May 18, 20197 yr Seems a bit harsh, Dan. I would agree it’s a bit agricultural, but it works. I’ve just had to rework mine a bit. It moved about slightly on the swinging arm. When I took it all off I found a loose helicoil on one of the fixings. (Do Beta fit helicoils as standard or has mine already had a repair?) We couldn’t get a new helicoil to go in right so I drilled through and used a nut and bolt.
May 20, 20197 yr Author The stand itself is OK but access to the fasteners is, to say the least, less than user friendly.
May 20, 20197 yr 17 hours ago, dan williams said: The stand itself is OK but access to the fasteners is, to say the least, less than user friendly. I can’t disagree with that. I had to do the job on the bench with the swinging arm removed. And checking the fixings is one of the items on the Beta UK SSDT preparation list. It might be possible to access them with a T-handle allen key, but I don’t have one the right size.
May 20, 20197 yr Author I had to pull the footpeg brackets and drop the bottom suspension linkage. Was still a pain in the derrière.
May 21, 20197 yr 5 hours ago, dan williams said: It would help but there’s a lot of torque required. Agreed. The long side has the ball-end on it so you end up having to apply torque with the short side (by bodging on a bit of tube, or mole grips, or something). Not nice. Dan, did you find the threads had helicoils in them? I'm not sure if Beta put them in as standard, or whether mine has already been repaired before I got it. Edited May 21, 20197 yr by trapezeartist
May 21, 20197 yr On 5/18/2019 at 10:00 PM, dan williams said: I don’t know who designed the Beta kickstand but they should be flogged. And the mounting bracket made of the softest metal known to man
May 21, 20197 yr Author To be honest I didn’t crawl under to look. But I suspect they do as I screwed in stainless replacement bolts to check the threads and pulled out some steel thread material that didn’t come from the stainless bolts or the OEM bolts.
May 21, 20197 yr Exactly like mine then, Dan. My stand was a bit wobbly. When I took off the swinging arm and then removed the stand, one of the helicoils had partly come out so was preventing the stand seating properly. My local mechanic tried to replace the helicoil but the new coil wouldn’t go in properly. I drilled through the swinging arm and used a M8 nut and bolt.
May 22, 20197 yr I found that if I parked on soft ground and the kickstand sank into the dirt it would put enough torque on the kickstand to loosen the bolts. I the first time I did this I was happy to find that Beta installed helicoils. My cure is to pull the swingarm, install new stainless bolts and torque them at maximum torque for the bolt. With the swingarm off the bike I can then get a straight hex wrench on the bolts. This and being careful where I park seems to solve the problem.
May 22, 20197 yr Mines missing. I can see a helicoil in the swingarm. I find trees or rocks as a stand.
May 22, 20197 yr Author 5 minutes ago, pindie said: Mines missing. I can see a helicoil in the swingarm. I find trees or rocks as a stand. Yeah me too for about 6 months but there’s no denying the convenience of just being able to park it without finding a tree.
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