I refuse to call a kickstand a jiffystand!!!
#22
11-16-2011, 03:42 AM
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Yep, here in Japan, they take their cues from the "English" blokes and call it a "saido sutando" (side stand). I refer to it as such when speaking Japanese, but always refer to it as a "kick stand" when speaking in English. Always have ever since I could ride a bicycle and probably before...
#23
11-16-2011, 04:51 AM
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Okay. It is officially Winter now.
I say kickstand, but understand the derivation of Jiffy, and don't care if others use it. As Rodney King said "Can't we all just get along?"
I say kickstand, but understand the derivation of Jiffy, and don't care if others use it. As Rodney King said "Can't we all just get along?"
#25
11-16-2011, 05:16 AM
Only when I read it in the service manual...been thinking about lining out "jiffy" & writing in "kick"...
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11-16-2011, 05:37 AM
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11-16-2011, 05:38 AM
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#28
11-16-2011, 06:01 AM
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Pretty much the silliest name I've ever heard given to a mc part. But then, they kind of talked funny back in the 40's.
Here's what I googled...
Originally, most bikes had a frame mounted 'center stand'. On most older HD models, there was a center stand clipped to the inside of the rear fender requiring the operator to lift the whole back end of the bike to swing it into place under the frame, the "jiffy stand" was a quick easy method of standing the bike up without getting a hernia...the term jiffy stand was coined to distinguish the center stand from the side or "kick" stand as it could be deployed in a 'jiffy'. My 1949 Harley WL has both stands, the center stand is only useful when changing the rear tire on the side of the road.
Here's what I googled...
Originally, most bikes had a frame mounted 'center stand'. On most older HD models, there was a center stand clipped to the inside of the rear fender requiring the operator to lift the whole back end of the bike to swing it into place under the frame, the "jiffy stand" was a quick easy method of standing the bike up without getting a hernia...the term jiffy stand was coined to distinguish the center stand from the side or "kick" stand as it could be deployed in a 'jiffy'. My 1949 Harley WL has both stands, the center stand is only useful when changing the rear tire on the side of the road.
Pretty much the silliest name I've ever heard given to a mc part. But then, they kind of talked funny back in the 40's.
Here's what I googled...
Originally, most bikes had a frame mounted 'center stand'. On most older HD models, there was a center stand clipped to the inside of the rear fender requiring the operator to lift the whole back end of the bike to swing it into place under the frame, the "jiffy stand" was a quick easy method of standing the bike up without getting a hernia...the term jiffy stand was coined to distinguish the center stand from the side or "kick" stand as it could be deployed in a 'jiffy'. My 1949 Harley WL has both stands, the center stand is only useful when changing the rear tire on the side of the road.
Here's what I googled...
Originally, most bikes had a frame mounted 'center stand'. On most older HD models, there was a center stand clipped to the inside of the rear fender requiring the operator to lift the whole back end of the bike to swing it into place under the frame, the "jiffy stand" was a quick easy method of standing the bike up without getting a hernia...the term jiffy stand was coined to distinguish the center stand from the side or "kick" stand as it could be deployed in a 'jiffy'. My 1949 Harley WL has both stands, the center stand is only useful when changing the rear tire on the side of the road.
would ya'll löökey here... another one of them thar' dadgum double post's
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