I finally installed a center stand on my 2019 Honda CB500X. This video shows the installation process which might be useful to someone out there. Cheers!
I've got to sincerely thank you for posting this video. I saw a couple other videos first on installing the centerstand, and the guys used the "coins in the spring" method. You made the screwdriver technique look very easy so I thought I'd try it... Well, Mr. wanna-be physics guy (me) thought that if I used a really long screwdriver, it would give me additional leverage and make the job a piece of cake. Wasn't sure which length I needed, so I got both an 8 inch and 12 inch phillips head. Tried the 12 inch driver, and wouldn't you know the force on it from the spring was so great that it looked like the screwdriver was going to snap in half!! So I switched to the 8 inch screwdriver. Not gonna lie, it was NOT a fun time!!! Took me a solid 20+ minutes just to do that, and there was a little profanity, but FINALLY I got it to work. This was with the OEM Honda centerstand and spring. It's installed and all is good now. Again, THANKS!!!
THANK YOU! I was trying to use a spring puller at first like the Honda instructions suggest, but there was no way that spring was going to budge. The screwdriver method worked great though! Took some finagling and I should’ve used a Phillips head, but it worked!
Hello and thanks for this video. I just bought a stand that looks identical to yours for my 2022. Do you still use yours? Have you had any issues with it? I mean that hook that the spring is attached to seems to be very close to the chain and I'm afraid it might touch it while riding. Thanks in advance for your input. Ride safe!
@@TheRideandPlace Thank you very much for your reply. I finally received mine and I installed it. One issue is with the rubber stopper that goes to the right, on the exhaust side, it is touching the exhaust and half of it melted after the first ride. You can tell the difference compared to the OEM stand, the arms are a bit curved towards the outside, whereas those on the OEM go straight. That's why the rubber doesn't rest where it should. Have you experienced this?
Hi. The one I bought is brandless. I juat use it to stand the bike for chain maintenance and for washing the bike so I didn't see the need to buy a brand one, but this generic one works great. Hope this helps. Cheers!
Just finished installing my center-stand on my gsf1200, and I used that screwdriver trick (took about an hour to figure it out but it worked). Thanks bro.
