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I was about to pen a sarcastic reply to Allan such as,"So you're telling me that the lowering links make the bike heavier?" Then the lightbulb went on in my normally dim cranium. "It's the leverage, not the weight!!!" Don

[Andrus Chesley]

Recieved a centerstand for the KLR from Fred last Saturday and installed it Monday morning. Really good stand. Installation was simple with good instructions on the sheet that came with it. Only thing is reposisitioning the piece of wood that holds the stand in place with regards to the hanger. As comes shipped, it won't let you fit the stand all the way against the frame or even line up the bolts. New hardend bolts are sent with the kit and fit good, all holes mounted up good. A bit of never sieze and you're good to go. Those with the Alu. Skid Plate will have to cut off about 1.5 inches. Taking this off and cutting it, filing it, remounting it was way more hassel that mounting the centerstand. The bike lifts onto it pretty easy using my luggage rack for a hand hold. Lifts the rear tire about an inch off the ground. Would have to find a stick or carry something to prop the front up for front tire removal with it. Very satisfied with the product and recomend it. Have not seen the other centerstands on the market but this AFRIVA SINGLE is a quality piece of work. Andy in Louisiana KLR 650 R1150GS

[Guest]

Andy, thanks for the report. This is the kind of stuff that makes this list what it is... Of course now you're obligated to do a picture report for us.... Ron in St. Cloud, MN --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Andrus Chesley" wrote:

> Recieved a centerstand for the KLR from Fred last > Saturday and installed it Monday morning. Really > good stand. > Installation was simple with good instructions on > the sheet that came with it. Only thing is > reposisitioning the piece of wood that holds the > stand in place with regards to the hanger. As > comes shipped, it won't let you fit the stand all > the way against the frame or even line up the > bolts. > New hardend bolts are sent with the kit and fit > good, all holes mounted up good. A bit of never > sieze and you're good to go. > Those with the Alu. Skid Plate will have to cut > off about 1.5 inches. Taking this off and cutting > it, filing it, remounting it was way more hassel > that mounting the centerstand. > The bike lifts onto it pretty easy using my > luggage rack for a hand hold. Lifts the rear tire > about an inch off the ground. Would have to find a > stick or carry something to prop the front up for > front tire removal with it. > Very satisfied with the product and recomend it. > Have not seen the other centerstands on the market > but this AFRIVA SINGLE is a quality piece of work. > > Andy in Louisiana > KLR 650 > R1150GS

[Fred Hink]

Andy, I had to take out that piece of wood in your center stand to use your stand for some photos I took. I may not have repositioned this wood back correctly. The AFRIKA SINGLE center stands should fit with just about any of the "Utah Sportcycle" (MSR, Moose, White Bros. etc.) skidplates made in the last couple of years. We got Utah Sportcycle to shorten the length of their skid plates for the KLR just so they would allow center stands to fit without trimming. Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrus Chesley" To: "KLR" DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 7:14 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] RE: Centerstand > Recieved a centerstand for the KLR from Fred last > Saturday and installed it Monday morning. Really > good stand. > Installation was simple with good instructions on > the sheet that came with it. Only thing is > reposisitioning the piece of wood that holds the > stand in place with regards to the hanger. As > comes shipped, it won't let you fit the stand all > the way against the frame or even line up the > bolts. > New hardend bolts are sent with the kit and fit > good, all holes mounted up good. A bit of never > sieze and you're good to go. > Those with the Alu. Skid Plate will have to cut > off about 1.5 inches. Taking this off and cutting > it, filing it, remounting it was way more hassel > that mounting the centerstand. > The bike lifts onto it pretty easy using my > luggage rack for a hand hold. Lifts the rear tire > about an inch off the ground. Would have to find a > stick or carry something to prop the front up for > front tire removal with it. > Very satisfied with the product and recomend it. > Have not seen the other centerstands on the market > but this AFRIVA SINGLE is a quality piece of work. > > Andy in Louisiana > KLR 650 > R1150GS

[Hans Koenig]

Mark, Thanks for your advice in your post today on how to deploy the centerstand of the KLR. YOU ARE SOOO SMART! I have lowering links and the short Dual Star CS installed on my A16 because I'm barely 5'7" with a 28" inseam. I finally managed to find a (used) short sidestand and wanted to install it, but I wrestled with the bike to a state of exhaustion on several days trying to get it on the CS - without ever succeeding. Adopting your method, I made it even easier on myself by using a short piece of 2 x 8 board (instead of the 2 x 4) under the rear wheel, then grabbed the bike, put down the CS and pulled back and up. It worked like a charm and the short sidestand was quickly installed. Woohoo, I'm pretty happy! It goes to show once again: They don't teach the really important stuff in graduate school :] Thanks again! Hans in Minneapolis

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[mark mccalla]

Heys guys, who makes a good, easy install centerstand for the KLR?? Thanks Mark --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[D Critchley]

I just installed an "Afrika" centre stand from Fred. Took about 5 minutes. DC mark mccalla wrote:

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[Mark Sampson]

I was planning to go with the Happy Trails model with optional "foot kick". Seems like it would be worth the extra $35 bucks if it makes it easier to use. All my other bikes have used this design. I wish I had that foot on mine as it is very difficult to raise mine up-----very, very difficult !! Mark Sampson

[Hans Koenig]

"Mark Sampson" writes:

>I was planning to go with the Happy Trails model with optional "foot >kick". Seems like it would be worth the extra $35 bucks if it makes it >easier to use. All my other bikes have used this design. > > > I wish I had that foot on mine as it is very difficult to raise mine >up-----very, very difficult !!

This 5'6.5" A16 rider with shortened DS sidestand w/o footkick received advice from this list that made the erstwhile impossible feat an easy task: Roll the bike forward on a piece of 2x4 (or 2x6/ 2x8/ 2x10/ 2x12), put centerstand down and roll back and up. Usually, I use the CS for maintenance in my garage only. However, the 2x4 piece is easily taken along. After all, it doesn't have to be 10 feet long; the width of the rear tire is sufficient - perhaps 4 inches. Isn't this list "the yellow of the egg"? -- German colloquialism loses a little in translation :] Hans in Minneapolis