Triumphrat

jhawk

My solution was to take the center-stand to a welding shop and have them shorten the legs by about 16mm. Still has the rear wheel high enough off the ground for chain adjusting. Greatly reduces the amount of effort required to raise the bike onto the center-stand. Does not help with the difficulty of getting it down. Although improved, it is still harder to raise onto the center-stand than any other bike I've owned or ridden in the last 30 years.

Obviously, the engineers at Triumph that designed the center-stand and location of its pivot point, never actually tested its operation.

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Jonny955

I've always been told, non-specific to Tigers, that a centrestand is designed to support the weight of the bike, not the weight of the rider on the bike.

I would not like to sit on the bike and rock it forward myself because I'd be concerned about premature wear or stress. I've seen many bikes (not Tigers) with worm stand pivots resulting in both wheels touching the floor when on the centre-stand.

The bouncing of the front end, BTW, was simply a method I developed to reduce the effort involved. It's not really necessary but it does help if you can lift as the bike is on the upstroke.

Jon

HeyMan

My friend who has a tiger also is a big guy. 275+. He would jump on his tiger with all 3 bags and a tank bag fully loaded and rock it until he got it off the stand. I wondered about the durability of my stand, but my friend's bike never had a problem so after that I felt sure of its strength.

madmic

Thx guys, big help as per usual. I weigh in at 168, so not too heavy, thus the beast has the advantage....

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RedBird

madmic,

I disagree with your last statement...IMHO, weight and strength have little if anything to do with putting your bike on the center-stand. Procedure (know-how, etc.) are much more important than strength and weight. I am 65 years young, weigh 170 and I had to put my son's Tiger on the center-stand for him--he is a little taller and much stronger. Once you get the hang of it, it should become easier. One item I disagree with on some posts: I always leave the side stand deployed when putting the Bonnie or the Tiger on the center-stand AND when taking them off the center-stand.

Larry

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2003 T-100 (790cc), NARK, NH Togas, 8100 rpm rev limiter, 158 main jets, 42 pilot jets (less than 1 turn out on pilot screws), stock needles--no shims. 13 A/F ratio from 1100 rpm to 4000 rpm; 12 A/F ratio from 4000 rpm to 6000 rpm; 13 A/F from 6000 rpm to 8100 rpm.:D
2007 Tiger 1050--White:D--SW-Motech crashbars, Skidmarx rear hugger/chain guard, Calsci +7 windscreen.

bigD

EEK!!!! I was always taught never to have a side stand down when taking the bike off the center stand. Two reasons,

1. If you inadvertently get a foot in the way it can break a toe/foot or worse break a toe/foot and result in a dropped bike.

2. If the stand catches a high spot it can pitch the bike away from you & there ain't nothing worse than the weight of a Tiger going away from you while you are trying to hold it back with rising panic in your heart.

Same reasons why you should never wheel a bike around with the side stand down.

Easy for me to say mind you as I have the height & weight to comfortably control the drop off the center stand, but I do believe it is more technique than raw muscle.

I agree with most that putting the beast onto the stand is easy , balance beasty, pressure from right foot to bring stand down, make suer both feet (of stand) are touching the ground, good pressure on the leaver on the stand with the right foot while lifting/steadying the bike by means of thew right hand on the left passenger peg hanger & up she goes.

D



[ This message was edited by: bigD on 2007-07-04 06:33 ]

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Danomatic

Hi all, I bought my first Tiger two months ago and also have center stand issues. If I'm standing on the left side of the bike with my left hand on the left hand grip should my right hand be grabbing the left or right passenger peg brace? I almost dropped the bike the first time I tried this and need all the advice I can get! By the way, I love my Tiger!

Jonny955

Hi Danomatic

The answer is use the one which is the most comfortable to reach and provides you with the most confidence. It really is easier when you have practised it a few times.

If you are new to Tigers, may I suggest having a mate with you, standing on the other side just in case you get it wrong?

Jon

bigD

Left hand on left grip, right hand left hanger, right foot on horn on stand, left foot firmly planted on ground. Left hand is just a steady, right hand does a little lifting, right foot does a bit of shoving. that sould do the trick. The bike should be fairly stable since both feet of the stand MUST be on the ground before you try to get the bike up. the secret I have found is getting yourself positioned so that you can exert maximum pressure on the stand from your right foot.

The trickiest part is getting the bike off of the stand, this takes a bit of practice & the more confident that you are with handling the bike when you are pushing it around the better. The Tiger is a bit of a handfull when being pushed so you need to get som practice in. as someone else said get a buddy to stand/walk opposite side to you for a while & push her round a bit (bike not the buddy) until you get the feel of the bike.

Have fun practicing.

D

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Sonoma

I always take her off the center stand while sitting on the bike, until last night. I thought, no need to climb on, Ill just rock it forward. Being terrified of dropping the bike (I have dropped her twice but never during a center stand move) I tend to leave the side stand down during this procedure. As mentioned above this is a bad idea. The bike came off the center stand while the side stand landed right on my left foot. I then nearly dropped the bike on her side while jerking my flat foot from under the side stand. After several seconds of jumping around on one foot and yelling at myself for being so stupid, I iced down my my foot for about an hour. Luckily the ice did the trick and I can walk and even up shift with little pain.

Lesson learned: Always raise the side stand when using the center stand. And always wear good shoes in the garage.