Loop sidestand switch

[Swedemoto]

I picked up a '73 Eldo last summer that has a side stand switch mounted on it. Was this a standard option at any time? or maybe a police model option? I'm most likely going to remove it. I worried that is a future problem when I least need it!

[Kiwi_Roy]

A quick look at Carl's drawings and I didn't see one.
Does it have the extra long Police locking stand or the short stubby civilian one?
You certainly don't need it with the latter style.
https://www.thisoldtractor.com/guzzi007/sportissimo.html

[Cam3512]

No.  Must’ve been added at some point. 

[Tkelly]

Forgetting to raise the short stand has resulted in several serious crashes when the riders had to turn left and the stand levered the bike .

[Swedemoto]

It is the shorty. Thank you for the info, I didn't think it was stock. I'll have to check it out to see what he did.

[nick949]

Keep it. The day you forget to hook up the stand, the last thing you'll think as you head for the rock-cut is 'I wish I hadn't removed that switch'.

In getting close to 100,000 miles on my Eldorado, I've fallen off precisely twice: once while riding on a slippery track, and once when I forgot the sidestand and it drove me into a ditch.  Others have been less lucky.

Thinking that you can flick it up with your foot if you forget doesn't work.


Nick