Fri, 16 Oct 1998 15:27:25 +0200 - Message No. 4292
From: NMaiwald@t-online.de (Norbert Maiwald)

Subject: Re: "Five stars" - main stand


RHasenohr@aol.com schrieb:
> Hi!
>
> I'm the owner of a used @ (RD07 '93), which I bought four weeks ago.
> Now I got a "five stars" - "main stand" (?) and I fixed it already.......
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Do I have to get a certificate at the german TUEV? There is no "ABE" but a
> "Tuev-Gutachten" included.
> 2) Do I have to be A. Schwarzenegger using this main stand?
>
> Bye, Roland
>
 Hi Roland !

concerning the TUEV, you don't need a seperate ABE, the TUEV Gutachten does the 
same. 
Second, you should not have too many trouble lifting your bike on this main 
stand if you have a crash bar attached to your bike. try pulling UPWARD, not 
simply to the back. it's a bit of a ritual, try finding out the best position 
and then have a short but strong effort.
I recommend to mount crash bars anyway...
IMO the worst point about this  main stand is that it decreases your ground 
clearance dramatically ! This could be different on RD04/07, but on my 03 it is 
far away from a nice and close fit to the bike. It looks like a spare part that 
is designed to fit almost every bike but not to fit exactly to my RD03 although 
it was advertised to do so. The main stand is my side lean limiter, with two 
guys on the bike you have to be very carefully in corners not to touch the 
ground with the main stand !!! It fits really bad, I will have a look for 
another one, that's for sure. 
does anyone have a solution for this ? mainstand for RD03 except the original 
HONDA product ? 

CHRIS




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