Turpakäräjät @ Ullan Pakari - 16th of September 2020 - Riihimäki, Finland

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Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback

'73 Suzuki GT250 - Part 15 - Sidestand

Once I got my GT250 on its wheels it was time to fabricate a sidestand for it which allowed me to not keep it on a mechanic stand all the time. I wanted to use bar and spring from a sidestand I had kept from one of previous my bikes and utilize stock mount on the GT250 frame. This way I only needed to fabricate a bracket in between them. 

Assembly of sidestand bracket

Dimensions for plate

Dimensions for blank

Piece of flat bar bent with a press brake

Bolt holes drilled and edge trimmed

Holes for pin and bar drilled and profile of edge cut

Dimensions for pin

I didn't have 10 mm round bar so I utilized a piece
from a long enough M10 bolt to make the pin

Pin welded to the plate

Dimensions for support plate

Support plate tacked to the plate

First mock up

Bar was bit too long so it had to be shortened

I also reinforced stock sidestand mount on the frame which I had previously hacked after cutting unnecessary parts from the frame such as stock footpeg mounts.

Starting point

Unnecessary pieces cut off

Piece of square tube...

...tacked..

...and welded to stock sidestand mount

Bottom side ground flat and edge profiled