First time - rode off with the sidestand down

[80gs1000e]

The sidestand on my 85 GS450 springs back up as soon as you pick the bike upright. The trouble is my CX500 Honda doesn't and I have forgotten twice, luckily with no injury or damage.
My solution was to remove the sidestand! Don't really trust them anyway, at least the bike can't fall over on the centre stand!

I'm either gonna take mine off or rig it so it pops up automatically if the bike is rightened. Good ideas mate.

 

[jimcor]

I'm either gonna take mine off or rig it so it pops up automatically if the bike is rightened. Good ideas mate.

Wasn't the Ducati 916 rigged this way, or maybe it was the 900SS? Anyway, apparently the kickstand left the bike at an almost vertical stance and the least bit of jostling the bike around caused the stand, which was heavily sprung, to pop up, dumping that beautiful bike on the asphalt.

So would a better solution be to add a micro switch wired to the kill switch circuit? Probably no less thought or ability required than to add a retracting spring system.