Home-made sidestand

**laserracer** · 19th May 2009, 11:42

Got bored so made this for my yz426.
pics of it on bike still to come,but it works great ,
total cost $28 that includes the paint and the spring which was $17
not pretty but it works

**cave weta** · 19th May 2009, 11:51

Im impressed. no really!

does it bolt to the foot peg bolts?

**oldskool** · 19th May 2009, 11:53

Originally Posted by laserracer

Got bored so made this for my yz426.
pics of it on bike still to come,but it works great ,
total cost $28 that includes the paint and the spring which was $17
not pretty but it works

Cool stand. I need one for my bike too. Why was the spring so expensive?

**laserracer** · 19th May 2009, 12:14

i have no idea ...bloody bunnings.. i think they ripped me off .. but in saying that all there springs are bloody expensive. It just mounts on the subframe bolt and the chain roller bolt
Next time i see ya oldschool il will take a pattern off ya bike.. and knock ya one up
we are racing tims 250 at a mx in cambridge on sunday ..his first mx

**oldskool** · 19th May 2009, 12:23

Originally Posted by laserracer

i have no idea ...bloody bunnings.. i think they ripped me off .. but in saying that all there springs are bloody expensive. It just mounts on the subframe bolt and the chain roller bolt
Next time i see ya oldschool il will take a pattern off ya bike.. and knock ya one up
we are racing tims 250 at a mx in cambridge on sunday ..his first mx

Awesome, I hope he does well.

Not sure where a good place would be to mount a sidestand on my bike. Looking at where they put the stand on a KDX and assuming Kawa thinks that was the best spot I wouldn't want to go drilling holes in my swingarm.
I am forever having to turn the gas off and drop the bike so I can help the kids out when they get stuck. It's getting bl@@dy annoying. Be nice to be able to prop it up on a stand anytime.

Hey this KX250 looks cheap.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-219334358.htm

**laserracer** · 19th May 2009, 12:37

whats that bolt at the bottom of your subframe for ?? maybe between that and a foot peg bolt or chainroller bolt

Hell yes that does seem like a good buy

**takitimu** · 19th May 2009, 12:46

Originally Posted by laserracer

i have no idea ...bloody bunnings.. i think they ripped me off .. but in saying that all there springs are bloody expensive.

They were cheaper than Mitre10 by around 20%, so I'd say you did ok in pricing.

Interesting idea making your own stand !!.

**xwhatsit** · 19th May 2009, 12:47

Nice! Looks better than many factory ones (i.e. D***ti)

**cheese** · 19th May 2009, 12:55

The aftermarket ones you can get bolt around the swingarm I think.

**cheese** · 19th May 2009, 13:02

Oh adn I found a spring place up here a few years ago. really cheap. It was in Onehunga.

**laserracer** · 19th May 2009, 13:06

Yep was gonna make a bolt around the swingarm side stand, but the swingarm has so much up and down movement in it i always wonder how the stand stays up

Any way i made my one out of 3 galv square washers ,some scrape steel rod, and nuts and bolts .. oh yeah and the bunnings spring ..which now sounds ok compared to mitre10 prices

**oldskool** · 19th May 2009, 13:10

Originally Posted by cheese

Oh adn I found a spring place up here a few years ago. really cheap. It was in Onehunga.

seems a bit steep $17 for a light duty extension spring what about one of those ones off an old bed or an extendable office lamp whens the next inorganic

**oldskool** · 19th May 2009, 13:11

Originally Posted by laserracer

Yep was gonna make a bolt around the swingarm side stand, but the swingarm has so much up and down movement in it i always wonder how the stand stays up

Any way i made my one out of 3 galv square washers ,some scrape steel rod, and nuts and bolts .. oh yeah and the bunnings spring ..which now sounds ok compared to mitre10 prices

can i be the first to place an order with yah