Farley, Brown, and Surefoot Sidestands and Reynolds RideOff Centerstand
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Photos, showing differences between these sidestands and mountings; use of the Reynolds RideOff centerstand;...and some of the possible problems if any of these are not installed correctly, or used correctly.
Here is a photo of George Turski's Brown Sidestand as on his 1982 R100RT; George has a heat shield on his muffler.
Below are FIVE photos of Snowbum's 1984 R100RT, which has BOTH a Reynolds centerstand and the Brown Sidestand installed.
If the Reynolds centerstand is up first, the Brown will be held
outward, as shown, and the Brown can contact the ground on
sharper turns. Avoid doing this!
It is possible to modify the Reynolds tang, most would not want
to. See much later photos
further down this page, for a Farley sidestand with a modified
Reynolds centerstand.
In the above photo, the small red caption says that the Brown is
NOT touching the muffler anyplace. A closeup is further
down this page.
A closeup view of the Brown sidestand folded up to but NOT
TOUCHING the muffler.
This photo, which I have enhanced as best I can, shows the
Farley sidestand mounted on a 1983 R100RS. In order for the
Farley to fit better when folded up, the bike, which has a Reynolds Ride-Off centerstand, has
had 3/4" sawn off the foot tang of the Reynolds. NOTE:
Very difficult to see, but in this particular installation, Farley supplied a
black crashbar clamp, etc., which supports the front bolt area of the Farley
sidestand, at the BMW frame point for the centerstand. This was done
to avoid the problem of the Brown sidestand, and potentially the Farley
sidestand, from putting pressure on the exhaust header, if a clamp was used
around the exhaust header, and fastened to the forward sidestand bolt.
The above are the Surefoot sidestands. These are quite well welded to the
footpeg, which either is supplied or exchanged.
Rev:
04/1/2008: Add photo of the Farley as installed, with notes on the forward
clamp, etc.
04/19/2009: rename, and add the Surefoot stand
07/23/2009: Add photo of George Turski's Brown installation
07/26/2009: Add 5 photos of my 84RT, add captions, etc.