CFMoto 450MT

[F5 Dave]

Did Shannon dam today, last post.

https://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/s...t-there/page26

Wish I'd changed rear tyre earlier.

I loaded an angle app and tried fork. 116, or 24*. Seems sharp. [EDIT. 26° brain fart] Tried the 690 next to me. 26° also. Ok.

Now the gravel roads there are mostly easy but some rough areas.

The rear is not so skittery and the bike also wants to turn rather than plow. Standing or sitting are improved for sure.
It actually felt playful.

[F5 Dave]

Note edit. The change according to ai would be to 28° to put it back to standard. Which is pretty slack angle. No wonder it plowed a bit.

But picture of specs gave the rake as 26°.
I kinda wonder whether they wanted a lower seat after they designed it and the tyre manufacturer said yes. We'll make a queer size for you.

[F5 Dave]

So here's the plan for extending the sidestand.

Mill 1 mm step for the foot to locate in. Drill and tap 3 M5 holes.
Trim to suit and squirt of black.

Reattach sidestand.
And that's where I have to find where the spring went. I used a spring pull, it put up a fight then disappeared at pace. Didn't even make a sound, just went off to hide.

I've checked the obviously trajectory. Then the less obvious ones. Then the bash plate. Then the other areas for 30 min.

Sigh. I do have other springs in collection but you have to be careful, it is critical to have right length, strength and closed end hooks.

[F5 Dave]

So look again.
Take bicycle up hill road. Horrible but should be done.

Silly tyre needs air.

Ponder and peddle.

Look behind 765. No. Lie on ground and scan. Nothing.
Check gaps on bike to see if it's Kennedy's magic bulleted up there. No. Should I really lie underneath? Seems extreme. Idley check chain tension. It falls off on ground.

Hey ill take that as a win.

[SaferRides]

LoL. Small springs are even worse, especially if they escape off the workbench!

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[F5 Dave]

Ok next.

10mm plate, about 1mm recess cut in. 3 x m5 holes drilled and tapped.

Loctite, file and sand. Squirt of black zinc.

Hardest thing was trying to get spring back on. Tried bending and filling gaps with spacers. Did nothing useful. It's a double spring.
Ended up wrapping a ratchet tiedown around the rear tyre and putting puller handle through anchor eyelet.
Donned safety facesheild and easy as.just.

Makes bike much easier to lift off stand and should be less scary to use on slight slope as was case Sunday.

[SaferRides]

I should do something like that on the R1. It already has a small plate, but it leans a long way because of the 55 profile tyre and rear suspension mods. I have to careful on soft ground or gravel - it nearly fell over recently when the stand slipped off a rounded stone.

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[pete376403]

Ok next.

10mm plate, about 1mm recess cut in. 3 x m5 holes drilled and tapped.

Loctite, file and sand. Squirt of black zinc.

Hardest thing was trying to get spring back on. Tried bending and filling gaps with spacers. Did nothing useful. It's a double spring.

I have found an easier way is to attach the spring to both anchor points before putting the pivot bolt in, then using the stand as a lever to get it to where the bolt goes in. As always YMMV.

Did the Striple fork seals successfully, your compression tool worked well. Will bring it back next time I am passing.