Daytona side stand

[Roebling3]

I will have owned my Daytona 21 years this Avril 14.
I've always wanted a 'better' side stand. Todays' search herein did not work for me.
I need a non-auto-retracting side stand. My son 6'7", size 14 shoe, is the only person I know who can set the side stand and get off the bike,- no concern. Show-offs' excepted. Dealers ignore me.
I'm well into the Octo group; ruining demographics everywhere I show up.
I'd like to show up a few more times before I need to sell the bike.
  I will appreciate your thoughts,  R3~

[guzzisteve]

Some sidestands at that time had a knob the spring holder would catch on to spring back up. I used to cut that knob off, letting the spring to go forward and keep the stand down.

[jwinwi]

On my 96 Carb Sport one of the POs cut down the head of the Allen socket allowing the spring bracket to pass over it. Not pretty but the stand stays down.
The injected Sports used a deployment arm attached to the stand. Maybe something similar could be attached to the Daytona stand?

[D Knaus]

What year is your Daytona?
If it is a '97 I'm pretty sure it has the same arrangement as my '97 Sport 1100i.  Just grind off the knob on the pivot bolt so the spring assembly passes over the bolt.  The stand will stay down.  A little touchup paint and it looks stock.

It takes a little practice, but I have never had a problem hooking the stand with my toe and deploying it before I get off the bike.
If your Daytona is an earlier one please advise.
-Dale

[malik]

On my 1100 Sport, I set it by hand, but you do need a long back and long arms - comfortable for me. I did come across a clever chap in NZ who mounted some kind of Suzuki stand on the pork chop, thereby solving more than one difficulty.

[Devildog]

My '93 stand stays down, assumed that was factory. It's ever so easy to take off, stand down, with no dash warning light.

[jwinwi]

Just read your original post again. You're over 80 and still riding? A Daytona?  WELL DONE! 
Thank you for the inspiration,
John Wendt in Wisconsin

[Murray]

5'11" and i put down the self retacting side stand on my 1100 sport before I get off my bike every time..... with my left hand.

[Tusayan]

Some sidestands at that time had a knob the spring holder would catch on to spring back up. I used to cut that knob off, letting the spring to go forward and keep the stand down.

I can’t remember how this configuration came to be, it was over 20 years ago, but it works.  Likely a five minute lathe job.  Just be careful to retract the stand before moving off.  My leg is long enough to do it from the saddle, others do it before swinging a leg over the bike.

[Cam3512]

Bud,

As you may know I worked with Nathan and Scott from Boxerworks to modify the mounting plate on a Brown sidestand to fit a Tonti Guzzi.  It places it midway on the bike where the engine and tranny mate.  The stock stand on my V7 Sport was self retracting and way up front.  I had to get off the bike first to deploy it. And at that point I might as well just put it on the more stable center stand.  Wonder if they could do the same for the Daytona (Spine frame)? 

Cam

[Roebling3]

jwinwi:Mine is a 93. totally stock excepting the Teo Lamers 'outie'.
No knob. The stick has a ridge on the back side. The deployment arm doesn't fit. Given enough time I could make one or grind down the rib. 
Aprilia RS125, Gilera CX125, RD400, T500 2 strokes .

MURRY: 'No show offs'. Likely hurt myself. . .badly.

Cam: Your experience w/Nathan & Scott was the reason I tried using them. When I was still drinking the cool aide, an eon or two ago, I visited a few times.
I needed my Brown stand modified for the T500 Café bike. Calls and emails were working nicely. I designed a replacement mounting bracket, 1:1 scale and duped it in tempered hard board. 1/8" thicker, 1.5" longer, one mounting point relocated. Sent the complete put together assy. Follow up call to assure shipment landed. Could never get them to respond or return the model.  R3~

[Tom]

I do the left arm on the '93.  THe '97 has that extra loop so you can use your left foot.  I'm 5'9". 

[Roebling3]

Thanx everyone.
Tom: I'll take a run at fitting the wire loop to the side stand stick. Hopefully a rat tail file, leveling the rib, will not weaken the stand.
Adding a spacer to the foot of the stand will give me a more upright start. Every little bit will help.  Good fortune,  R3~