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Old 09-05-2024, 10:35 AM   #3
Mr Gazza
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Location: Norwich
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I've got a bike with one of those trendy modern melted headlamps and my stem stand crunches it! I've only tried it once and got away with it, but it aint right by a large margin.

I plan to get a pin made with a longer shoulder to push the stand arm lower. That will of course make it tighter on the mudguard, but I'll take that off as a precaution when using the stand.

I might be able to get away with some large washers or a spacer of some sort if I have a closer look, but that will rob from the pin length that goes into the stem and this is where a stem stand gets it's rigidity.

The worst part of it all is that I have the latest Showa forks which are asymmetric, making a front paddock stand impossible to use. The fork bottoms are different heights and shapes. They have a spring in one leg and all the damping in the other.
Even getting the pin in the stem is not straightforward as the front brake lines tee there to go to the ABS unit and the bracket blanks the stem hole.. Progress eh?
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