Anyone use attachable kickstand plate (pic)

Are you parking on dirt often? If not, but you absolutely have to have something, buy (or find) a block off wood or metal plate and keep it in your saddlebags if you have them.

brettp said:

Are you parking on dirt often? If not, but you absolutely have to have something, buy (or find) a block off wood or metal plate and keep it in your saddlebags if you have them.

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I actually want a pad because i put an impression in my new blacktop driveway. I was going to buy a pad that i can put down each time i park but then i saw this attached one and wondered if it worked well

Speaking of kick stands......

I have a very hard time kicking mine out. I just can not get the darn thing. My heal just can't get behind it. Am I the only one in this?

T.tlgc said:

That's exactly why i just bought this with the pad.....
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I have this one. It kept slowly sliding around though making it more difficult for my foot to reach it until I whined about it here on the OA and someone much smarter than me told me to just put some rubber on the inside to make it stay in place.
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Thebidea is good, but I'd rather weld a pin on the stand and mask it with gray paint.

If You're making impressions on your blacktop driveway, then I understand why you wouldn't want to constantly pull that out and would rather have it on a kickstand all the time.

henkvdb said:

I have this one. It kept slowly sliding around though making it more difficult for my foot to reach it until I whined about it here on the OA and someone much smarter than me told me to just put some rubber on the inside to make it stay in place.
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Then I will add some rubber. Thanks for saving me the headache

Lowes...electrical aisle....4by4 gang box blanks. Probably buck each. I had several of these left one on my drive and used them for sidestands on blacktop, dirt whatever. If they got stuck or someone swiped them off my driveway no big loss

T.tlgc said:

Seems like a good idea but i wonder if it attaches securely or if it hinders the stand going all the way in the up position. Anyone use one? View attachment 219446

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Too fancy for my blood. A crushed beer can works just as well. You can also lick up plastic 'pucks' anywhere. Many are given out at bike shows for promotional items. BTW, many riders have problems catching the toe of the KS with their boot. A solution is drilling through the toe and running a bolt/ nut through it so your foot catches the bolt instead of the KS toe.

rangers4u said:

Too fancy for my blood. A crushed beer can works just as well. You can also lick up plastic 'pucks' anywhere. Many are given out at bike shows for promotional items. BTW, many riders have problems catching the toe of the KS with their boot. A solution is drilling through the toe and running a bolt/ nut through it so your foot catches the bolt instead of the KS toe.

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I'm tempted to try this. Even after hundreds of rides, I still fumble getting the kickstand out with my boot. There's just nothing to grab onto.

777erikwellshd said:

I'm tempted to try this. Even after hundreds of rides, I still fumble getting the kickstand out with my boot. There's just nothing to grab onto.

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I like the idea of welding a "catch" to the kickstand, too.

Kickstand extensions, some have just purchased a metal spike to add to the stand for better grip, or this

rangers4u said:

Too fancy for my blood. A crushed beer can works just as well. You can also lick up plastic 'pucks' anywhere. Many are given out at bike shows for promotional items. BTW, many riders have problems catching the toe of the KS with their boot. A solution is drilling through the toe and running a bolt/ nut through it so your foot catches the bolt instead of the KS toe.

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Chicago-Spike said:

Lowes...electrical aisle....4by4 gang box blanks. Probably buck each. I had several of these left one on my drive and used them for sidestands on blacktop, dirt whatever. If they got stuck or someone swiped them off my driveway no big loss

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Hans&Feet said:

TennX bolted a carb return spring bracket onto his 1300 kickstand.
Maybe he will have a picture to show.

Sinking in soft dirt?

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Thanks all. Hans, my kickstand mad an impression in my new asphalt driveway and i was looking for something a little easier than always having to get out a pad.
Rangers and Chicago, i ended up buying the kickstand extension ro make it easier to put it down and i bought a plastic pad that i think i will velcro to the left side panel for ease of reach when i stop and park.

Careful with the Velcro. Dirt and wind may loosen it. Don't want to lose it

True. I will get the strongest. I may just have to keep it in my windshield pouch afterall

Leo1972 said:

Speaking of kick stands......

I have a very hard time kicking mine out. I just can not get the darn thing. My heal just can't get behind it. Am I the only one in this?

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Me too, depending on what I am wearing for a shoe/boot. It's particularly difficult catching the side stand when wearing flip-flops.

Yaesu said:

Me too, depending on what I am wearing for a shoe/boot. It's particularly difficult catching the side stand when wearing flip-flops.

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Be glad you don't run Dooley's....