Hi Spider,
I had a similar problem with a VFR, the centre stand pivot simply would not budge, it turned out it was simply rusted in.
To remove it I first heated the casing surrounding pivot bolt, Then I sprayed into the centre stand pivot tube plumbers "Pipe Freeze", sealing the end to keep the liquid in as long as possible. Thus expanding the casing whilst shrinking the inner tube, did the trick where now't else would work. A slide puller would be better than bashing with a hammer as this tends to keep the forces of impact, evenly, in the desired direction.
good luck and hope this helps.
Socks
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