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Dave48
GP Hero
Posts: 1,565
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- MT-07 Tracer
Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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05 June 2013, 07:45:14 am »
Noticed it was harder to pull 600 onto stand than my thou. Noticed the stand feet were out of line and then saw metal of bridge piece was paper thin & holed!
The only evidence of winter use is on the front & underside of bike so looks like the combination of 10 British winters and road salt has triumphed. Will NOT be using stand until welded/replaced. So.... might be worth having a close look @ yours to avoid any disasters!
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john 087
DAS Born Again
Posts: 69
Main bike:
FZS600 98-99
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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05 June 2013, 01:10:17 pm »
just checked mine holed with rust as well.
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bozboz
Weekend Warrior
Posts: 223
Main bike:
FZS600 98-99
- XT600E
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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05 June 2013, 01:20:07 pm »
Ironic, I gave mine to the scrap man yesturday, didnt use it anyway! -save on weight use a paddock stand
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darrsi
GP Hero
Posts: 10,651
Main bike:
FZS600 00-01
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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05 June 2013, 01:39:35 pm »
Mine did the same as well, started getting more and more difficult to put on the centre stand, then i noticed the corrosion too.
Ended up winning a nearly new looking one on Ebay for something daft like £1, with about £8 delivery, i was well happy
When i removed the old one i couldn't believe how twisted it had become!
I stand corrected, i won it for £1.99
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More people are born because of alcohol than will ever die from it.
Razgruff
Weekend Warrior
Posts: 247
Main bike:
FZS600 98-99
- Yamaha TT600R XS750
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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Reply #4 on:
05 June 2013, 02:24:02 pm »
the centre bridge piece has rotted out of mine completely, and I need to jump on it to get it to drop.
it's on my to do list
I'm in the Bozboz camp of effective treatment for it
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Dead Eye
GP Hero
Posts: 3,753
What doesn't kill me, will only make me stronger.
Main bike:
FZS 1000 Gen1
- FZS600 00-01
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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Reply #5 on:
05 June 2013, 04:41:08 pm »
Mine was like this on my latest Fazer, ended up replacing it with the one from my previous bike
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Dave48
GP Hero
Posts: 1,565
Main bike:
Other
- MT-07 Tracer
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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05 June 2013, 10:24:58 pm »
Update! I got the LHS nut & "collared" bolt out & springs off but RHS bolt seems to have welded itself to inside of stand pivot! Tried "persuasion" with lump hammer & steel drift also heat from blowlamp. Have given up & tied stand up --will visit local friendly engineer tomorrow am-as hes got even bigger hammer & drift!
If its salvageable with welding which I doubt will keep it but the distortion means its prob scrap-in which case ebay it is!
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HazzaBui
DAS Born Again
Posts: 51
Main bike:
FZS600 00-01
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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06 June 2013, 12:09:41 am »
Yep, the bridge between the 2 legs on my stand actually rusted through and snapped fairly recently.
Ended up with a big old clunking noise on the left side of the bike near my foot, thought something had broken off by the front sprocket - turns out it was just one leg of the stand dragging along the road!
Definitely one to watch out for
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bozboz
Weekend Warrior
Posts: 223
Main bike:
FZS600 98-99
- XT600E
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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06 June 2013, 12:29:10 am »
http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,8105.0.html
Food for thought!
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Dave48
GP Hero
Posts: 1,565
Main bike:
Other
- MT-07 Tracer
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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06 June 2013, 05:34:12 pm »
Update 2 : Reason the one pivot bolt wouldn't come out was that someone had put a dab of weld against the 22mm nut. Dremel to the rescue! Stand is away being welded,&strengthened-what a piece of junk-what wont they do to save a few bob at the factory?
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Raymy
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GP Hero
Posts: 4,380
Main bike:
FZS 1000 Gen1
- There is only 1 Gertrude
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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Reply #10 on:
06 June 2013, 06:04:26 pm »
Mine halved in two on the motorway. Give you fright when you think you've suddenly snagged a robot at 80mph
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69oldskool
Weekend Warrior
Posts: 133
Main bike:
FZS600 02-03
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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Reply #11 on:
06 June 2013, 07:36:28 pm »
By coincidence,
my centre stand was looking a bit grot so had it off at weekend, stripped back to bare metal, 2 coats zinc primer & 3 coats of epoxy black, ready to go back on this weekend.
Interestingly, it seems to be metal dipped with zinc/nickle/tin or something, as nice & shiny where the rust hadn't already got,
Always worth an extra coat of paint on c.stand even if yours is still gleaming~ well placed to catch the worst of the road crud/stone chips etc.
Kinda glad i've done it now after reading this thread.
Ps lubeing your c.stand bolts is on the service schedule, so no excuse for skipping.
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Dave48
GP Hero
Posts: 1,565
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Other
- MT-07 Tracer
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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07 June 2013, 12:01:16 pm »
Oh yes-I wont be skimping on the lube/grease!
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Razgruff
Weekend Warrior
Posts: 247
Main bike:
FZS600 98-99
- Yamaha TT600R XS750
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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15 June 2013, 04:23:14 pm »
finally got round to taking mine off today.
Think I got there just in time, possibly the fact that my bikes so mucky and the stand was almost seized in the up position. is the only reason that it didn't separate on the bike.
You can see in the last pic, after the slightest of twists how much bright metal there is.
That was all that held the 2 bits together.
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Dave48
GP Hero
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Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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Reply #14 on:
15 June 2013, 05:05:14 pm »
Update 3. Collected welded,strengthened & straightened stand & gave it good clean up & repaint. Back on the bike and instead of being" the weakest link" it is strong & easy to haul bike up onto now the feet are aligned properly-job done-sorted
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andybesy
Club Racer
Posts: 477
Main bike:
FZS600 02-03
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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15 June 2013, 05:16:29 pm »
Threads like this are appreciated, and save unfortunate incidents. Mine's coming off this weekend or next for a (preventative) sand and a paint. Did the exhaust down pipes last weekend.
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edoffroad
Cager in Training
Posts: 17
Main bike:
FZS600 02-03
Re: Centre stand-beware corrosion!
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Reply #16 on:
16 June 2013, 04:57:42 pm »
Mines the same. Going to have it welded and repainted next week. Really tricky to get onto stand, it kinda twists as it takes the weight of the bike!
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