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Bolt on Steel Kickstand, $48 Shipped on Ebay

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kiwikx500:
 :mrgreen: It looks a little dangerous.

IridiumRed:
Hey Guys

Sorry for the long absence!! 

Took a new job, about 100 miles away, been busy with it, finding a new place (lived with friends for a while), finally found a new place and it took forever to move (5 bikes in various states of running/repair,  tons of tools / parts)

Anyways, the KX is torn down to rebuild (crank bearings went bad, so I sent the crank out, had it rebuilt and rebalanced).  I'll have it running soon, next week or two??  I'll report on how the stand works then.

For the moment, I'll say that I did get it (the stand) and that it seems to be pretty well built. Pretty sturdy.  It is steel, so it probably weighs a couple of lbs, but......... for something like this I'd like to have it sturdy.  I'm used to much heavier street / race bikes (750cc+ 4 cylinders), so I'm really used to relying on a heavy duty kickstand.... I might over-stress a lightweight one w/o thinking about it.

I do worry a bit about it flopping down.  The retaining/retracting spring is fairly stiff, but I might rig up a simple little mechanical retainer.  All depends on how the whole thing feels when I get it together

Anyways!!

I'm in North KC now.  Would enjoy meeting anyone around here to go ride, check out bikes, parts, etc

IridiumRed:
Sorry for the double-post, but I just shamed myself into doing the project this weekend!!  I really, really miss the monster....

Ordered the parts I needed (plus a few I really wanted), hopefully they'll make it in time.

If so, I'll be rebuilding the BIG 5OhOh !!

Will keep you guys up to date

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