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Greetings y'all its been a while.
I am getting ready to replace chain and sprockets now at roughly 25,000 miles and noticed that with my current sprocket change (ive been running 16 front 43 rear since 2017) that the chain is super close to rubbing on the center stand. I am adding another tooth to the rear (staying 16 front but going up 1 tooth to 44 rear) with a 114 link chain (this is the amount of links in the chain I need to add according to the calculators online). short story long...
Has anyone added a larger bumper stop thing for the center stand? or added washers or something so that the center stand sits just a little bit lower when in the up position? 1/4 inch should give me the peace of mind im wanting i think. The current stock chain does not have wear marks so probably when im sitting on the bike and riding its clearing the center stand enough already, but since im going up a tooth on the rear im thinking it might be better to be safer and just curious if anyone has spaced out the center stand bump stop thing a little.
I honestly only use the center stand when doing oil changes/chain cleaning-lubing so im not really opposed to just pulling that thing out if it does rub, but it is handy to not have to pull out the jack etc.
also, the replacement chain is a master link chain so please feel free to start flaming me. ; )
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Once I took my giant factory muffler off there was no center stand stop anymore in my case so I just removed the center stand.
I dont miss it honestly, I have one on my other bikes and really never use it even though it's there. I'm just used to rolling the bike forward and backward when I clean/oil the chain.
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Interesting discussion. When I bought my '13 with 1700 miles on it, the owner had recently swapped to an aftermarket muffler so no bump stop for the center stand. The chain was now rubbing slightly on the center stand, but it had only been ridden a few times so no damage. He gave me the option of stock or aftermarket muffler, and I picked stock to just eliminate the problem.
Before the CB, I had plenty of bikes with no center stands, and have one of these wheel rollers that help with chain lubes - just rotate the tire with the bike in neutral.
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(03-19-2024, 01:17 AM)jermo47_imp Wrote: Greetings y'all its been a while.
I am getting ready to replace chain and sprockets now at roughly 25,000 miles and noticed that with my current sprocket change (ive been running 16 front 43 rear since 2017) that the chain is super close to rubbing on the center stand. I am adding another tooth to the rear (staying 16 front but going up 1 tooth to 44 rear) with a 114 link chain (this is the amount of links in the chain I need to add according to the calculators online). short story long...
Has anyone added a larger bumper stop thing for the center stand? or added washers or something so that the center stand sits just a little bit lower when in the up position? 1/4 inch should give me the peace of mind im wanting i think. The current stock chain does not have wear marks so probably when im sitting on the bike and riding its clearing the center stand enough already, but since im going up a tooth on the rear im thinking it might be better to be safer and just curious if anyone has spaced out the center stand bump stop thing a little.
I honestly only use the center stand when doing oil changes/chain cleaning-lubing so im not really opposed to just pulling that thing out if it does rub, but it is handy to not have to pull out the jack etc.
also, the replacement chain is a master link chain so please feel free to start flaming me. ; )
My initial reaction is to be super careful with this because I know that the centerstand is actually closer to touching the pavement at more aggressive lean angles than you might otherwise realize. I've actually hit it before, while cornering I hit a little bump and the momentary suspension compression caused sparks to fly off the center stand! The more you lower it the closer you get.
If you're coming down a quarter of an inch I don't know if it will matter though. As long as that's really all you need to keep it from rubbing. I'm sure a rubber spacer from the Lowe's hardware section in between the rubber and the frame would do just fine.
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(03-19-2024, 02:45 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: (03-19-2024, 01:17 AM)jermo47_imp Wrote: Greetings y'all its been a while.
I am getting ready to replace chain and sprockets now at roughly 25,000 miles and noticed that with my current sprocket change (ive been running 16 front 43 rear since 2017) that the chain is super close to rubbing on the center stand. I am adding another tooth to the rear (staying 16 front but going up 1 tooth to 44 rear) with a 114 link chain (this is the amount of links in the chain I need to add according to the calculators online). short story long...
Has anyone added a larger bumper stop thing for the center stand? or added washers or something so that the center stand sits just a little bit lower when in the up position? 1/4 inch should give me the peace of mind im wanting i think. The current stock chain does not have wear marks so probably when im sitting on the bike and riding its clearing the center stand enough already, but since im going up a tooth on the rear im thinking it might be better to be safer and just curious if anyone has spaced out the center stand bump stop thing a little.
I honestly only use the center stand when doing oil changes/chain cleaning-lubing so im not really opposed to just pulling that thing out if it does rub, but it is handy to not have to pull out the jack etc.
also, the replacement chain is a master link chain so please feel free to start flaming me. ; )
My initial reaction is to be super careful with this because I know that the centerstand is actually closer to touching the pavement at more aggressive lean angles than you might otherwise realize. I've actually hit it before, while cornering I hit a little bump and the momentary suspension compression caused sparks to fly off the center stand! The more you lower it the closer you get.
If you're coming down a quarter of an inch I don't know if it will matter though. As long as that's really all you need to keep it from rubbing. I'm sure a rubber spacer from the Lowe's hardware section in between the rubber and the frame would do just fine.
My initial reaction is to be super careful with this because I know that the centerstand is actually closer to touching the pavement at more aggressive lean angles than you might otherwise realize. I've actually hit it before, while cornering I hit a little bump and the momentary suspension compression caused sparks to fly off the center stand! The more you lower it the closer you get.
If you're coming down a quarter of an inch I don't know if it will matter though. As long as that's really all you need to keep it from rubbing. I'm sure a rubber spacer from the Lowe's hardware section in between the rubber and the frame would do just fine.
Good points everyone! I went out and had a closer look and I think im just going to remove the center stand as its actually rotating the slip on stop thingie which is why its close to hitting the chain in the first place. I need one of those big dummy smiles lol. I cannot get the slip-on clamp any tighter there (some jerk basically stripped out the allen bolt... yes it was me) although i might hit up ace hardware to see if i can snag a new one. regardless. thanks yall!
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I also removed my center stand after it became an issue with aftermarket mufflers. Don't miss it at all 20k miles later
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when I replaced the chain/sprockets I looked at the center stand but im kind of confused as to how to remove it. is there a bolt or 3 holding it on? i only briefly looked at it so ill probably need to take a closer look but if you guys have any pointers on taking it off that would be excellent. Cheers!
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(04-24-2024, 12:04 PM)jermo47_imp Wrote: when I replaced the chain/sprockets I looked at the center stand but im kind of confused as to how to remove it. is there a bolt or 3 holding it on? i only briefly looked at it so ill probably need to take a closer look but if you guys have any pointers on taking it off that would be excellent. Cheers!
This should get you in the ballpark.
Frame
https://www.hondapartshouse.com/oemparts...5a52/frame
Stand
https://www.hondapartshouse.com/oemparts...5a49/stand
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You guys are awesome! Thanks so much. = )
