Centre stand

Mine did that on my plunger framed ES2, very irritating. Then I bought a new return spring and...problem solved. Only proviso is that with a new spring it's best to let the stand return gently when pushing the bike off the stand or it's CLANG!!!! and you'll dent the silencer. It does seem that the stand is meant to rest against the silencer from what I could gather. New springs are cheap from the parts store.

Hi George

On my '56 19S there is plenty of clearance between the stand and silencer. The stand comes up against a frame lug right beside the pivot bolt. See pic of LHS pivot (note: must repaint the stand sometime!).

Cheers

Ian McD

I know its going back a long time, and memory plays trick with you, but I'm sure that these modern replica silencers are bigger than the old original one that was on my 54 ES2. Every time I see one I just think they are too big and look out of place. John

The perspective of that 2nd pic is a bit misleading so I have retaken it looking straight down the axis of the bike. There is a similar horizontal overlap between stand and silencer so I assume that the 19S exhaust must be slightly higher than your ES2. Just to give an idea of height the gap between the top of the silencer clamp and the underside of the kickstart spring cover is not much more than 15mm, the top seam of the silencer almost touches the pillion foot peg, and the silencer obstructs removal of the rear wheel spindle. I have always assumed that the missing corner of the stand foot was accidental damage but this photo makes me think that it may have been removed to increase the clearance.

...and why not glue a piece of rubber to keep a distance and also allow a soft back of the stand?

Before you get the hacksaw out...

It appears that your silencer sits lower and a little closer to the bike than mine. The height is set by your pipe but by modifying the silencer mount and the pipe clip to one of the front engine mount bolts (if you have one there) it might be possible to move the silencer outwards enough to create some clearance - but at the risk of interference with the kickstart.

On the other hand the clang might just add character and may not be worth worrying about. Or you could go with Hans' suggestion of a rubber buffer.

Cheers, Ian

Hello George i had the same problem i took the stand off and had some weld applied to the lug area . the weld was over done so when i put it back on the bike i could file it to the desired level so it didn't catch the exhaust.my bike is not as standard as yours but still the same fix. i would fit a new spring if its bouncing up and down anyway. Baz