Kickstand
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Here's the problem - imagine you're sitting on the bike, shut it off and try and deploy the kickstand. You can't get it into the full forward position because it hits the ground and won't go further, so you need to lean the bike over to the right, push the kickstand fully forward, then lean the bike back to the left onto the stand. Then it digs into the pavement, and often won't slide across it which causes you to dick around more, rocking it side to side to get it to lock into position. A true jiffy stand doesn't have these issues. People drop these bikes because of this, including my wife dropping it once, and she's had several close calls.
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Here's the problem - imagine you're sitting on the bike, shut it off and try and deploy the kickstand. You can't get it into the full forward position because it hits the ground and won't go further, so you need to lean the bike over to the right, push the kickstand fully forward, then lean the bike back to the left onto the stand. Then it digs into the pavement, and often won't slide across it which causes you to dick around more, rocking it side to side to get it to lock into position. A true jiffy stand doesn't have these issues. People drop these bikes because of this, including my wife dropping it once, and she's had several close calls.
We all have the "digs into the pavement" issue, it's the rubber pad. I keep thinking I should see what it would take to replace the rubber with metal, but just have got used to my method now I suppose.
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I just meant the leaning to the right part, by that, I presume it is too long, is that the issue or something else? That's not an issue on the Lowrider. Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure I can lean to the left a little as I deploy it.
We all have the "digs into the pavement" issue, it's the rubber pad. I keep thinking I should see what it would take to replace the rubber with metal, but just have got used to my method now I suppose.
We all have the "digs into the pavement" issue, it's the rubber pad. I keep thinking I should see what it would take to replace the rubber with metal, but just have got used to my method now I suppose.
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