Mounting Center Stand on XS1100

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  • equinox1216
    XSive
    • Mar 2009
    • 54
    • Lebanon, Oregon
    #1

    Mounting Center Stand on XS1100

    Hi all.
    I realize this may be a silly question. But the fact is, at this point, I am stumped.

    I have obtained a center stand for my 1979(ish) XS1100 and it is now mounted. It fits perfectly, by the way.

    However, I am unable to stretch the spring from the mount "eye" to the spring post on the bike. It only has to stretch about 1/2 inch but I cannot get it to budge!!

    So far I have just used channel locks. Big tool, good grip on long handles... no luck though.

    Is there a special technique to this? A special tool, perhaps?
    I'm not a very big guy so I can't use my weight for leverage at all.

    Thanks in advance.
    • 1979 XS1100SF Special Hybrid


    In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
    Tags: center stand, mount, spring
    • gareth
      XStremely XSive
      • Jul 2007
      • 259
      • New York City
      #2
      Can you disconnect the centerstand, hook the spring on both ends and then reinstall the bolts? Might just be easier to lever the big metal than the small spring...

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        • Yahman
          XSive Maximus
          • Mar 2008
          • 779
          • Salem, OR
          #3
          Try this...

          Grab the spring eye in a vise and bend the spring sideways. The coils will open up on one side. Shove washers in the gaps and let the spring close to grip them. Bend the spring the other way and the coils will open up on the other side. Shove washers in there too. OK, it's fiddly work and the washers may not want to stay in place but if you keep at it you will end up with a spring that's held open by those washers enough to install without you having to stretch it. Put the bike on it's stand and all the washers will fall out. Pick them up and you're done.

          Larry
          Inventor of the YICS Eliminator. Want one? Get it here.
          http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread...399#post183399

          If you're not riding, you're not living!
          82 XJ1100
          80 XS1100G (Project bike)
          64 Yamaha YA-6
          77 Suzuki TS-185

          79 XS1100SF Built this one for a friend.
          See it here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBYT4C9_6Ac

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            • equinox1216
              XSive
              • Mar 2009
              • 54
              • Lebanon, Oregon
              #4
              Thanks Larry!

              Originally posted by Yahman
              Grab the spring eye in a vise and bend the spring sideways. The coils will open up on one side. Shove washers in the gaps and let the spring close to grip them. Bend the spring the other way and the coils will open up on the other side. Shove washers in there too. OK, it's fiddly work and the washers may not want to stay in place but if you keep at it you will end up with a spring that's held open by those washers enough to install without you having to stretch it. Put the bike on it's stand and all the washers will fall out. Pick them up and you're done.

              Larry
              Worked like a charm! (though I used pennies for washers since my kid has zillions of 'em already) - (don't worry, I gave her a quarter for them)
              • 1979 XS1100SF Special Hybrid


              In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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                • Axel
                  XSive Maximus
                  • May 2007
                  • 869
                  • Renfrew,Ontario
                  #5
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