Has your bike ever fallen from its side stand?
 

I'm sure there are many reasons why a bike would fall over and feel we may all learn something from this thread to prevent this happening.

So has your bike fallen over and what did you learn from this :?:

Me as a bikeless newbie, certainly will take in lessons learnt.

Sv hasn't but I had a cg fall over once. Was just ice that thawed overnight and the bike fell over.

Not my SV. I've havent dropped a bike in more than 2 years.

I did drop my old, heavy bike once when i hadnt put out the side stand fully then tried to rest it down.

not to me on any of my bikes... but then Ive never owned a Ducati... :lol:

apparently it was common on older ones that the side stand could flip up...

My CB500 blew off its stand, parked on a slope. And my brother's Kawasaki fell over inexplicably when it was on my drive - spent a couple of hours gluing the indicator lens back together after that - but my SV has never fallen off its stand.

No but I've seen someone else's roll forward down a hill of its side stand.

I bet that's the last time that person parked on a hill without leaving it in gear.

My SV fell off it's stand about a week after I bought it!

Was just after I washed it and been moving it about, so not sure if it was because the stand wasn't fully down or cos it is was in neutral and moved slightly on the soapy drive way etc.

Anyway, since then I am automatically in the habit of double kicking down the side stand and always stop the bike in gear. No problems since.

As per
 

I think the general concensus would be 1.make sure the stand is fully down 2.Try and park on level ground 3. If you have to park on a slope park the bike facing up the slope in gear 4. NEVER lean the bike stand side in the direction of any slope,it will fall over promise
They are not the best stands in the world so take every precaution you can

The only things I have learn't is:

Put the side stand down properly and double check when parked on uneven ground.