Allen B.
Member
TEC center stand arrived yesterday, so last night I spent some time rolling around under my 2011 T100.
After mulling over the directions a bit, I started with their 1st step and installed the spring to the frame, after that I went after it like I had with a few of my other bikes and bolted up the left side loosely with the spring connected to the stand and pulled the right side into alignment and bolted it up. It was surprisingly easy, which makes wonder if the spring was too light., (I have a stinking suspicion that I'll be replacing it with a stronger spring. )
After popping in the rubber stopper an adjustable stop bolt, I gave it a go and it pulled up on the center stand just like it was supposed to, except the bike was obviously leaning to the right. After putting a level on the garage floor and finding it level, I slipped a spanner under the right leg and the bike looked perfectly level.
Otherwise it looks good and works fine and I can simply tack weld a piece of scrap metal to the bottom of the short leg and it will be fine. You get what you pay for, but I'm happy to have a center stand and a small tack weld and a stronger spring I can deal with.
After mulling over the directions a bit, I started with their 1st step and installed the spring to the frame, after that I went after it like I had with a few of my other bikes and bolted up the left side loosely with the spring connected to the stand and pulled the right side into alignment and bolted it up. It was surprisingly easy, which makes wonder if the spring was too light., (I have a stinking suspicion that I'll be replacing it with a stronger spring. )
After popping in the rubber stopper an adjustable stop bolt, I gave it a go and it pulled up on the center stand just like it was supposed to, except the bike was obviously leaning to the right. After putting a level on the garage floor and finding it level, I slipped a spanner under the right leg and the bike looked perfectly level.
Otherwise it looks good and works fine and I can simply tack weld a piece of scrap metal to the bottom of the short leg and it will be fine. You get what you pay for, but I'm happy to have a center stand and a small tack weld and a stronger spring I can deal with.