V11 Le Mans Center Stand Kit

[rossi46]

Yea, that is a pretty crazy price, but I think you hit it on the head...it's just a 'must have' rarity item... I wouldn't mind trying one out (I like the look of bikes parked on centerstands), but I think I am just going to research the best workshop stand to buy instead.

this one no contest!

http://www.becker-technik.de/Central-Lifter/Central-Lifterenglisch/body_central-lifterenglisch.html

[AndyH]

Nice...

 

the standard MG workshop stand has hooks that are just a wee bit too far apart for the flanged nuts that sit on them and you have to make sure it's bang on centre before lifting: I had it slip off to one side one day and I'm still not quite sure how it failed to damage me as I tried to hold it, the bike itself or the other contents of the garage.

 

Taught me to take greater care in future anyway.

[John in Leeds]

I've been looking for a centre stand for a long time. Would be useful to me. I've just asked a mate if he could put together a batch. Any thoughts on what people would really be prepared to pay?

[bikelee]

I'd pay $250 US dollars for complete stand with all mounting hardware and shipping included.

[chamberlin]

I'd pay $250 US dollars for complete stand with all mounting hardware and shipping included.

 

Yea, I'd be in for a nice stand at $250 as well.

[AndyH]

Teo Lamers has a V11 Sport stand listed at EUR200  - would cost you more to get that shipped from Europe.

[John in Leeds]

Teo Lamers has a V11 Sport stand listed at EUR200  - would cost you more to get that shipped from Europe.

 got the linky Andy?

[sp838]

http://www.tlm.nl/webshop/nl/accessoires-tuning/framedelen/middenbokkit-v11sport-1e-serie-tot-2000-014300000012-moto-guzzi

[moto fugazzi]

There may be one at Moto International. I talked to the parts guy (Patrick?) over a year ago, and he had a used one coming in from some deal he was making. I needed up not buying it since it won't work with my Stucchi crossover.

Ken

[AndyH]

http://www.tlm.nl/webshop/nl/accessoires-tuning/framedelen/middenbokkit-v11sport-1e-serie-tot-2000-014300000012-moto-guzzi

Thx sp838, I'm suddenly having problems pasting links (or anything for that matter) into the post after I upgraded my browser to IE11 !?!

[bikelee]

http://www.tlm.nl/webshop/nl/accessoires-tuning/framedelen/middenbokkit-v11sport-1e-serie-tot-2000-014300000012-moto-guzzi

I do not think this will work with my 03 Rossa. What do you guys think ?

[John in Leeds]

I've just emailed them to find out

[John in Leeds]

Wil Mahler at TLM says they don't have one to fit '03

 

Looks like fabbing one up is the only Euro option now.

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

There is a V11 center stand for sale at Valley Moto Guzzi in Chilliwack ... the list price is high but I know he's going to put a bunch of Guzzi stuff on sale soon.

 

Send me a PM and I'll pass a message along to Gord if anyone is interested. He has some other accessories as well.

[Bello]

I got an '04 LeMans in November, and have been looking for a centerstand ever since. Two Guzzi dealers told me they aren't offered, and the info on this and other websites is generally old posts. This search has been going on by other V11 owners for years.

 

However I did take a look at the Becker Technik website, and I liked that stand for changing tires and oil and whatnot. So I went to order one, and the United States was not one of the countries in the selection menu on the order form. I wrote an email to Simon Becker, and he replied that he doesn't sell to the US or Canada because they require product liability insurance that is too expensive for him.

 

Well, I wrote back that there's more than one way to skin a cat. How about if I order it and have it sent to a friend in Germany, and then he forwards it on to me? Simon had no problem with that, so that's what we did. The charge for the "Central-Lifter" model, which fits Moto Guzzis, was 81.50 euros, which was $114 and change after PayPal threw in a charge or two.

 

My buddy in Westphalia received the package in two days. And I got it in NC about a week later, last Thursday. Friday I bought the required two 1/2" drive 18mm sockets, and this weekend I hiked it up and put on a set of PR2s.

 

 

 

The last pic was after I took the bike down off the stand, but with the stand still attached. It's really handy. You can put it on and have the bike in the air in less than a minute.

 

I'm still keeping an eye peeled for a permanent centerstand, but this is OK in the meantime.