SIDE STANDS.

[DevonCbx]

I really don't trust the side stand myself. I prefer to use the centre stand. This seems to be very stable.

Duane

[Mike Barone #123]

Hi, both my 79 Zs are really unstable on there side stands,to the point that i dont feel safe using them at all. Is this a common problem? They dont look bent or anything,cheers Merv.

The weld attaching my 80 side stand to the bike bent early and the X leaned way over too far. I am guessing I sat on the bike with the side stand down......biggg butttts can do this.

Greater diameter tires will also have the X leaning over on the side stand far too much. Smaller diameter tires will have the X too upright when on the sidestand. Did both of these also way back then.

One sure way to figure it all out is to get to a rally and compare your bike on its sidestand to all the others that do not have the problem.

Let us know how it all turns out


Mike

[merv 1]

Thanks Mike thats a good idea will compare mine with others at the UK rally

[alimey4u2]

Bring your calipers Merv but don't scratch my paint.....

[cbxtacy]

So I wonder how merv and his stand faired. I figured I'd resurrect this thread because I have some comments about the center stand on my 82 CBX. It now has a stock rear shock which gives a little more ground clearance then the Works Performance that was on it before. It still gives me a hernia putting it on the center stand. Going through my stuff I found another center stand for it. I cut 5/8" out of the legs. It's kind of complicated doing it so the leg doesn't break the first time you use it. I measured the rear tire from the ground on the center stand and it was 2 1/4" off the ground. The tire is a worn Dunlop 501. 130/80-18. Shortly I'll be putting a Kenda Challenger 130/90-18. It is larger in dia then the Dunlop. And being new it'll be considerably larger. Before though it was always hard to put the bike on the center stand with a Kenda. I'll take some pic's of the center stand and let you know how it works. I did find some steel tubing that's the same od as the id on the center stand so I pounded some in where the welds are going to be. I'm hoping that will be enough to keep the stand from collapsing when I use it. And the less distance the center stand lifts the bike off the ground, the less stress there will be on the stand legs.



clarity is lousy but you can see how I didn't cut straight across.

[SteveG]

Planning a trip around the Great Lakes with that center stand?

[Phil]

Any difference in the 79,80 vs Prolink sidestands guys ??

Don`t know about the prolink but when my 79 stand was bent I tried to order a new one (unavailable). Dealer talked to Honda tech and they said to use the 80 stand. Said it would bolt right up. And it did kind of, had to do a little grinding due to some interferrence and it worked ok. Eventually I straightened and repainted the original.

[silversurfer1050]

My understanding is that you can adjust the height of the posts in the triple trees a friend of mine locally had dropped his front end on a mostly stock bike. If that were the case the kick stand would tend to make the bike stand more upright.

In fact if you dropped it enough the side stand would be too long....

The previous owner of the bike was a mechanic named Ernie Stegger. e said it was the best wheelie bike he ever rode. The weight of the X's engine made it very stable on the back wheel.

Anybody have one of these apart - I bet so - anyway to confirm this?

Thanks,
Bill

[cbxtacy]

I dropped the front end on my 82 the other night working late in the garage. In fact I dropped the rear end, engine, fairing, bags, frame, the whole bike. It's a good thing I was between the bike and the ground. I cushioned it's fall. I sacrificed myself. Unfortunately my wire wheeled bike was behind me. And it went over. I was the meat in a CBX sandwich. One under me and one over me. I was putting my toys away, wearing flip flop's, and just got into a precarious position on the wrong side of a big, top heavy bike. The saddlebags for my wife's BMW cushioned the wire wheeled CBX so it didn't reach the ground. The only damage on anything was a small crack in one crank end cap. Now I have one less spare crank end cap. I wonder when Kaye will read this and make it known that she wants the saddlebags for her bike moved before I drop anything else on them.


You can also adjust the height of posts in a thread by the amount of spaces between sentences and paragraphs


Your welcome Bill (I had to do it)

[EMS]

My understanding is that you can adjust the height of the posts in the triple trees Bill

To add to George's excellent response....yes, you can adjust the front end, but only in one direction. You can slide the tubes "up" in the triple trees, thus lowering the front end. Because of a clip and the space required for the handlebars, you can not slide the tubes down from the factory position.
Be careful when lowering the bike. You may end up having it so low that both wheels touch the ground when the bike is on the centerstand, which makes for a rather unstable stance.