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Kickstand Deployed on The Highway

Pete Beukelman

Pete Beukelman

Just got it firing!
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Hey All,

I ride a 2010 V7C. The other day, while riding at about 50 MPH I leaned in for a left curve and heard a scrape and thought to myself I'm not leaning nearly far enough to scrape a peg, looked down and realized the kickstand was drooping a bit, kicked it back up and stopped at the next gas station to check on the spring and bolts holding it in place, didn't find anything loose and continued the day's ride, checking on the side stand every so often. Then on the way home on the highway while going about 75, the bike dies on me. I pulled off, to the right hand emergency lane in a hurry and realize the side stand fell far enough to engage the kill switch. I got off the freeway and made it home via side streets. Had a closer look at the side stand mounting hardware and everything was nice and tight. Then I realized the exhaust is making contact with the bolt holding the side stand in it's bracket on the frame. It seems like the problem may be the vibration of the exhaust causing the side stand to vibrate itself down.

I did just install a set of Mistrals on the bike which vibrate a lot more than the stock pipes did and didn't notice the issue until after the new pipes were installed.

Anyone had this happen before and come up with a good solution? I'm looking forward to getting back on the freeway without having to check on the side stand every mile

Cheers!
 
Fix the fueling, and most of your vibration issues will go away. Loosen everything holding the exhaust, and move it around so that it isn't touching anything. It sounds like perhaps the heat from the exhaust was fatiguing the springs somehow? Just a guess based on what you posted. Hope that helps.
 
I've had my kickstand work it's way down a bit as well, but never to the point of turning the bike off or scraping. It hasn't done it in awhile, and I would also find that it gets sort of stuck and hard to kick out sometimes when attempting to park it. I lube the joints up a bit so it moves more freely and that seems to prevent it from moving down while riding, because if it's gunked up and not moving freely then when it nudges down from riding it won't be able to just pop back up into place.
 
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