Hey there, good evening! I got so caught up working on my GPZ 550 that it’s already this late. I’ll be writing this blog post smoothly using voice input! Thanks for sticking with me (*´ω｀*)
Making a center stand stopper is surprisingly tedious. It springs back with quite a bit of force, so aftermarket stoppers tend to deform pretty easily.
I’m constantly amazed by how well the OEM design is engineered.
There are basically two approaches: stopping it at the base or stopping it at the foot like the original does. If I could make a stopper at the base, it would be nice and simple, but there’s no room to co-bolt it with the center stand bolt. Plus, with the center stand spring in the middle, it’s difficult to build a frame structure.
So I decided to go with a method that won’t fail.
I pulled out the pipe bender after a long time and started bending stainless steel pipe. It’s 22.2φ with a wall thickness of 2mm, so it’s got some serious thickness to it.
I’m still glad I bought this bender—it can bend cold without any wrinkling. If I tried to buy one now, I think the exchange rate would make it an insane price.
I bent it nice and smooth, and now I’m going to add some legs to it.
Time passes… and suddenly it’s done!
I made it so it wouldn’t fail, but it was still pretty tedious. I cut threads into the plate side and used a plus-lock nut, so there’s no worry about the stopper coming loose.
For the stopper rubber, I used the Suzuki OEM part that’s normally in stock.
And there we have it—all finished up perfectly! (*´ω｀*)
I positioned the center stand higher than the Z 1 we have in the shop right now. If you ever want to remove the stopper, you can easily take it off with just the bolt and nut.
Then I just attach the center stand spring and we’re all done!
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