View Full Version : Is it just my side stand thats crap???
PoRk ChOp
31-01-05, 01:17 PM
Well I have thought this since getting the bike. The side stand is rubbish, I am never confident putting the bike on the stand and always check and treble check it before I walk away. The stand arm seems very vertical and I always think that the slightest forward movement (wind) may flick the stand up leaving the bike to fall over :(
Is it just mine?
Can it be fixed somehow?
After pulling my shoulder out of it's socket trying to catch the bike at lunch time has only made me worry about it even more :oops: (note: must learn to flick the stand all the way down :lol: )
My side stand goes quite far, and when leaning on the bike it's definately not vertical and takes a bit to get it to move (tried - I don't trust side stands either)
Good rule of thumb is make sure your bike is always either on the flat or pointing uphil, and make leave the bike in gear if you really want to stop it from moving.
Good luck
Stu
Flamin_Squirrel
31-01-05, 01:23 PM
I've not had any problems. If you're that worried about the bike rolling off the stand, keep it in gear when parking :idea:
No. me too.
The solution (partialy) is to park the bike in gear, and roll it forward taking up the chain slack.
PoRk ChOp
31-01-05, 01:27 PM
No. me too.
The solution (partialy) is to park the bike in gear, and roll it forward taking up the chain slack.
Glad I'm not the only one then, maybe it's the only the later bikes that suffer.
Good idea on the chain slack too :thumbsup:
never had a problem, you should see Rictus's bike lent over on the sidestand :shock:
PoRk ChOp
31-01-05, 01:30 PM
you should see Rictus's bike lent over on the sidestand :shock:
Why?
Anonymous
31-01-05, 01:30 PM
Its not the stiffest most secure feeeling sidestand in the world. Mine wasnt especially brilliant either.
you should see Rictus's bike lent over on the sidestand :shock:
Why?
it goes alot further than most
Mr Toad
31-01-05, 01:57 PM
when you put the stand down, make sure you give it a good kick to make really sure it is down and locked
Amanda M
31-01-05, 02:04 PM
If you think the one on the SV is crap you should try the one on the raptor :shock:
CarlSV650
31-01-05, 02:51 PM
Just lay it down when you park it!!
PoRk ChOp
31-01-05, 02:56 PM
Just lay it down when you park it!!
Erm, thats what I nearly did outside H-G at lunch. One of the staff was looking out of the window at the time at saw the whole thing, he was :lol: like a cheshire cat when I went in. Gotta laught I guess :oops:
Mr Toad
31-01-05, 03:20 PM
last week I came home, pulled onto the drive alongside the car, thought I'd put the sidestand down, and started to get off the bike
Bike just kept leaning and leaning . . .
I ended up lying half on the car bonnet, with the bike pinning me down. I probably could have got out of the situation, but would have scratched the car and dropped the bike.
I had to get my mobile out of the tank bag, and call 'er indoors to come out with the kids & pull me upright :oops:
I saw a suggestion in a UBG feature on the SV that suggested filing the stop back a few mill so that the stand goes a little further forward. Not done it yet though. No doubt I'll wait until it falls over and costs me money.
northwind
31-01-05, 03:35 PM
The SV stand springs up very easily if you move the bike when it's down... If I'm working on it on the sidestand I always put a bungee over the end and fasten it to something solid to stop that from happening.
If you raise the rear end at all, you get a quality cruise-esque lean on the SV :) Mine's more likely to go over on the left than the right now I think. But if you're going to be at the normal height then you can grind off a wee bit of metal from the stand or the mount to make it point more forwards, and therefore be vertically shorter. I did this on my old stand but when I raised the rear it made it too unstable...
you should see Rictus's bike lent over on the sidestand :shock:
Why?
it goes alot further than most
As does mine, after my little, shall we say, "mobile modding". :lol: :lol:
rictus01
31-01-05, 08:55 PM
never had a problem, you should see Rictus's bike lent over on the sidestand :shock:
Raise the ride helght at the rear and the angle becomes more acute.
Cheers Mark.
Guess i'll find out when i eventually sort out rear shock and shorter dogbones :lol:
21QUEST
31-01-05, 09:05 PM
I've not had any problems. If you're that worried about the bike rolling off the stand, keep it in gear when parking :idea:
Level ground or not , I keep mine in gear when parked (best IMO). I've had people nudge the bike when walking past even when they have had plenty of room.
Cheers
Ben
pridhac
01-02-05, 04:59 AM
My stand is rooted, but for different reasons than you lot.
The hole the lug on the stand fits through and the lug itself are badly worn, and expensive to replace :-(
Captain Nemo
01-02-05, 10:12 AM
last week I came home, pulled onto the drive alongside the car, thought I'd put the sidestand down, and started to get off the bike
Bike just kept leaning and leaning . . .
I ended up lying half on the car bonnet, with the bike pinning me down. I probably could have got out of the situation, but would have scratched the car and dropped the bike.
I had to get my mobile out of the tank bag, and call 'er indoors to come out with the kids & pull me upright :oops:
that would have been worth £250 of Beadles money any day...........on the other hand though........
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