Side stand - spring fixture

Small, probably elongated, hole in middle of front X member. Easily missed!

Exactly what my powder coater wanted to do, 'Do you want us to weld the rust hole up?'

Over time and with much upping and downing of prop stand this little hole in the frame tubeeventually wears a groove on the curled spring end which can eventually snap off causing prop stand to swing out.Not what you want whilst heeled over in a leftturn but takesseveral years regularusage before this is a possibility - just keep an eye on it whenunder the engine for sump plug removal during oil changes.

Previously wrote:

Hi,

it's time for one of those dumbxss questions again. Having finally gotten around to fitting a side stand with all the necessary hardware, I struggle to find a point of fixture for the frameend of the spring. Where did it originally go? It's a 1972 Roadster but I guess not too many changes over the years.

when my spring rusted through and the side sand bounced off the road I fitted a SS and didn`t likethe cost cuttingidea of attachment hole inX member so used a small alu clamp from a bicycle brake lever attach.

My SS item did just that and being a cheapscate on some things I rebent the end and it has been in place for many years now. Thanks for the reminder. I will change it now.