Dropping the bike sucks! Hey look on the brite side, you get an early start on some mods!

 

Sorry you had to go through that.
I noticed one time the bike likes to creep on the slightest grade when running left alone.
From that point on I made a rule to always be on the bike while its running.

 

My first bike (for years) was an '81 XJ650. Drove that thing everywhere. I can't count how many times I 'almost dropped it' (it was light, so if it was going over, i was able to pull it back up) I learned to never leave my bike running unattended, and I ALWAYS put it in gear and rock it forward before leaning it onto the kickstand. That way, even if on a slope, it's not going to roll forward off the stand. I think that's a pretty good habit to get into.

 

quote:Originally posted by RaySDF250

What happened to me was similar, except that I was stupid. I was on my bike, and got off and walked away with out putting the kickstand down. Luckily, I caught it, but not before it broke my foot peg. Sorry about your mishap.


I did that once but No damage.. I guess Dead lifts saved my bike..

 

dude... ive stopped to get gas... kicked my kickstand to hard and it flew out and flew right back in. I fell over like a stuck pig... very embarassing.... humbling if you will. It's one of those things that happens when it's mad at you... did you do something to it on the ride home?

 

HARD TO BELIEVE!!! The same thing happened to me the day before yesterday5/2/07. I am so lucky the only thing that happened is I bent my clutch lever and scratched tha license plate frame. I have a theory and am interested is anybody agrees. “Lowering the bike Decreases the amount of lean you get from the stock kickstand! This reduces the amount force and friction between the bottom of the kickstand and the road. With the bike, running there is enough vibration to cause the bike to creep forward and throw the center stand back to the ride position?? BAM!!! Your baby is on the ground like a fish out of water… So what do you think? Am I out of my tree or dose this make sense.
I can think of no better group of people to find a solution to this very serious and damaging problem. So please help especially if you have some sort of expertise with this sort of thing. I looked at my bike and no solution was obvious to me. Changing the angle of the kickstand or shortening it will work but not very easy to accomplish.
Thanks for letting me ramble on
Joe

 

They sell shorter kickstands for lowered Warriors to accommodate for the loss of gravity caused by the new angle that is created when lowering your bike, so obviously someone has taken this into account already.

 

Mine's been over too, rolled forward off the side stand as it was on a very slight incline. Similar damage to yours too, I'm feeling for ya Bro.

 

I always kill it with the stand. That means stand is out and tranny in gear. Can't roll.

Mine is lowered, sits fine on the stock stand.

 

Thats good news, But Who sells shorter kick stands for lowerd bike? because it is well worth the price.
Joe

 

I did the same with an R1200RT with full luggage when new, I couldn't believe the damage. I got into the habit of leaving it in gear.

 

O.K. O.K. You guys beaned me with the misspelling of "Churchkey". It's just that my brain thinks "Chrurchill" everytime I say it and that's how it came out....jeez you vultures!!! Ha!

Actually I would stick up for the misspelling of his name as well if I wasn't the one who did it. He seems to be quite the staple of our forum. I'm glad I got into contact with such a wise individual.

Anyways, it does seem like a lot of us have this problem. Is it the bike or do we all just chalk it up to bad luck/carelessness???

If this is a trend with this model, then I would think that Yammi should catch wind of it.

Oh, well. Water under the bridge now...

 

well, this can happen with any bike, nothing Yammi can do to make us more cautious. Pay attention, and leave the bike in gear when parked, and don't let it run unless you are on it or touching it. You should have no more problems /emoticons/emotion-4.gif

 

quote:Originally posted by bore_pig

I always kill it with the stand. That means stand is out and tranny in gear. Can't roll.


+1 And just to be safe...I roll it forward until it's engaged and won't roll anymore. I've never had a bike roll off the kickstand. My condolences on the crashed bike...that would suck.

 

Almost happened to me the other day in my parking space. The kickstand has a bad tendancy to creep when you turn the bars and again when you get off. Feel your pain the last thing anyone wants is to drop thier baby.

 

It's more embarrassing when it happens while sitting on the bike, but then your body takes the impact, protecting the bike. lol