Author Topic: Leave the Center Stand on the Scooter?  (Read 764 times)

surfskatemoto

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Leave the Center Stand on the Scooter?
« on: August 06, 2024, 10:24:18 PM »
Yeah, I just hi centered the Kymco doing a wheelie over some rail road tracks. It was one of the best wheelies I ever did on that thing. I heard some noise while doing the wheelie and I guess the janky, old, rusty, (rat bike, 2009) centerstand had came down. I hi centered the landing and god was with me, it rolled back as I landed, kinda scary! Also, I come from sportbikes, racing style background, I always scrape the centerstand when cornering, and the lean angle is not extreme at all. I did crash a scooter one time in Taiwan doing this very same thing. What say ye wise old scooter sages? Axe the center stand? Or do some maintenence on it and tighten it up some how. I think mine is coming off.   

Iahawk

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Re: Leave the Center Stand on the Scooter?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2024, 12:46:04 PM »
I think the benefits of a center stand far outweigh any drawbacks. Maintenance and service are so much easier with a center stand. Granted, I've never wheelied a scooter or scraped the center stand on my bike...so....
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Ruffus

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Re: Leave the Center Stand on the Scooter?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2024, 04:40:47 PM »
Well done, but:
-if a centerstand grounds at a scooterwheelie three things might be wrong.
A centerstand bolts and nuts loose
B centerstand coil spring weak or one lost
C both
Might be worth to check up on that.
Happy and safe scootering, Ruffus

surfskatemoto

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Re: Leave the Center Stand on the Scooter?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2024, 09:37:27 PM »

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