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[Larry295]

Anybody has purchased the Center Stand option for his/her SRF?
Any photos you could share showing what it looks like while retracted (riding position)?

[BrianTRice@gmail.com]

There are photos on the FB Zero owners group:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215908145038510&set=pcb.2731620153573842&type=3&theater&ifg=1
https://www.facebook.com/islandmoto.co/photos/pcb.2705218886224405/2705217989557828/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

I don't think it was even available to buy before now, if it's even available now.

[NEW2elec]

I'm glad to see this option.  The new swing arm plus a center stand makes a solo roadside belt change a very doable thing.

[BrianTRice@gmail.com]

Yes, I am very satisfied that this is now available, for roadside belt changes as well as just general powertrain testing (spin the wheel up after a configuration tweak to see how it responds safely).

FWIW I live on a steep hill in SF and my garage floor is uneven because of settling over the years, so working on constructing stuff around my Zero DSR has been difficult because of the slanted load on any stand I've managed to use.

[Larry295]

There are photos on the FB Zero owners group:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215908145038510&set=pcb.2731620153573842&type=3&theater&ifg=1
https://www.facebook.com/islandmoto.co/photos/pcb.2705218886224405/2705217989557828/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

I don't think it was even available to buy before now, if it's even available now.

Thx for these photos, but it doesn't look like a center stand. More like there is a regular stand on both sides??

[Richard230]

There are photos on the FB Zero owners group:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215908145038510&set=pcb.2731620153573842&type=3&theater&ifg=1
https://www.facebook.com/islandmoto.co/photos/pcb.2705218886224405/2705217989557828/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

I don't think it was even available to buy before now, if it's even available now.

Thx for these photos, but it doesn't look like a center stand. More like there is a regular stand on both sides??

I have seen motorcycles sold in Australia that had side stands on both sides of the vehicle. Apparently, there is a reason for that but I am not quite sure what it is.  Perhaps to facilitate getting off of the motorcycle on either side so that you are not getting off into the traffic lane?   

[BrianTRice@gmail.com]

There are photos on the FB Zero owners group:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10215908145038510&set=pcb.2731620153573842&type=3&theater&ifg=1
https://www.facebook.com/islandmoto.co/photos/pcb.2705218886224405/2705217989557828/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

I don't think it was even available to buy before now, if it's even available now.

Thx for these photos, but it doesn't look like a center stand. More like there is a regular stand on both sides??

I have seen it in person, and it is a center stand, and a Zero employee told me so. Center stands aren't exactly easy to see when stowed.

[DonTom]

I have seen motorcycles sold in Australia that had side stands on both sides of the vehicle. Apparently, there is a reason for that but I am not quite sure what it is.

I can think of many reasons for that, especially when parking on a hill where the sidestand can be too short (or too long) on one side but not on the other. Beats having to turn the bike around to face the opposite direction as I have had to do a few times, even on my own driveway here.

-Don-  Auburn, CA

[remmie]

here's a a render of it from streetbike.co.uk

https://parts.streetbike.co.uk/product/sr-f-center-stand/

also attached a picture from facebook showing the SR/S on the centerstand

[Hans2183]

Yep that's a center stand 

I won't get it though. I'm more interested in the lowered footpegs and the LED blinkers. Instead of a center stand you can also get a paddock stand for the rear. The side arm has mounting points for bobbins to grab it. This is enough for working on it at home. Sure won't help with parking or fixing on location.

[wavelet]

I have seen motorcycles sold in Australia that had side stands on both sides of the vehicle. Apparently, there is a reason for that but I am not quite sure what it is.

I can think of many reasons for that, especially when parking on a hill where the sidestand can be too short (or too long) on one side but not on the other. Beats having to turn the bike around to face the opposite direction as I have had to do a few times, even on my own driveway here.

-Don-  Auburn, CA

I suspect the reason is a combo of (1) Australia is a LHD country; (2) a large percentage of major roads are 2-lane inter-urban roads, many unsealed; they typically have a fairly steep camber, leading to a very narrow shoulder (or drainage ditch).
This means that if you want to stop your bike on the same side of the road where you've been riding, a standard-location (left of the bike)  simply doesn't work -- the bike is leaning the wrong way since the sidestand hits the ground at a much higher point than the wheels.

When my ex-spouse & I were on our  6-week 2-bike riding honeymoon in Western Australia, much of the time when stopping at the roadside we'd have to stop on the off side shoulder, with the bikes facing oncoming traffic.

[TheRan]

In a RHD (Australia might drive on the left but RHD refers to what side the steering wheel is on in a car) country (same here in the UK) the bike actually leans the right way with a regular stand, towards the curb and path. Otherwise you'd have to go out into the road to mount the bike and get off in the path of traffic (well, you wouldn't have to but it's easier to mount and dismount from the stand side).

[wavelet]

In a RHD (Australia might drive on the left but RHD refers to what side the steering wheel is on in a car) country (same here in the UK) the bike actually leans the right way with a regular stand, towards the curb and path. Otherwise you'd have to go out into the road to mount the bike and get off in the path of traffic (well, you wouldn't have to but it's easier to mount and dismount from the stand side).

I meant LHT (left hand traffic) of course, not left-hand drive, sorry for the confusion.

Nope, the problem in Australia really was that the amount of camber to the left on the left lane was large enough such that both our bikes would simply tip over if we attempted to stand them on the (left of bike, as standard everywhere) sidestand, to the left side of the road lane. And yes, it was awkward to have to cross the road merely to stand the bikes for a few minutes. Not really dangerous -- WA's population density is one of the lowest in the planet.
 
Note, I'm talking specifically inter-urban 2-lane roads with no curb(*), and usually no paved shoulder -- this is the vast majority of roads in Australia, particularly in Western Australia, where many of the State's major roads are unpaved.
Other riders I saw ditto.
No problem in urban areas, where the camber was much less, or multi-lane highways, which usually had a flat & wide paved shoulder.
Didn't see this issue in other LHT countries, such as New Zeland, Ireland or the UK.

(*) Isn't that spelt "kerb" in the UK?

[TheRan]

Yeah it's spelt kerb over here, it's probably only word that I use the American English spelling for (I just think it looks better).

I agree about the camber issue, I have encountered it a few times and it's particularly bad on the DS which has an unusually short stand.

[Crissa]

I think it's because the DS uses the same stand as the S, but is slightly taller.

-Crissa