Kick Stand
#23
y'all need to have some faith in the 'jiffy stand', it really is a lot stronger than people realize.
#24
I would have been more concerned seeing him push on the fairing. My Dealer replaced the mounting bolt's on my 08 UC. said it was an upgrade due to fairing's coming loose or bolt's breaking. I guess every Dealer has their bad day's. Last year when I had my 09 EGC in for service, I stopped for gas halfway home and realized one of my side covers was missing. I thought...oh sh$t, I hope it didn't blow off. I had put some Vasaline on the grommet's so it would be easier to get off. I called the service guy. He said it was laying near where the Wrench was working. after riding back to get it, I finnally got home and started checking to see if anything else was wrong. I found my drive belt was left way too loose. Another trip to the Dealer!!! That with the help of guy's on this forum, I'm doing my own service now....
#25
#26
That is by far the safest way to move a bike backwards. I've been doing it for 40 years and never had a problem. Man you guys are some mean *** bikers the way you would chew someones *** at the dealership for them doing something that has been common practice at dealerships I have worked at or visited nation wide for as long as I can remember.
JMHO.
JMHO.
This would be a little different on a smooth surface using the handlebars or the forks of a non-fairing scoot. But hey, that's why I do all my own work.
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I actually had the kickstand catch and spring back doing this on asphalt. Bike was loaded with my travel bag and down she went. Best part was trying to get it up when a so called big a$$ biker was laying on a bench 20 feet away and just layed there. Guess he thought he was too good. They do it all the time at the dealer on sealed concrete though.
#30
I've never seen or heard of this practice before, and I would be pissed too. It might not hurt anything but it's just the idea of stressing the kickstand and scraping the thing unnecessarily. I don't think it would hurt the fairing, however.
Last edited by iclick; 03-31-2010 at 12:17 PM.