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Center (or Centre) Stand for 98 TBS

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#1 ·
Having a ball with my new 98 TBS. What a glorious ride.

Call it irrational, but I hate having a tube-tired (tyred for you who prefer centre to center) bike with no centerstand. What am I to do if I get a flat? Lay it on it's side and iron off the tires?

I mean, I like retro, but not that much.

Are there any 2015 solutions out there for this bike? I pretty much figure the original Triumph accessory is Unobtanium at this point.

Thanks.
 
#7 ·
Sprint makes them. I haven't heard how good they are, but I'm sure a search around here will give you that answer. I'll try to paste a link here (never done that before).

http://www.triumphparts.gbr.cc/index.php/14/432769/

My question is, if you have a centre stand, are you then going to carry around the wrenches, levers etc. just in case of the event of a flat tyre?

(insert quizzical smilie here)
 
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#8 ·
Point well taken, of course.

Here's the problem: where I live, in Northern California, we have some serious distances to travel and some really crappy roads to do it on. Since the weather is favorable and I love riding, I tend to use the bike(s) a great deal--and have had a fair share of flats, but always on tubeless t(i)res.

So I just want to at least prepare for rain...first step, centre stand. Second, trailer for mounting equipment, Third, Visa and my Progressive Roadside Assistance card.
 
#11 ·
This won't be reassuring or helpful, but I bought an Adventurer centrestand from someone here, which is in theory the same as the Tbird (Sprints offers the same stand for both), but the foot thing-o was so angled that it made contact with the header pipe. I had to take a mallet to it to do some fine adjusting. I couldn't say whether the stand had been bent in a spill, or if there is a subtle difference between stands for different models (perhaps to accommodate different exhaust systems, suspension etc.).

As I said, not very helpful or reassuring.

Also, though I can turn the rear wheel when the stand is deployed, on my bike the tyre is still just in contact with the ground (on a flat surface). I've had Dunlop and Metzeler tyres on - same contact.

Insert FIIK smilie here.
 
#10 ·
Fair enough. You may want the Visa for the Centrestand - even the knock-offs aren't cheap! Sounds like number 5 on the list might be the road crew to go with the trailer! Are you working on some enthusiastic progeny to bring into the fold?

I'm a fan of the centrestand. Got one on my Tbird. Makes oiling the chain easier for a start. A kiwi here left his bike parked on its centrestand in the Christchurch earthquake, and a cop rolled it out to him from behind the cordon several days later unscathed. What better recommendation?
 
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