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CB750K Sidestand mod?

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Lobo:
Appreciating it would be non-standard, but almost having set off with the sidestand down today (in a vague rush) am asking whether there is a ‘stand with rubber safety peg (like my 400F2 had) that is compatible with the CB750K2?
I have been to great pains to keep the bike factory, but hey….

K2-K6:
750 F2 would seem a decent starting place as it maybe straight bolt on component (stand plus rubber) or K7 model, both fitted with rubber tang.

Oddjob:
I am in the process of doing something similar with the 500 side stand Lobo. The amount of times I set off with it down was unreal, first left hander and suddenly the bike just slews to the right, you brake hard whilst keeping upright and fishing for the stand with your foot, yep been there, done that.

So this time I thought I'd avoid that, I intend to fit a side stand sensor either wired so that if you select gear with it down it cuts the engine like on my CB1300 or failing that not being possible then using the indicator buzzer I still have fitted so that it goes off when the neutral light goes out and the stands still down. I think the rubber thing only really works when the side stand got repositioned by Honda further back, the 550 side stand has it for instance but they moved it from under the rotor area to near the footrests, it could be the angle the rubber hits the road that meant it needed to be relocated.

Not sure whether that was the same for the 750 as I just wasn't interested in studying them, sorry to say, never liked them so never bothered with them.

K2-K6:
The location along the bike seems to be to clear (fold in between? ) the pipes on the four exhaust models.

I've a later 750, not SOHC, that has the stand pivot in front of crank and folded the foot infront of main footrest. That doesn't appear to be critical. They are general fairly upright in geometry though, making it simple to flick with the rubber tang.

Oddjob:
I've seen more than a few bikes dropped because of the rubber being fitted. You flick the stand down with your foot and if the bikes not upright eg leaning towards you, then the rubber hit first, stopped the stand from going any further down, you think it's down and lean the bike onto a stand that's only halfway down, if you don't notice it just falls over, usually onto your legs and then onto the floor if your not quick enough to catch it. Hence why I never thought of going in that direction.

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