Longer kickstand

[Tamara]

I want to put a slightly longer kickstand on my 450. Is there anything I need to know to make this painless?

[harley10]

Maybe one from a larger GS will fit and give you the added length,Brian

[Charlie G]

I want to put a slightly longer kickstand on my 450. Is there anything I need to know to make this painless?

Tamara,

Is it possible add and fit a piece of rubber tire to the bottom kickstand to give you a bit more height. Another option would be to pick up a used one or yours and alter it by welding on a something.

cg

[Tamara]

Maybe one from a larger GS will fit and give you the added length,Brian

I was thinking that. My friend's 1100 is in my garage right now and his kickstand is almost 2" longer than mine. I have to take a closer look and see if they both attach the same way.

[Tamara]

Tamara,

Is it possible add and fit a piece of rubber tire to the bottom kickstand to give you a bit more height. Another option would be to pick up a used one or yours and alter it by welding on a something.

cg

Charlie,

A chunk of rubber, shaped and attached to the foot might do the trick. I've been carrying a little block of wood to compensate and sliding it under the kickstand when I park. With the old shocks, I didn't have a problem with standing it up from the side stand. The new shocks give a little additional height and my short legs don't have enough leverage to stand it up.

[harley10]

I have a few hanging around measure to see how long of one you need,Brian

[tkent02]

You should look to see if the sidestand pivot is worn, sometimes it's the frame part, but usually it's the part on the sidestand itself. If this gets loose the bike leans over a lot farther, and they rarely if ever get cleaned or greased, most all of them have some degree of wear.
Put the bike on the centerstand, extend the sidestand. If you can move the sidestand up and down very far it's worn.

[koolaid_kid]

bwringer attached something that looks somewhat like a hockey puck on his VStrom. Not the most artistic solution, but it does work. I need one also.

[Guest]

Word of caution, you don't want the bike sitting on a side stand too up right. You need that angle, so it isn't easily pushed over. Had a friend do that to his bike, it was to straight up and didn't take much to topple over.

[Tamara]

You should look to see if the sidestand pivot is worn, sometimes it's the frame part, but usually it's the part on the sidestand itself. If this gets loose the bike leans over a lot farther, and they rarely if ever get cleaned or greased, most all of them have some degree of wear.
Put the bike on the centerstand, extend the sidestand. If you can move the sidestand up and down very far it's worn.

I'll have hubby put it up on the center stand for me and take a look.

[Tamara]

bwringer attached something that looks somewhat like a hockey puck on his VStrom. Not the most artistic solution, but it does work. I need one also.

I'd need a step ladder to get on a VStrom . My current temporary solution is a piece of string tied around a little block until I find a more permanent one.

[Tamara]

Word of caution, you don't want the bike sitting on a side stand too up right. You need that angle, so it isn't easily pushed over. Had a friend do that to his bike, it was to straight up and didn't take much to topple over.

Mine is at quite an angle on the side stand. I've been using a little 1/2" thick block to lessen the angle so I can get it upright when it's parked.

[koolaid_kid]

I'd need a step ladder to get on a VStrom .

That is funny. I was just giving an example. I need to do something about mine as well, but the hockey puck is just a bit too jerry-rigged for my taste.

[Tamara]

That is funny. I was just giving an example. I need to do something about mine as well, but the hockey puck is just a bit too jerry-rigged for my taste.

The hockey puck doesn't work for me either . I have a friend who'd love a VStrom so we were looking at them the other day.

[koolaid_kid]

You should look to see if the sidestand pivot is worn, sometimes it's the frame part, but usually it's the part on the sidestand itself. If this gets loose the bike leans over a lot farther, and they rarely if ever get cleaned or greased, most all of them have some degree of wear.
Put the bike on the centerstand, extend the sidestand. If you can move the sidestand up and down very far it's worn.

Good answer. I just checked mine and it has way too much play. Removed it and examined the inside of the ears. It looks like this one The surface above the bolt (farthest from the stand itself) is worn, the closer to the edge the more worn it is. I tried squeezing it together in a vice, no dice. Unfortunately, it is NLA. Lots of them on eBay, but no assurance they won't be worn as well.
On the plus side, they put the same stand on lots of models, so I can probably filter through them, or find someone on KZRider that will guarantee theirs.
I wonder if that could be welded up and then ground down to be a flat surface again?