Gooberkat
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Reged: 01/11/12
Posts: 67
Loc: Florida
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Here you go...
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SMJoe
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Reged: 11/19/09
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Loc: Ottawa, ON
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Hides away nicer then the Rivco on my bike and yes I do keep a block to help get it up there. The strap is ok for lifting albeit a little rink-e-dink so I may pick up one of the rails from Biketech.
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philwarner
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Reged: 02/24/12
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Loc: Northwest Arkansas
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So, I received my Techbike parts center stand last week and installed it today. The pins still do not clear the rear frame member of a 04 America.
The moral of the story is... the one I received on the 18th still required some smithing then paint touch up.
There must be some differences between the 04 frame and the 08 since Gooberkat had no issues on his 08. His photo of the pins looks pretty much like the flat I had to put on mine for my 04. Just curious, Gooberkat, how much clearance do you have under the rear tire on the stand?
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Phil in Northwest Arkansas
04 America, Jet black, Corbin seat, TORs, 31K
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Gooberkat
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Loc: Florida
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I am not quite sure where you were speaking of. From the center of the stand (when up) to the back tire is approx. 5 3/4 inches.
The stop pins do rub a bit on the frame as the stand moves down, but they do not prevent it from travelling into position. Perhaps there is a difference in the frame among the various years.
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erle
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Perhaps their NOT a "hot seller", and they still have the older, unadjusted ones in stock, along with the newer, revised item?
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philwarner
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Loc: Northwest Arkansas
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I am not quite sure where you were speaking of. From the center of the stand (when up) to the back tire is approx. 5 3/4 inches. The stop pins do rub a bit on the frame as the stand moves down, but they do not prevent it from traveling into position. Perhaps there is a difference in the frame among the various years.
I meant between the rear tire and the ground with your bike on the center stand.
Mine just clears on level cement and might not clear on gravel but I haven't tried that yet since none of my gravel is level. I did add some hose clamps around the frame where the pins rest with the stand down, but it didn't increase the tire clearance much.
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Phil in Northwest Arkansas
04 America, Jet black, Corbin seat, TORs, 31K
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philwarner
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Perhaps their NOT a "hot seller", and they still have the older, unadjusted ones in stock, along with the newer, revised item?
The stop pins were round on the one I received, so if the pins have a flat they have been revised. I presume that was the factory fix as well as the fix several of us have made.
I also suspect there are slight differences in the ends of the bike frames either by year or just by tolerance in the Mfg process since these would not be critical dimensions except for the swing of the center stand.
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Phil in Northwest Arkansas
04 America, Jet black, Corbin seat, TORs, 31K
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Gooberkat
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Loc: Florida
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I am not quite sure where you were speaking of. From the center of the stand (when up) to the back tire is approx. 5 3/4 inches. The stop pins do rub a bit on the frame as the stand moves down, but they do not prevent it from traveling into position. Perhaps there is a difference in the frame among the various years.
I meant between the rear tire and the ground with your bike on the center stand.
Mine just clears on level cement and might not clear on gravel but I haven't tried that yet since none of my gravel is level. I did add some hose clamps around the frame where the pins rest with the stand down, but it didn't increase the tire clearance much.
Had it up on the center stand today. Not much clearance, just under a 1/4 inch. But enough to turn the tire without touching.
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