One of my winter projects was installing a center-stand. Love how it saves space in the garage and gives the bike an on-display look about it. It works great when I park my bike for the day on my nice flat garage floor.

I was out riding yesterday and after my ride parked the bike on my flat concrete driveway. I had noticed that the clock on the radio was wrong when I was riding, so I thought I'd set it before putting the bike up for the night. I'm off the bike doing odd stuff (debugging windshield, putting my gear away, getting my phone to get the right time) for about five minutes. Then I put the ignition in Accessory mode, and power up the radio to set the clock time. As I'm pushing the buttons on the head unit, I hear a clunk and the bike comes OFF the center stand and begins to flop over! Fortunately, I was on the left side and could hold it while I engaged the jiffy stand.

This really has me questioning if a center stand can be used in anything but the most ideal situation. A high spot under your stand and you may have difficulty getting it up, but a low spot, however slight, could spell disaster. Mine is the Wheeldock stand that doesn't fully lift the wheel -- maybe that makes it easier to engage, but not as safe as the ones that raise the rear wheel.

 

If the surface is flat & hard and your front wheel is pointing up (uphill) slightly, I can't see the bike coming off the stand unless it's pushed forcefully forward.

Your right though, garage use or a surface as I described above is all that I would trust using the stand.

My only bitch with the stand is trying to get it up on the 1/2" plywood. Since I have no crash bars on my bags, I have no where to grab to pull back or hold onto too.

 

+1 on being careful when & where you use the Wheeldock stand. I posted a similar experience a few months ago. I've now put chocks on both wheels every time I engage the center stand. It's an o.k. product, but it's got to be used wisely.

 

It should never come off that easy... mine is not a Wheeldock but I have to take it off the center stand it won't just roll off. I also have air ride and I remove the air and that makes it almost impossible to bring it down off the stand.

I don't know what to tell you other than it's not a situation I would put myself in.

 

I have one , but mine is the Harley model. My bike never moved. I did adjust mine so the wheels are just touching the ground. When I stored the bike in the winter, I just put a 2 inch board under, to raise the wheel off the ground.

 

I have read several threads saying their bike came off the Wheeldock all by it self. I have had Rivco stands on both our bikes for going on 4 years now. We have never had any concern about them coming off. We have even loaded our camping gear at campgrounds parked in the dirt with no problems.

 

If the ground under the center of your bike is low by 1/2 an inch or so, it can take a lot of the stability out of a center stand. If it is too easy to put the bike on the stand , that should be a big tip off.
If it's real easy on perfectly flat ground, you need to adjust the feet down until it's a little more difficult to get it up on the stand.
Use common sense when putting the bike on the stand and you'll find it to be one of the handiest add ons you've done.
I've had mine on for 50,000 kms and use it more often than the side stand. Just be mindful of the terrain you're parking on.

 

My Wheeldockseems less stable now than when new. I have had it on the bike for about 14,000 miles. I think the feet on the stand are worn down a little now. The bike is a little easier to get on and off the stand now.

I don't use it when the bike is idling and no one on the bike anymore. It will vibrate off.

 

I only use mine in the garage.

 

Mine is very easy to put on the stand and I have to give it pretty good shove to push it off. I just can't imagine it coming off by itself. I use it in my garage all the time. It's a Wheeldock cs-09 stand for non lowered bike. I love it.