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  • Main stand for off road bikes

    Having the Ranger nearly topple over off the side stand has prompted me in to thinking about making some main stands. I made one with a friend for the grumph that turned out okay. One thing missing from the original is a lever to help get the main stand down and locked in place.



    Adapted for the different alloy engine plates



    Having just had to change the rear wheel due to a puncture it won't be soon enough

  • #2
    Good idea Tony. Could a roadster stand be adapted? There will no doubt be factory drawings. Ian

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    • #3
      Hi Ian,
      I tried my roadster main stand and it would be too short, and if hung on brackets the lower brace would rub on the tyre.
      I think it might be okay on the Scottish as it has the lower footrest cradle. I think the ISDT style one is more elegant than the utilitarian roadster one - if a main stand can be elegant

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      • #4
        I suppose I was thinking about a roadster one with extended feet, which is in effect what some other manufacturers did back in the day. Not very pretty though, as you say. I wonder if drawings exist of the ISDT one....

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        • #5
          Yes, they do

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          • #6
            If you plan on having a batch made, I could be interested Tony. As your Grumph is a TFS frame, and I would like one for a TE/S frame, they should be compatible. Ian

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            • #7
              I will make a few extra Ian so there will be a few available

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              • #8
                OK Tony, thanks. You are I guess making them for your Ranger(s)? Their frame is derived from the Anglian, which evolved from the TE frame, but I don't know whether there are any detail differences which could affect compatibility.

                You may know the answer to that, or someone else here may.

                Ian

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                • #9
                  Yes for the Ranger(s), the TFS Trail and the Anglian. The fitting was different for the grumph as the alloy plates for the Triumph engine are different from the original plates. I am sure that the stand will fix to any frame all be it with a slightly different mounting brackets, trial and error no doubt.

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                  • #10
                    Fair enough. Keep me posted! Ian

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                    • #11
                      ISDT Main stand

                      I asked Duncan from Parkwood products about making these and he would need a minimum order of 10. Also not cheap as they would be made using CDS tube.
                      Were the original stands made with CDS tube or rolled tube? I guess that the gusset was welded down each leg to strengthen it, presumably then it was rolled not CDS?
                      Since the bikes are light is using 3mm CDS tube necessary? The rolled tube (ERW) is roughly 1/3 the cost.

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                      • #12
                        Hi Tony - I have attached the centre stand I had made for my ISDT challenger based off the factory drawing. I decided not to use the rolled steel tubing as I did not think is would be strong enough. Paul
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                        • #13
                          ISDT Stand

                          The main legs were made from CDS2 and crossbracing from ERW.
                          Would ERW be strong enough for the main legs, probably, but you'll be the first to find out.

                          Druid

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                          • #14
                            Thanks good picture of your main stand, without a gusset on the legs

                            John if they were made with 3mm thick CDS2 what was the gusset welded on for? Surely the legs must be strong enough without them?

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                            • #15
                              Centre stand

                              Tony,
                              The drawings I looked at show CDS2 for the legs but without gussets, so obviously Greeves thought that was OK.

                              Druid

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