Kickstand Stability
#11
05-17-2007, 01:19 AM
#12
05-17-2007, 01:26 AM
RE: Kickstand Stability
Last year I was at a rally with a buddy of mine and several of his friends, all goldwingers. One of the guy was trying to clean up his wing before the parade. We were all standing around watching as he rubbed on his bike...until it did a slow roll to the left when his kick stand folded up. These guys had been giving me a hard time for two days, being the only one in the group on a Harley. So, I pointed out to all the wingers that if they had bought a Harley, that would have never happened. 
That was the third time it had happened to the same guy...
That was the third time it had happened to the same guy...
#13
05-17-2007, 04:03 AM
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05-17-2007, 05:53 AM
#16
05-17-2007, 05:41 PM
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RE: Kickstand Stability
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Last year I was at a rally with a buddy of mine and several of his friends, all goldwingers. One of the guy was trying to clean up his wing before the parade. We were all standing around watching as he rubbed on his bike...until it did a slow roll to the left when his kick stand folded up. These guys had been giving me a hard time for two days, being the only one in the group on a Harley. So, I pointed out to all the wingers that if they had bought a Harley, that would have never happened. That was the third time it had happened to the same guy...
Last year I was at a rally with a buddy of mine and several of his friends, all goldwingers. One of the guy was trying to clean up his wing before the parade. We were all standing around watching as he rubbed on his bike...until it did a slow roll to the left when his kick stand folded up. These guys had been giving me a hard time for two days, being the only one in the group on a Harley. So, I pointed out to all the wingers that if they had bought a Harley, that would have never happened.
That was the third time it had happened to the same guy...
#17
05-17-2007, 05:53 PM
RE: Kickstand Stability
When my buddies and I went to the bike show in January, every bike we got off of seemed to roll forward on the stand. It was freakin us out and we kept going to grab it. Last night we were commenting that either our three bikes don't do it, or we just aren't noticing it anymore.
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05-17-2007, 11:35 PM
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RE: Kickstand Stability
I can't get used to it, so I put a centre stand on it. Much more stable, easier to get it up on the stand than any metric I've ever had, and it's great for working on or just cleaning the bike. I now only use the jiffy for the transition from getting of the bike to putting down the stand, It's worth the piece of mind.
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