, I know a few things about centerstands. And the centerstand in question looked to me like a modified version of a /6 of /7 centerstand like the ones that I'm used to. But I didn't post about that. My reason for not speaking up was clear to me. While I know something about centerstands, from experience here I'm pretty sure there are several people who know more about the subject than I do. I figured one of them would be along before too long and answer the questions better than I could.

And Instead I posted a (presumably) humorous post about my painful experiences with an angle grinder.

I have this notion that those who can post a knowledgable direct answer will do so, and eventually the poster will get as good of an answer as the contributers here have got. And in a sense I was right. You came along!

One of the reasons we have so many knowledgable people posting here is because they have a good time here. That and a sense of good natured fellowship with like minded people. This place is usually a fun and rewarding place to be. And it is these people who have a lot of the best answers for the people who need to know.

In my case, If I were required to give only direct serious answers to questions I would probably drift away and do something else instead.

My thoughts anyhow.

Ken

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Ken, you need an angle grinder with a guard that can be rotated to the desired position.
And use a full size new wheel when needed.

The stand pictured looks like my /7 stand.


Rob, Butterfly bit you didn't he!

[Rob Frankham]

[quote="justoneoftheguys

I hate to disappoint you Robin, but we already answered both of those questions.

Actually, no you haven't... skirted around it maybe... approached it from various angles before sliding off into inconsequentualities but, in true Boxerworks fashion, no one I can see has actually come up and given a straight answer to the question...



Rob

8th reply:

jj, now that you know how to weld, just weld another cross bar in your centerstand low enough to clear a deep pan, then cut the original cross bar out.

1st reply:

It was probably modified by a PO.

You want another like it? Break out the welder!

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Lovely replies Rob... but... they don't answer the original question... which was

Can somebody help me ID this centerstand?

It came with my /5... and it doesn't appear to be stock. i LOVE the large kick tab.
The one bummer is that the upper cross bar doesn't allow for a deep oil pan.

I'm looking to get another one just like it.

The Defence rests...

Rob