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RE: Centerstand Dynamics 101
- Subject: RE: Centerstand Dynamics 101
- From: "Retherford, Martin" <MRetherford@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:12:13 -0700
My .02,
I had to live without the center stand for close to two months after
I bought the bike. They had just discovered the prob. with the stand when I
bought my Baby. You do not want to live without a center stand. Believe me
it gets real old lubing the chain by pushing it a foot or two at a time to
lube. Of course if you have a Scott oiler in place who needs a damned
center thingy anyway?
Which brings up my next question. Anyone got an oiler in place?
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Schulster [mailto:Schulster@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 4:42 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Centerstand Dynamics 101
That makes sense to me; I have passed quite a number of
bikes lying on their sides in the middle of summer on motorway/freeways in
Germany, Italy, France and Switzerland - as soon as the centrestand is on
anything other than perfectly flat, very hard tarmac the risk of it sinking
in over time is not small :( At least on the ST, as long as you park it
'uphill' or use 1st gear for 'down pointing' the sidestand is great. After
all it makes a triangle about 1.45m on each side, and most of the weight is
still on the two large rubber thingies. A small 'plastic foot' for the
sidestand and you can park it on mud with no worries. A centrestand is very
useful for oiling the chain, but other than that I would not miss it much.
Jonathan.
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