Modern Buddy

Does anyone else notice that the center stand contacts the exhaust header when the stand is raised up?
I notice that there is a little drag on the stand and found that it is hitting the header.
I wonder if the couple of times I have scraped the stand in a left turn it has been distorted a little to the right (toward the exhaust).

*BUMP*
Just curious if anyone else has this issue.

yours must be bent I can get a finger between mine

Or did you scrape your exhaust in a right turn that bent the exhaust pipe? Is there scrape marks on the pipe?

I had this issue when I did a custom weld/bend on the exhaust for a Kymco People S200. But then, the exhaust hangs a little lower than normal. Sounded awesome... definitely added some power though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kX3LEAI ... ture=g-upl

I'd say there's about two inches between my centerstand and the exhaust. Are you maybe missing the rubber bumper on the centerstand? I can see where it would hit the exhaust if that weren't there.

pdxrita wrote:...Are you maybe missing the rubber bumper on the centerstand? I can see where it would hit the exhaust if that weren't there.

Ya know, that's probably what's going on.
My bumper isn't missing but I did the center stand mod a long time ago to get more clearance in the left turns; so my stand rides higher.
I recently replaced the brass bushings and spring on the stand from a scooter that was getting parted-out but they didn't have the bumper.
I was doing everything possible to get rid of a buzzing sound coming from some excess play in the center stand.

And...

k1dude wrote:Or did you scrape your exhaust in a right turn that bent the exhaust pipe? Is there scrape marks on the pipe?

Yeah, I've scraped the header a couple of times .