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    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
  • #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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    • #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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      • #4
        Thanks Larry!

        Originally posted by Yahman View Post
        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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        • #5
          XJ1100K
          Avon rubber
          MikesXS black coils
          Iridium plugs w/ 1k caps
          MikesXS front master
          Paragon SS brake lines (unlinked)
          Loud Horns (Stebel/Fiamm)
          Progressive fork springs
          CIBIE headlight reflector
          YICS Eliminator

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