I have a 1951 Model 18 and have a question about the centre stand. When I bought the bike the first time I rolled it off the centre stand it fell away from me, fortunately I had a good hold so no damage done. I assumed the stand was planted in hold but it happened every time I rolled the bike off the stand. I removed the stand from the bike and it was twisted, i.e. the legs were not parallel. Holding one leg of the stand in a vice I was easily able to twist the other leg so the legs were parallel again, like this the bike rolls off the centre stand nice and square. However after a few weeks it looks like the stand has twisted again, the bike falls away from me as I roll it off the centre stand. I always stand to the left of the bike when moving it (why is it so difficult to be on the 'wrong' side of a bike when getting on and off or pushing it?).
I have a devil of a job pulling the bike onto the centre stand, I'm wondering if I'm twisting it when I do this? Is there a known problem that explains the twisting?
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Cheers,
Chris.