Do you think your bike leans over a bit too far on the kickstand?

[Jody Stewart]

As the subject suggests really...
I think my bike leans over too far on the kickstand.
Anyone done anything clever to rectify it?
Mines a te250
Cheers
Jody

 

[henson802]

I always have a solid plank of wood under it or rock.

I'm not a fan of these kickstands, especially how they flip up automatically, though there is a slight mod you can do that prevents it from doing so.

 

[OlderHuskyRider]

To eliminate the auto retract, just cut the nub off.

I cut a round piece of kitchen cutting board (the rest of the cutting board, I made a chain guide out of it) and bolted the circle to the bottom of my kickstand. It stands anywhere, anytime now.

 

[oregonsage]

On a slope like that you just need to turn around when you park !

Over the years Ive found myself looking for the perfect slope as I approach a parking spot....every bike seems to need something different. I love the cutting board idea....wonder how many I can shorten before my wife notices.

 

[Kawagumby]

At the contact point where the lowered stand-stop butts up to the frame-bracket I drilled into the bracket and put a steel pop-rivet in the wear point to shim-out and act as the stop, so the stand doesn't go so far forward. The auto retract is gone. The stand itself I cut and extended with a 5/16" inch thick piece of scrap aluminum within a 3/4 inch piece of square aluminum tubing about 2 inches long. The whole thing within the tubing is held together with JB weld. For peace of mind I stuck a pop rivet on each end so I would know if the JB weld didn't hold (but it's worked perfectly so far). Or...if you have access to a welder, that would be more betta looking (but it really doesn't look bad, you hardly notice the short piece of square tubing). The stand now works like a normal bike stand... LOL.

 

[Jody Stewart]

Hmmmmnnn yes that sounds like what I was thinking of doing... Where the stand meets the frame is getting mashed up a bit causing it to lean more so I've been thinking of modding that bit.
I learnt in the first 5 seconds of ownership to flip the stand up before I sat on the bike. First time though, sat on the bike, flipped it up, smacked it straight into the exhaust and put a dent in it! I was not happy!

 

[Jody Stewart]

Might look at making the foot a bit bigger too then
Yours stands up much straighter than mine Old Husky man

 

[OlderHuskyRider]

Look at the relationship between your kickstand and the footpeg bolt. Mine worked out for me to get a longer bolt and a couple of extra nuts, and my kickstand now stops on the bolt-end, instead of the frame, and stands up straighter.

 

[Jody Stewart]

Now I'm liking that! Think I'll do it like that then
Cheers for posting pic

 

[organ donor]

You´ll be glad that it leans that far when you try and park it where the ground slopes in the other direction.

 

[henson802]

I think my Husky is the only bike where I put kickstand up when getting on or off the bike.

 

[mull]

Now I'm liking that! Think I'll do it like that then
Cheers for posting pic

x2 on that olderhuskyrider,i had done a similar fix to what kawagumby done only i had used a self tap screw which worked for a while but now it's starting to lean further over again so i think i'll look into the longer bolt idea

 

[OlderHuskyRider]

Be sure and get a shanked bolt with about 1 inch of no thread (enough for your footpeg bracket width), and enough thread for 3 nuts.

 

[Jody Stewart]

Awesome, thanks for that!!
Might do the chopping board disc too!

 

[Indorider]

Be sure and get a shanked bolt with about 1 inch of no thread (enough for your footpeg bracket width), and enough thread for 3 nuts.

Great idea. Doing mine as soon as I get back from Bali!

 

[Blacktop]

Put SM wheels on your bike and it barely leans on the kickstand

 

[shilo020]

Lower the suspension an inch and the bike wants to fall over the other side. Had the kick stand shortened and a big foot made at a blacksmith for $27.