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Title: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: bombadillo on December 12, 2007, 10:24:28 AM
I have had the vance pipe on now for a little while and its rubbing pretty good against the center stand when its in the up position.  For some reason now I feel the stand hitting the back of my foot when I ride now.  I never noticed it before.  What do I do for clearance other than to take it off?
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: RobTheTyrant on December 12, 2007, 11:17:52 AM
Does the V&H system even have a bump stop for the center stand to rest on?  I was always under the impression that that was one of the remove the center stand systems.  I could be wrong.
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: GeeP on December 12, 2007, 01:50:39 PM
Take it off before you grind it off.   :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: CndnMax on December 12, 2007, 06:08:39 PM
Quote from: GeeP on December 12, 2007, 01:50:39 PM
Take it off before you grind it off.   :icon_mrgreen:
halfway there  :icon_rolleyes:, but taking it off would be too much of an inconvenience 
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: bombadillo on December 12, 2007, 10:20:59 PM
Looks like I'm gonna have to take it off.  I filed down the fine point of where it was hitting the pipe.  I really like having the stand there to work on it and stuff, but looks like its gonna have to go.
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: CndnMax on December 12, 2007, 10:58:31 PM
Quote from: bombadillo on December 12, 2007, 10:20:59 PM
Looks like I'm gonna have to take it off.  I filed down the fine point of where it was hitting the pipe.  I really like having the stand there to work on it and stuff, but looks like its gonna have to go.
You could weld the stopper from the original system onto the new one  :dunno_white:
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: morbidelli17 on December 13, 2007, 12:54:23 AM
Mine came with a little metal plate that you bolt onto the centerstand mount; it stops the centerstand from coming up too far.
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on December 13, 2007, 02:15:46 AM
well you could remove it, and if you need to work on bike, re attach it O0
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: The Antibody on December 13, 2007, 06:02:50 PM
Quote from: yamahonkawazuki on December 13, 2007, 02:15:46 AM
well you could remove it, and if you need to work on bike, re attach it O0

What he said. I had the same problem as you bomb. I took the centerstand off and just put it back on to do maitanance. It's not THAT big of a pain in the ass. Well, it is but there's worse in life.

  -Anti  8)
Title: Re: vance pipe hitting centerstand!
Post by: bombadillo on December 13, 2007, 09:19:30 PM
kinda what I'm thinkin ^^^  Also, it couldn't help to shed a few pounds while i'm at it.