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Bruises from side stand

PA Sand

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Back a year ago I got a V7II Stornello and since then I have constant bruises on my inner left lower leg from putting down the side stand. I do it while sitting on the bike, I dont get off first for the risk of bike falling over. Small risk I know but why take it.

Is there a sophisticated technique I am missing or is the solution "simply" to veld a piece of foot-friendly metal to the stand (which most other bikes comes with from factory)? Skarmavbild 2018 05 23 kl 085422
 
Just use the bottom of your foot. I cut that arm off my mine when I installed my guzzitech exhaust. It looks hideous without a muffler above it.
 
Dont work, I'll spare you of an image of my current bruises. It's not like a one time experience, it happens all the time. One in three stops perhaps without leg touching/scratching foot peg.
 
I'm not sure how you bruise your inner left leg reaching for the kickstand...? What do you bang it against? Above your boot...?

I agree that a tang to deploy it with your boot (you do wear boots when you ride, right?) should be there. My Guzzi 850T, once upon an age, didn't have one and was a major pain in the butt to deploy the side stand on because of that.
 
I'll take a picture next time, apparently it is hard to understand what I assumed most V7/Stornello no-tang riders experienced.

Boots, well sort of, shoe:ish ones but with legit protection.

Above left shoe, your leg scratches against foot peg (alu, rough edged on Stornello) when lowering the side stand. Regardless if trying acrobatic maneuvers with toe, bottom, side whatever. Makes bruises through jeans (right, kevlar ones but not much kevlar inner left leg..) Skarmavbild 2018 05 24 kl 090547
 
It's huge, difficult to deploy and seems to have stronger springs than it needs. Also, when extended, it is almost out of reach (for my legs) too.
 
Weld a tab on the stand. Or drill and tap a hole and use a socket head cap screw with a nut- you can experiment with screw length.

Dan
 
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