Increasing length of kickstand.

I installed a Penske shock and pushed the back-end up about 2", this, in turn, has the bike leaning significantly on the kickstand. Could I lengthen the SV kickstand in the same manner as was done at http://pantablo500.tripod.com/id12.html --or is there a better way ??

[BoltonSte]

Northwind swapped his out for a GSXR one, apparently it took a bit of effort although an SRAD GSXR one will bolt straight on.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...ight=sidestand

Ste

[northwind]

Saved me the hassle Yeah, SRAD apparently bolts straight on but isn't as long (or maybe the angle is different). It's not that hard to fit the Y-K3 one, mind, an hour or two's work even at my glacial pace. Still very pleased with it, I might take the toe lug off though as it's not really any use, I just reach for the foot.

Well, I opted today for the "do it now" approach. Determined with wood blocks that I needed to extend the sidestand 2" for the bike to sit-up correctly. While the bike was up on the rear-stand and with the side-stand still attached, I cut the sidestand in half with an angle grinder (1-minute) inserted 3/8" solid core steel rod in each of the two pieces to see how far it would go in, added 2" to that measurement, cut rod (2 minutes), slobered-up with JB Weld epoxy shoved it all together and let it go back on the new extended side-stand so it would harden-up with everything in its desired position. (2 minutes). Wiped side-stand off with brake-clean and sprayed with semi-gloss black (2-minutes) Looks like new. Perfect and all in less than ten minutes. When I find my drill, I will drill two 3/16" holes and bolt to insure nothing can come undone.