Warped Center Stand

Clipper · Post by **Clipper** » Sat May 09, 2015 5:38 pm

I went to park my Stella 2T on it's center stand and it wobbled. A lot. I thought maybe the ground was uneven. I looked and the two legs were no longer parallel, the right one was an inch or two further forward.

I removed it, put it in a vice and used a pipe bender to straighten it out, so it's good now. But it makes wonder what happened. Was this something gradual that I didn't notice until it got really bad? I suppose some kids could have been jumping on it while it was parked, too, but that's not terribly likely

Is this a common thing? Has anybody else had an issue with the center stand warping like that?

Neurotic-Hapi-Snak · Post by **Neurotic-Hapi-Snak** » Sat May 09, 2015 6:17 pm

Do you use the kick starter a lot or sit on it while it's on the stand? Yes, the center stand bending is pretty common, that's why they sell reinforced stands. More common if you kick start, especially with a high compression kit. I would replace the stand since it's now probably weakened after bending and being bent back.

Clipper · Post by **Clipper** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:56 am

A ha! I use the kick starter everytime. My electric start is awol. That makes sense, thanks for the insight.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:33 pm

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Stitch · Post by **Stitch** » Mon May 11, 2015 12:48 am

I'm almost afraid to ask what you are doing when you kickstart to bend the center stand.

JohnKiniston · Post by **JohnKiniston** » Tue May 12, 2015 7:52 pm

I have a friend who 'Jump Starts' her bike because she's a small woman, It's kinda like Karate I think.

Stitch · Post by **Stitch** » Tue May 12, 2015 8:08 pm

Lol. I was picturing some sort of kick flip off the seat