Custom Kickstand Options?

[emzdogz]

Here you go. The square part is to mount the anderson style foot pegs. The entire assembly bolts to the original exhaust mount. also attached a pic of my unoriginal TCBros, sportster tanked project.

Tech7 are you the person that built that bike?? I love that bike and I saw a long build thread on it on some other forum. Are you the guy that built it and had to sell it cuz you had a baby or something?
or are the person who bought it?
I came upon that thread for that build when I was looking for ideas about ways to maybe mount up mids. Did mine a diff. way, but anyway I do like that bike A LOT.

 

[Tech7]

Yeah, I built it. I got it stock in October. All apart right now, prepping for paint.

 

[emzdogz]

Yeah, I built it. I got it stock in October. All apart right now, prepping for paint.

oh sorry I got it mixed up with another green and silver one with mids...

anyway, look forward to pics when you're done.

 

[Tech7]

Actually, its' in bare steel there. I got the tank that way from a guy's west coast chopper.

 

[BigJimmyW13]

Alright well I chopped up the sidestand. taking out the section from the foot to the spring attachment. Still too short. It works, but it feels like a stiff wind will knock it over. So on to the next method. I'll probably just pick up a weld on I suppose. Maybe a hidden spring kickstand.

 

[emzdogz]

even after all that I went through shortening mine, it is also still a bit on the tall side - leaves the bike a bit too upright.
Will look forward to seeing what you end up getting.

I notice some people who use weld-on aftermarket stands, they attach them BEHIND the footpeg, like just before the frame rail turns upward.

 

[BigJimmyW13]

even after all that I went through shortening mine, it is also still a bit on the tall side - leaves the bike a bit too upright.
Will look forward to seeing what you end up getting.

I notice some people who use weld-on aftermarket stands, they attach them BEHIND the footpeg, like just before the frame rail turns upward.

Yeah that's what I was looking at doing. I am also interested in seeing what I do ha!

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[BigJimmyW13]

Well looking around I think what I'm going to do is pick up a "bolt on" hidden spring kickstand from a local shop and weld on quarter inch plate as a mounting bracket. Tap the plate and bolt it on! Voila! I think....

 

[Travis]

^^ That sounds like it should work, although you might need a tab a little bigger than 1/4" depending on the sidestand.

Here's something I wrote awhile ago trying to convince myself that it is better to bend a sidestand than to shorten one. Or shorten it and use a longer foot like inxs mentioned... http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4162#post4162

 

[BigJimmyW13]

No I understand Trav. I took 1.25" out. I knew that it wouldn't be "great", but I was hoping by turning the bike into the kickstand that it'd be set, but it's still a little worrisome. So we'll see. Maybe I'll run it that way for a little bit and see how it works out. If not I'm just going to remove it and relocate it at the back and use a weld on or make a bolt on plate.

 

[emzdogz]

No I understand Trav. I took 1.25" out. I knew that it wouldn't be "great", but I was hoping by turning the bike into the kickstand that it'd be set, but it's still a little worrisome. So we'll see. Maybe I'll run it that way for a little bit and see how it works out. If not I'm just going to remove it and relocate it at the back and use a weld on or make a bolt on plate.

hey, I was wondering what you ended up doing as far as a kickstand?

Now with my pipes, the one I'd made won't work due to hitting the pipe before it can swing up all the way. Gotta figure something out, SOON.

 

[BigJimmyW13]

I ended up picking up a custom one and welded it to the frame!

 

[501Spanky]

Here you go. The square part is to mount the anderson style foot pegs. The entire assembly bolts to the original exhaust mount. also attached a pic of my unoriginal TCBros, sportster tanked project.

Damn! You Unoriginally did exactly the unoriginal setup I'm doing. I really like your unoriginal boring bike

 

[Ksboy19]

How much did you cut off of your kickstand?

 

[jeepguy]

this is a year old there is another thread going on about this right now