Aprilia Falco Side Stand Problems

Hi All

Please could you help me out on this. The bike sits too high/upright on
the side stand and it makes it unstable. Has anyone got any ideas or
could maybe point me to a site that will help.

Cheers

Vj

 

Get the sidestand cut and welded, as follows:

A competent welder will easily be able to do this job - just ensure
the joint is V'd so you are able to fill the join with weld as opposed
to a butt joint - or have the arm sleeved.

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VødkäJéllÿ wrote in

angle grinder

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

And make sure it's not cast iron.

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Damn, got me there.

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I never had a problem with mine, but: if you don't want to go for the
cut 'n' weld solution, Renegade make a bracket that changes the angle of
lean:

http://www.renegade-products.com/renegade/messages/2/95.html?1074886906

Alternatively, AF1 Racing can supply a billet aluminium sidestand...
hmmm, shiny:

http://www.af1racing.com/store/Scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=46

HTH

 

Ha! You think I never noticed that.
OK, lemme explain: I never said sidestands were cast iron. I gave cast
iron as an example of something which is a bastard to weld, even if you
use the correct nickel based electrode. Get it wrong and you have a
completely useless weld, as eny fule kno.

I have been inspecting welding (amongst other things) for the last 25
years and know a bit about welding and the welding industry.
Just to give you something to worry about, I am presently inspecting
welding on bits for the new Wembley stadium. Last year it was Swiss Re,
before that it was the London Eye, etc.

 

Eddie wrote:
|| VødkäJéllÿ wrote:
||
||| Please could you help me out on this. The bike sits too
||| high/upright on the side stand and it makes it unstable. Has
||| anyone got any ideas or could maybe point me to a site that will
||| help.
||
|| I never had a problem with mine, but: if you don't want to go for the
|| cut 'n' weld solution, Renegade make a bracket that changes the
|| angle of lean:
||
||
http://www.renegade-products.com/renegade/messages/2/95.html?1074886906
||
|| Alternatively, AF1 Racing can supply a billet aluminium sidestand...
|| hmmm, shiny:
||
|| http://www.af1racing.com/store/Scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=46
||
|| HTH

Thanks! This is what I was looking for!
Here's the bike btw...
http://www.giggle.myby.co.uk/bike_heyheyyy.jpg

Vj

 

wessie wrote:
|| VødkäJéllÿ wrote in
|| ||
||| Hi All
|||
||| Please could you help me out on this. The bike sits too
||| high/upright on the side stand and it makes it unstable. Has
||| anyone got any ideas or could maybe point me to a site that will
||| help.
|||
|| angle grinder
||
|| --
|| BMW R1150GS

Well what a top idea! dopey!

Vj

 

mb wrote:
|| message ||| [snip]
||| And make sure it's not cast iron.
|||
||
|| Ha! You think I never noticed that.
|| OK, lemme explain: I never said sidestands were cast iron. I gave
|| cast iron as an example of something which is a bastard to weld,
|| even if you use the correct nickel based electrode. Get it wrong and
|| you have a completely useless weld, as eny fule kno.
||
|| I have been inspecting welding (amongst other things) for the last 25
|| years and know a bit about welding and the welding industry.
|| Just to give you something to worry about, I am presently inspecting
|| welding on bits for the new Wembley stadium. Last year it was Swiss
|| Re, before that it was the London Eye, etc.
||
|| --
|| Mike
|| FJ1200 (Porky Torquey)
|| GTS1000 (Two rear ends)

I don't think welding is the option for my bike, was more looking for an
adaptor. Thanks for your reply though!

Vj :O)

 

In

Oh, by the way... Lesley... I meant to e-mither you with this.

Bells Welding, Back Canning Street (in between Catherine Street and Hope
Street).

Can't remember his phone number, but if you tell him "Fast Car Pete" from PR
sent you..

 

You said ANY ideas. Muppet.

You need a shorter side stand.
An angle grinder will give you a shorter sidestand.
It may not be what you would like, but it will solve the problem.

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Oh, you got the slow colour.

Ummm... here's mine:

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~deguello/aprilia/crash/

.... or what's left of it, anyway.

 

Colonel Tupperware wrote:

||||| angle grinder
||
|||
||| Well what a top idea! dopey!
|||
||
|| You said ANY ideas. Muppet.
||
|| You need a shorter side stand.
|| An angle grinder will give you a shorter sidestand.
|| It may not be what you would like, but it will solve the problem.
||
|| --
|| ColonelTupperware

lol :O) I did, you're right. Even though we know it needs the adaptor,
we cant get hold of one, and it looks like the dreaded angle
grinder/bend it out a bit approach is creeping nearer.

Vj

 

Eddie wrote:
|| VødkäJéllÿ wrote:
||
||| Thanks! This is what I was looking for!
||| Here's the bike btw...
||| http://www.giggle.myby.co.uk/bike_heyheyyy.jpg
||
|| Oh, you got the slow colour.
||
|| Ummm... here's mine:
||
|| http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~deguello/aprilia/crash/
||
|| ... or what's left of it, anyway.

OUCH! Hope you balls are still intacticus

Vj

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Oh I know. I've tried to weld CI, sometimes it worked, mostly it didn't.
The only time I had any real success was using a bloody great gas hearth
to keep the temp of the piece up and let it cool slowly.

There's nothing quite like that feeling you get when you look at the
weld and admire your work, only to hear that devastating ping as it
cools and cracks.

We know who to blame, then.

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Dave

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SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Helps to peen the toes of the weld after every run.

The worrying thing is that it's all welded in Holland (except for the site
welds, obviously).

 

Yeah, all present and correct. And now back to their usual colour, too.

 

blue-green, eh?

 

Huh? I thought I turned that webcam off.