Remove and refit centre stand

[Murphy]

Has anyone done this? Mine has taken a bit of a beating over the winter, what with salt on the roads and stuff, so it could do with a Hammerite birthday. THing is, the springs holding it look like a ###!
Anyone with any good tricks for pain free removal and replacement? The manual just says to get someone else to hold up the bike while it happens.   

[Beer Belly]

It's easy enough if you invest in a spring puller, just do one at a time. Just buy a decent one, I had a cheap one and it snapped. I then got a Beta one, like this; https://www.primetools.co.uk/product/beta-1410m-exhaust-brake-spring-puller/

[t15dja]

One tip i learned on how to extend the spring when I was fitting a centre stand to my other bike was to bend it with your fingers so that the coils open up and then insert coins ( I used 2p's) into the gaps between the coils. That just stretched the spring enough for me to hook it round the locating tabs and fit the stand.