centerstand rubbing the chain....

the chain is properly tensioned...is there a stop or something thats supposed to keep the stand from raising too high? im loosing my mind

 

Could the stand be bent? I got a headache trying to look at that picture sideways. How long have you had that bike. Someone else with a similar vintage bike will step up to the plate I am sure.

 

sorry about the picture, i uploaded that from my phone. ive had the bike for 6 years. i noticed this about a month ago. ive never tampered with, or removed the stand in the past.

 

ha i tried rotating it and it still showed up like that. i will get better pictures.

 

The left OEM exhaust stops the centrestand going as high as your end can.

 

You can get around those camera phone problems by downloading the photo to your computer and rotate the picture with a photo editor program and re-save the image. Most systems have one. But that does not fix your chain, or kickstand whichever is the problem. May sound like a stupid comment but I will make it anyways. Don't ride it like that.

 

so..the vance hines pipes dont stop it. if thats the case its been doing this for 25 years. currently ive got it ziptied away from the chain so its not a problem right now. just cant use the stand

 

If it has been rubbing for 25 years and a lot of miles then I doubt a few more will hurt. I would expect it to saw through your centrestand eventually but if you keep your chain well lubricated it will take a long time.

 

Well my uncle was the previous owner and he got the bike in 1988 with this exhaust on it. So I can only assume its been in this condition since then and I guess neither of us noticed? :crazy: Anyway, the chain is brand new and this is my fix for the stand....



I noticed there was a little welded thing on the stand with a hole in it. So put bolt with a few nuts and a fender washer in it. All tight and doused in gorilla glue. So long as I don't kick it when I put the center stand out, I don't see why it wouldn't hold up.

 

Good fix. I would have used hi-temp Locktite.

 

I had to include a piece on my custom exhaust for the same reason.
Yours looks like a longer piece than mine, but all it took was a small diameter tube welded to the mid pipe in the right place to hold the center stand off the chain.
Without it, the whole thing would have gone to pieces is a few miles.

I do see on your pics where it ground down the foot of the stand. I guess if it were that way as long as you've owned it, you wouldn't notice the extra vibration of the chain rubbing. Good thing it never got caught anywhere. I imagine that could have been devastating.

 

Agreed. Good fix. But I should think you might consider that temporary. Wouldn't there be a fair amount of metal on metal vibration directly to your pipes? I don't think your would notice that, but I do think it may wear through the pipe quicker than one might think. Could you maybe take this fix a step further and attach some sort of bumper pad, piece of metal for that matter, to the pipe with a decent pipe clamp? That would make it so that the washer head was wearing at an easily replaced part rather than an expensive exhaust pipe.

 

I used gorilla glue because its what I have on hand. If they loosen I may go get Loctite. ^^That's a good point Randy. It probably will punch a hole in the pipe eventually. I'll have a look this week and see if I can find something padded that wont melt from the exhaust heat.