Quote from: pandy on November 21, 2006, 10:21:13 PM
I wonder if the fact that my SVS is pretty severely lowered would make it impossible to install the centerstand..... 

How much lower is pretty severly lowered?   

Shouldn't make it impossible to install the certerstand, you could put the bike on your rear stand while doing it.  There could be possibly a difference in cornering clearance if your dragging stuff while cornering.

It will definetly make it harder to put the bike up on the centerstand.  The more you lower it the harder it becomes as the stand will be further from vertical when it touches the ground to put the bike up.  I put 1 1/4" lower links on my GS and noticed the difference. 

I remember the GS500 was harder to put on the stand than some of the heavier bikes I'd owned, could be I was just getting older.     I put a 130/90 touring tire on the back years ago that raised the bike an inch in the rear and it just jumped up on the stand with ease with the taller tire.  You can always try the old trick of pushing the rear tire up on a 1 or 2" thick board positiond so the centerstand will contact the ground rather than the board to make it easier to get it up.   

Quote from: mjn12 on November 21, 2006, 11:05:28 PM
I thought you kept your bike on its side?? Are your trying to keep someone from setting it back up? 

 

Quote from: gsJack on November 22, 2006, 08:10:39 AM
How much lower is pretty severly lowered?    ... Shouldn't make it impossible to install the certerstand, you could put the bike on your rear stand while doing it. ... You can always try the old trick of pushing the rear tire up on a 1 or 2" thick board positiond so the centerstand will contact the ground rather than the board to make it easier to get it up.   

Before he was lowered, I could barely tippy-toe...now I can flat-foot it (HALLELUJA!). I believe they were 2" lowering links, but I could be full of hot air (no comments from the peanut gallery). Presently, we do use a rear stand, but I'd love to be able to use a centerstand again....so much easier. I'm going to have to talk to my suspension shop and see what they say.