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  • Any advantage of putting vehicle on centre stand over the side stand?

    Kaustubh Katdare

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    Updated: Oct 26, 2024
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    Curious to know if there are any advantages of putting the vehicle on centre stand over the side stand? If there are no advantages, why don't the two wheeler makers totally get rid of the centre stand; especially from the scooty type vehicles?
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  • Aashish Joshi

    Member • Sep 16, 2015

    One advantage I can think of is space. Parking areas in some public places are very crowded (especially in Hyderabad). Using the side stand means your bike is at an angle (\) to the road. So it takes up slightly more space than if it was on its center stand (|).

    Looking at one bike alone, it doesn't look like we save a lot of space. But if you consider 20 - 30 bikes parked in a row it probably means you can cram in a few more bikes. 😀
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  • lal

    Member • Sep 16, 2015

    Once an "automobile freak" friend commented, high-speed racing motor bikes have only centre stand. Using a side stand would make the load acting on bearings and other pivotal points in an angular manner that it might cause slight misalignment in long term use which might affect the performance of bike on tarmac.

    It does sound like making sense although all the bearings and mentioned pivotol points would have been manufactured with many times the actual load bearing capacity.
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  • Anoop Kumar

    Member • Sep 16, 2015

    lal
    Once an "automobile freak" friend commented, high-speed racing motor bikes have only centre stand. Using a side stand would make the load acting on bearings and other pivotal points in an angular manner that it might cause slight misalignment in long term use which might affect the performance of bike on tarmac.
    Doesn't seem right. I see lots of high end racing bike including BMW in Birmingham. Almost all of them are at side stand only.
    Middle stand helps in saving space as pointed by #-Link-Snipped-# and side stand is more stable on uneven place.
    #-Link-Snipped-#suggest that Center stand is primarily for maintenance purpose .
    Like removing wheels and chain maintenance.
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