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#61 | RE: Damn kickstand datum

Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:20 am

Sorry my bad, away from the forum for a day, thank you for converting the file. More fun now that it is upside down. As stated earlier, small steps till you get the desired results, would not be as much fun to add material. Angle grinder only way to go. Yes, was planning on painting once fully satisfied, think I am there. Truly a 5 minute job that generates a smile, and boy can I feel the loss of weight.

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#62 | RE: Damn kickstand datum

Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:01 pm (Last edited: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:08 pm)

Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #60
Zitat von azqkr im Beitrag #58
Found a bud that has an angle grinder, he's a professional welder. He said just drop down anytime, he'd do it. Sometime next week I would think.

Question now is, having read people taking 1/8" off or so, is that enough? I'd like mine to lean like the GS did with a foot enlarger, so do I take a that much more off to account for the depth of the foot extender?

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance

If you stood the bike on thin strips of wood, playing with the thickness so the bike adopted the lean you require would that give you an indication of the amount of metal to remove?
I must be alone in not having any issues with the side stand so I haven't had the need to experiment.

Alan

Not really. You would need some complex maths to work out what 1mm from the stop equates to at the foot. I reckon that 3mm translates into about 35 - 40mm but I wouldn't like to guess what that means in terms of degrees from vertical. I would stick to finding some level ground and taking off a mil at a time until you're happy with the angle of the dangle.

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#63 | RE: Damn kickstand datum

Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:21 pm

In keeping with my advice to do small steps, I'm liking the idea of using a file, especially for someone that's a novice with an angle grinder.

3mm (1/8") isn't much in mild steel.

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