I agree that the moco should use a more positive locking stand. The whole rolling into place is still very uneasing to me.

 

Observation: if the jiffy stand catches on an uneven surface, it might not deploy entirely outboard, which will prevent the tab from engaging.

 

when I bought my SG in 07 I felt very uncomfortable with the jiffy stand. I actually had it tip over on me because I thought it was all the way forward (that's what I get for thinking) but no damage. So I always put it in 1st gear, roll it forward or backwards and set the jiffy down. Confidence is re-stored.

 

Good point, I do the same as you stated here. I don't understand the logic of parking in neutral. I've seen and heard of two many bikes falling over from it. A guy parks his bike in neutral on a slight downgrade. He put's his jiffy stand down and get's off with the front wheel turned fully to the left. It starts sliding backwards down the hill and flops over on the right side doing a ton of damage.

 

I guess I'm a little more careful of where I park than the people you describe in your post. I've never understood the logic of parking in gear, if somebody happens to hit my bike I would rather that the wheels were free to roll.

 

I almost always park in neutral, I consider that little roll forward or back just the bike finding its center when a third pressure point is added to the base. It was a litlle unsettling at first but I have almost got used to it now after a year....

 

I think people in this area are careful when parking because of the terrain, it's hard to find level parking lot's every time. If someone bumps your bike, I don't think it would matter if it were in gear or not. JMO

 

Like i say some are much better than others that HD uses. My 2010 is realy weak it's the locking tab that has a bolt through the kick stand that has all the slop rolling forward on mine. Feels like if i realy pushed the bike forward much that i could strip that square off the top of the jiffy stand like the picture above shows the broken one that got backed into. Seems like some of you are not getting the locking tab locked into its slot on the frame mounted part of the stand and thats a whole other issue. If i look where most of the slop is rolling forward on mine its the piece bolted on top on the stand with the square you see broke off in this thread. Piece of junk i have to babysit on my 2010.

 

Yeah, the dealer said the jiffy stand is a brilliant design that never fails but it still scared the hell out of me every time the bike rolled forward a little.
I never could get used to it so I started leaving the bike in gear whenever it's parked.

 

I put mine down and dismount by stepping on the right floor board (had to change my style because of knee replacement) It rocks but always stays put. I don't even worry about it, it will hold.