Center stand stop tab

Replacement tab to weld in place

I made a replacement tab using an existing stop tab as a pattern. I've included a drawing below for those of you who may need it.

• Center stand stop tab
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Welding alternative - using a clamp on the crossover pipe as a center stand stop tab

If you forgot to check/repair your center stand stop tab before you had your frame powder coated, you've got a couple of choices. You can always just weld it up and apply paint to the affected area. Alternatively, you could do what Joel Parks did. In Joel's own words:

This is my inelegant solution to the broken tang issue. As you can see, I used a longer bolt and put two nuts on it so I can adjust the length. Then I used a tank rubber from an old Triumph motorcycle as a stop and covered the top of the bolt with a small rubber cap, like the kind we use on the carburetor vacuum takeoff. It's held up for many miles and I didn't need to weld anything.

Welding alternative - bolt-on center stand stop tab

Thanks to Charlie Mullendore of Antietam Classic Cycle for sending me his information about his bolt-on center stand stop tab. In Charlie's own words:

I've been meaning to figure out how to make one of these for some time. A customer's nice Ambassador is missing the original and the owner didn't want me to mess up the original paint when welding another on. So, I drew up a quick sketch and bought a chunk of 3 inch × 3 inch × ¹⁄₄ inch thick steel angle. McMaster-Carr part number 9017K734.

With a broken bandsaw and no oxygen or acetylene for the torch, cutting the angle proved a challenge. Fortunately, my brother left behind the chop saw he built in high school. Took me two hours to get it working again, but it beat using a hacksaw. Still needed to use it, but a whole lot less.

Two hours later, I've roughed out a pretty workable stop. Rounded off the edges and corners with the angle grinder, smoothed the edges with a file and deburred with the wire wheel on the bench grinder. Primed and painted it today, looks and works good. Forgot to make a measured drawing for next time, so I'll pull it back off and draw one up.