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Hi

Could anyone post or send me a few close up photos of the centre and sidestand assemblies for a Kanguro X?

Thanking you in advance

Hello Lenton, I have taken some photos today but my photo resized will not work so l cannot upload to the forum, if you send me your email address I will email them to you.
Regards Pete.

Pete

Thanks, I have sent a PM

Hello Andy, email sent.
Regards Pete.

Pete

Thanks for the replies and emails, as discussed my machine is an early one.

As acquired, it had no centre stand and has a pretty precarious looking early swing-arm mounted side stand, some parts of which have been remade in steel.

Ideally, I need to further sort the sidestand and/or find or make a centre stand. Maybe someone has a centre stand sat in their garage that I could buy or borrow and copy? I'm sure I read somewhere that later sidestands might fit this bike?

I did see a side stand on eBay which bolts/clamps 'over' the swing-arm, rather than to it, and wondered if anyone has tried this route?

Currently I am working my way around the bike doing a lot of the standard Morini jobs, but it would be good to sort this in parallel.

Thanks.

Andy
Somerset

Hello Andy, if you go to the Dutch Morini site, click links and scroll down there is a link to a website about Kangaros, on that site there is a rebuild blog, which has a section on building a side stand for a round tubed Kangaro. I do have a centre stand for a x3 and a broken side stand also for a x3.
Regards Pete.

Pete

Thanks again, I did surf that blog at one point, I think his solution has possibilities.

Failing that, perhaps I'll email you ref the possibility of borrowing/buying your spares. I'll continue my researches in the meantinme.

Cheers

Andy

Hello Andy, pm me and I will give you my email address.
Regards Pete.

Hi Andy,
I fitted a modified side stand assembly to my Kanguro X by making a triangular plate ( in 1/4" thick dural) that fitted to the frame using the rear footrest position and the hole in the support plate for the said footrest. To this I attached ( bolted) a side stand assembly from a modern bike. Don't know what bike it was from as I found it at the side of the road, it had been welded on to a frame by a plate which held the stand, spring and pivot. The stand leg had to be lengthened as the Kanguro being high it needs quite a long stand. I don't have the bike now so can not supply dimensional details but it worked very well and was much more secure than the original. I have a reasonable photo of the bike so the principle can be observed, I've no idea how to get it onto the forum but if you P M me your e.mail address I can send you the pic. I also have the original side stand if you want it, let me know.
Never had a centre stand for it. I think the centre stand is probably similar if not the same as the early camels ( round tube construction), the later square frame Kanguro's used square tube centre stand and these don't fit the X frame. I have a Mk 1 camel so could measure the stand if you like, the main problem as I remember is clearance for the chain tensioner wheel.
Derek

There's a nice article with photos on http://kanguro350.blogspot.com/2012/05/ about fitting a generic side stand by making brackets that fit the pressing that supports the pillion footrest.

I also found that a worn Coguaro centre stand just about fits on the old Kanguro X frame (at least I have one that fits mine). I've plans to improve the pivot, I'll add details here once I've done so.