EZ-UP Center Stand Question.
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EZ-UP Center Stand Question.
I install the CS-09LL - EZ-UP stand on my 2010 HD Ultra Classic. The bike has lowering shocks and the front has been lowered slightly. I can put the bike on the stand real easy (it's nice) but I can't drive off, the stand just slides along with the bike. It slides if I try to push the bike off the stand as well. I have to jack the bike up to release the stand. I thought maybe gluing some heavy duty sand paper to the feet may help? I have only tried it on the garage cement floor which is mostly likely the only place I'll used it for winter storage and bike cleaning.
Wondering if anyone else has this issue and how the problem was corrected.
Thanks for your feedback.
Wondering if anyone else has this issue and how the problem was corrected.
Thanks for your feedback.
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I'm guessing the E-Z-up does not have any adjustable feet to make up for different height bikes. If not, this would be up to you if want to mess with it. Find a welder in your area if you don't have one. Cut the feet off for enough to weld some 1/2 nuts on, the screw some bolts in to the required length so the rear tire remains on the floor. that's what I did to mine and now I can just drive right off the stand. Just a thought. BTW mine is not an E-Z-up, it's a nock off brand. I have a car tire on the rear, so it sets lower.
IF you bought it from ez up call them and see if they sell one for a lowered bike. You have one for standard suspension. The rear tire should be touching the ground. If you have lowered suspension thats the problem. Mine worked great on my Ultra Limited but Its hard to get off the stand on my RGS cause of the lowered suspension. Good luck. If you keep it you'll learn how to get it off. Try putting a towel under it while in the garage that helped me out.
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Model CS-09LL is for bikes with lowered front and rear. Model CS-09L is for lowered rear only.
I have talked with the manufacturer and they suggest roughing up the feet a bit. I thought I would post here first.
I have talked with the manufacturer and they suggest roughing up the feet a bit. I thought I would post here first.
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It appears the bike suspension sets the bike too low for your center stand. The ideal weight distribution places more than enough weight on the center stand so it remains stationary when you drive off. Your situation, the low suspension creates a weight ratio with too much weight on the suspension and not enough weight on the center stand so it wont remain stationary and you cannot make the stand pivot on the pivot point. I would stand the bike up on varying thicknesses of wood until you set a thickness that works for you; tire on or off the ground. A permanent solution is replace the feet with thicker metal (cut and weld) or possibly glue on an appropirate thickness heavy duty rubber or piece of tire to the existing feet.
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If you can ride off a center stand that means the rear wheel is on the ground. Now bear with me; this is a real question. What good is a center stand that won't elevate the rear wheel? You can't change tires or clean both wheels and it eats ground clearance, so what makes it better than jiffy stand?
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It appears the bike suspension sets the bike too low for your center stand. The ideal weight distribution places more than enough weight on the center stand so it remains stationary when you drive off. Your situation, the low suspension creates a weight ratio with too much weight on the suspension and not enough weight on the center stand so it wont remain stationary and you cannot make the stand pivot on the pivot point. I would stand the bike up on varying thicknesses of wood until you set a thickness that works for you; tire on or off the ground. A permanent solution is replace the feet with thicker metal (cut and weld) or possibly glue on an appropirate thickness heavy duty rubber or piece of tire to the existing feet.
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Don't modify the stand until you talk with the folks at Wheeldock
http://www.wheeldock.com/
They are stand up people and will definitely help you through the problem.
http://www.wheeldock.com/
They are stand up people and will definitely help you through the problem.