• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

Any Interest in a 630 Sidestand?

Kenneth Webb said:
It would be best to send you the stand without the foot attached so you could adjust the length and have welded locally. I think the SM is a little lower than the TE. I would need an SM here to get the length right. The stand could go to you primed, except for the bottom few inches, and you could paint it yourself. Let me know if you want to do that. I'd like to find an SM here to experiment with but the nearest dealer is 150 miles away.
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I think I would rather try one as is and see how it sits before making any adjustments. Count me in.
 
Put me in.
Though i am a bit far away...in Madrid-Spain-Europe...we should consider shipping cost.
I also hate the original sidestand.
 
Update: I can't give a cost yet as some of the work is still being priced, but I think the final number will be reasonable. I've taken the leap and ordered material and I will be able to make a few more, but not over 19 total this time. Anyone who wants in, let me know. I have a trip planned for the end of the month and when I return the work will begin. Hopefully I'll have final numbers to everyone by the end of next week.:)
 
Update for those waiting on sidestands. Machining is underway and all the other material is here waiting for me to return from Death Valley where I'll be riding for a couple of weeks. 'Can't confirm prices yet as I'm waiting on a few things. When I return I'll get right on it and begin making the stands. Sorry for the delay, but I gotta ride! :excuseme:
 
Kenneth Webb said:
Update for those waiting on sidestands. Machining is underway and all the other material is here waiting for me to return from Death Valley where I'll be riding for a couple of weeks. 'Can't confirm prices yet as I'm waiting on a few things. When I return I'll get right on it and begin making the stands. Sorry for the delay, but I gotta ride! :excuseme:
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SOUNDS GREAT!! I wish I could meet you in DV, I'm aching to go. BTW, there's a big DV ride at the end of March if your interested, 29, 30, 31. I'll be going that whole week but the offical rally will be Fri, Sat, Sun, base camp from Panamint Springs.

Now back to our regular programming.......

Oh yeah......can't wait for a proper sidestand! :D
 
Huskyfly said:
SOUNDS GREAT!! I wish I could meet you in DV, I'm aching to go. BTW, there's a big DV ride at the end of March if your interested, 29, 30, 31. I'll be going that whole week but the offical rally will be Fri, Sat, Sun, base camp from Panamint Springs.

Now back to our regular programming.......

Oh yeah......can't wait for a proper sidestand! :D
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That's the group I probably should be riding with, but I waited too long and there is no more room at the inn for my truck and camper. I'm going to Death Valley Daze and I don't really have a handle on the group, except I'm thinking many are on KTM's etc. and like to burn up the road. I like to take it one notch down or so, but we'll see. At any rate I'll buzz around and see what I can in a week and a half, with or without riding partners. Would have liked to join in with you at the end of March! It's a long pull from Houston to DV and I there can only be one, trip that is.
 
Kenneth Webb said:
That's the group I probably should be riding with, but I waited too long and there is no more room at the inn for my truck and camper. I'm going to Death Valley Daze and I don't really have a handle on the group, except I'm thinking many are on KTM's etc. and like to burn up the road. I like to take it one notch down or so, but we'll see. At any rate I'll buzz around and see what I can in a week and a half, with or without riding partners. Would have liked to join in with you at the end of March! It's a long pull from Houston to DV and I there can only be one, trip that is.
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He just opened up 10 spots today for trucking in?? Check the site out!!
 
Huskyfly said:
He just opened up 10 spots today for trucking in?? Check the site out!!
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I just posted over there that I want in, but I have to know today since I would have to change plans and not start heading for DV in the morning. Hopefully they can shoehorn me in and let me know so that I can make reservations for the week previous to the noobs ride too. Any strings you know to pull? I have all my gear stacked at the back door, ready to throw in the truck, but March sure sounds better!
 
The problem I have with the orignal stand is when the bike is loaded it falls over on to the right or left depending on the grade, I mean the slightest grade. If the ground is not perfectly level the bike will actually fall over.

If your stand will cure this problem count me in.

Mike C
Jan 28/12
 
Mike C said:
The problem I have with the orignal stand is when the bike is loaded it falls over on to the right or left depending on the grade, I mean the slightest grade. If the ground is not perfectly level the bike will actually fall over.

If your stand will cure this problem count me in.

Mike C
Jan 28/12
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That's the problem, and the revised stand fixes it. You are listed.

Waiting on my machinist to finish and then I'll start putting stands together.
 
Is your stand made for bikes that are still stock height? The reason I ask is that mine's been lowered a couple inches and the foot of the stock stand doesn't sit flush with the ground. Would I be able to easily mod your stand if it doesn't sit flush? I don't have a welder btw.
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The fix here would be for you to have an angled/wedged foot (or bigfoot even better) made out of polyprop that allows for the changed angle. At least yours is not too short. :)
 
oneleven said:
Is your stand made for bikes that are still stock height? The reason I ask is that mine's been lowered a couple inches and the foot of the stock stand doesn't sit flush with the ground. Would I be able to easily mod your stand if it doesn't sit flush? I don't have a welder btw.
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Perhaps the best thing for you would be to ship the foot loose and let you weld it there. An inch lower or higher on the suspension is probably not an issue, but two? Keep in mind that unless you always park on good pavement the "ground" is seldom precicely level.
 
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