Steel Adjustable Center Stand Compatible with 1998-2008 Harley Electra Glide Road King Road Glide FLT FLH Touring Models

Easy to install and my Harley-Davidson is way more stable when parked

Installed this on my 2007 Road King. Here is the deal... > You will need to remove the mufflers (easy) > You will need to remove the left side exhaust heat shields and exhaust pipe (pain) > You will need to remove the right side exhaust heat shields and rear exhaust pipe (big pain) > Remove the bottom bolts only from the passenger foot rest brackets > Do NOT remove the top bolts from the passenger foot rest brackets or your motor will sink a bit Why? Because the passenger foot rest brackets act as a housing for the swing arm hinge I accidentally did this and had to jack up the motor a little and put the foot rests back on > Loosen all 4 of the 17 mm bolts on the center stand Makes it much easer to line up the center stand's metal straps with the lower foot rest bracket holes > Insert the strong black allen bolts into the straps then finger tighten into the bottom foot rest bracket holes > OK here is the tricky part of installing the stand... There is a flat piece on the stand that should mate flush to the bottom of your bike's crossbeam On top of your bike's crossbeam you rest the rectangular piece of metal that comes with the stand Then you insert 2 bolts* up through the flat piece, through the crossbeam and into the rectangle Problem is... The flat piece will not rest flush against your bike's crossbeam You can force it but you will bend the metal on the flat piece and place undue torque on the center stand straps Instead, insert several washers between the flat piece and the bike's crossbeam Insert the 2 silver bolts up through the flat piece, washers, crossbeam and screw into the rectangle Do not over tighten the 2 silver bolts as the rectangular piece of metal is rather cheap However, it is not load bearing so it doesn't need to be that strong Once everything mates up easily and you can turn all bolts by hand snug everything up * The kit comes with more silver bolts than you need. This was intentional because you might need longer or shorter bolts depending on your bike. You only need 2 silver bolts and 2 of the strong black bolts. The 4 large 17 mm bolts that attach the straps to the stand are already installed. Using Like others have said, this is not an easy center stand to actually use. The peg that you press your foot down on is small and digs into your foot. Wear boots not tennis shoes. Hold the left handlebar grip with your left hand. Grab onto the guard rail in front of the saddle bag with your right hand. Now put your full weight on the center stand peg using your right foot and PULL up on the guard rail with your right hand while leaning to your right. You have to pull up with your right hand pretty hard but the bike will lift up onto the stand eventually. Once the bike is up the stand holds the bike well. It's very sturdy. So sturdy in fact that it can be a little difficult to get the bike off the stand. You can't just push the bike off the stand or sit on the bike and roll or ride it off the stand. You have to do the same procedure I just described but don't put your foot on the kickstand foot peg. And as you are pulling up with your right hand lean your body to your left. When the bike comes down it will lower quickly so maintain a firm grip on the guard rail and left grip. Once you've done it a few times it's not so bad but it still takes a stout effort. In the photo I posted the rear tire is touching the ground. But you can adjust the feet of the center stand so that it is longer and lifts the rear tire off the ground. Just beware that the longer you run out the center stand feet (and they will run out surprisingly far) the harder it will be to lift the bike up onto the stand. Update 2/2023 Was riding down an unfamiliar neighborhood street when I unexpectedly hit a sharp bump that was hard to see. There was a loud metallic scraping sound but I know the motorcycle did not bottom out. After thinking about it I believe what happened is the impact momentarily knocked the center stand from its up resting position and it fell down, impacting the ground, before popping back up. What I may do is secure the center stand with something like a strong strap. Maybe Velcro or maybe something stronger like a metal strap. Update 11/2023 After riding many more miles I have not experienced the kickstand touching the ground again while riding, so have not felt the need to secure it with something like a Velcro strap. Update 8/2024 Center stand is still working well. Very sturdy. One thing I don't like about it, is that the feet were not welding on correctly. There are basically two positions you can set the feet in; with the curved side of the feet facing forward, or with the curved side of the feet facing backward. Either way is a bit problematic. If the curved surfaces are facing forward it makes raising the bike easier. However, the sharp side of the feet will dig into the ground (and even tear up concrete and asphalt). So I ended up pointing the curved surfaces to the rear. The bike is more difficult to raise because the sharp surfaces of the feet dig into the ground first (and do tear up the ground a little but to a lesser degree as its only momentary). Once the bike is raised the feet sit flat. I may go to a metal fabricator and have new feet made or get these feet altered. If not for this problem the center stand would be excellent.

The install wasn’t too difficult but once I installed I realized that the spring didn’t work or was broke and would not return the stand back into the up position. It is not worth the purchase.

Part is way to big for bike will drag on ground when driving couldn't install to bulky.how do I return are is there a way?

Great center stand but it is time consuming to install on my 2004 Harley Ultra Classic as the exhaust manifold pipe must be loosened in order to install the right side mounting bolt.

Good price and works well, However, not so easy to install. Instead of removing the entire exhaust system, I cut the bolt hole of the right side so that it is "C" shaped and I was able to slip it onto the backed out bolt. After that bolted up fine.

geat part and great price

Waste of money