Scooterotica

Tractorman wrote: Once these extra long legged indian stands are strained they are not easy to push over centre.

I've never seen one. Is there an advantage to extra long legs on a stand?

Gets the front wheel off the ground and drives the anoraks nuts?

And stands them so upright that if you breathe near them on the stand they fall over :-/

I always keep one foot on the stand to stop it flicking up and whacking the underside of the runner board. Worst culprit has to be my Jet though. It's got more of an angle to it, making it a struggle. Don't know if that's typical of Spanish scoots.

Muttley McLadd wrote:

Tractorman wrote: Once these extra long legged indian stands are strained they are not easy to push over centre.

I've never seen one. Is there an advantage to extra long legs on a stand?

There not sold as extra long they just made longer than Italian.

On my Vespa P200e some previous owner replaced the rubber feet of the center stand with bits of small channel welded in place.



For whatever reason I put the stand down using the left foot. My shoe slipped off about half the tries. Got my son-in-law to weld a loop on that side. Sticks out enough for my foot to easily find and stay on it.



As a bonus the loop provides a place to lock a security chain.

As for getting off the stand, my legs are long enough or the seat is low enough that I can stand straddling the seat without touching it so I just ride the scooter off the stand.