Hello everyone
I am a new SWM owner living in South West Scotland. I acquired my 1980 320 TL from someone on Ebay last September. The bike had been restored, after being imported from Italy three years before, which included a couple of what l now understand are standard mods. One of these was moving the foot pegs back and down by about 1/2 an inch. In their new position the foot pegs had fillets run down their length to strengthen them. This means that the fillets foul the side stand, and unless l grind the offending fillet back, l can't fit the stock side stand.
I ve been thinking of fitting the bolt for the stand with a heavy spring and leaving some slack in the bolt to allow the stand to swing in board to pass the fillet, with the spring pulling the side stand to the correct position once its completed its travel .
Do any fellow SWM owners have any other ideas?
Apart from above, l find the bike to be fun to ride, love the Rotax engine, such a distinct engine and exhaust note too, with lots of grunt
I m pestering Martin at MotoSWM to find me a metal tank, as l prefer them to the heavy plastic type my bike has