TEC Center Stand Installed

[Allen B.]

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.

 

[Rocky]

It's a shame that the stand wasn't made to correct specs, but as you said, you can deal with that as needed.
Otherwise, very good

 

[Gear1]

I purchased the BikeTec Parts center stand from biketecpartsusa.com, but it had removable feet and spacers to adjust the center stand height. Very handy since I had to lower the 2018 T100 30mm so I could reach the ground. Very pleased with the stand, but it appears to Allen’s stand is a different design?
Craig Taylor

 

[Allen B.]

I bought mine directly from tecbikepartsusa.com, it's for an air cooled Triumph, the stands for water cooled models appear to have adjustable feet.

 

[L K Reed]

Just purchased a 2017 t100 , I am disappointed in the way it runs , the bike has 2700 miles on it. the motor doesn't have any low end torque , I have to down shift down to keep motor happy when making a turn , if I don't the engine chugs like it's geared too high

 

[Greyfell]

Just purchased a 2017 t100 , I am disappointed in the way it runs , the bike has 2700 miles on it. the motor doesn't have any low end torque , I have to down shift down to keep motor happy when making a turn , if I don't the engine chugs like it's geared too high

You might consider changing your chain sprockets to do just that. Here are three threads you should read to get a better understanding and some details. It doesn't take much change to make a difference.

Sprocket Changes For More Acceleration


Sprocket Change Possibilities

Changing Gearing In My Triumph Twin

 

[nickjaxe]

Just purchased a 2017 t100 , I am disappointed in the way it runs , the bike has 2700 miles on it. the motor doesn't have any low end torque , I have to down shift down to keep motor happy when making a turn , if I don't the engine chugs like it's geared too high

Just have to face up to it....you need to change down under a certain RPM.....

As a note....I fitted a TEC de-Cat X-Pipe to my 2020 T100 some weeks ago....I can now go lower with the RPM with the bike on the over run....also it will pull away cleanly at a lower RPM

 

[brooke]

This is also my experience with an x pipe . Used to buck , and stumble anything below 2 k rpm , now about 1500 rpm before that happens . Much smoother running at low rpm and free breathing at red line . A win win . A Montone on my R model .

 

[nickjaxe]

Good aint they Brook.

 

[brooke]

Seems good to me . Why spend a grand on a fancy set of pipes which don’t increase the performance at all when you can add 5% or so more HP and Grunt , make it work just plain better for a few hundred and keep it looking stock . No brainer for me ….