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| mightymousesr | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 31/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 14 | | Location | : | Sun City, Arizona, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Feb 2011 - 14:22 Post title : My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem | | |
I'm 5'2" with my boots on. I got tired of trying to get my kick stand up especially if I'm in a gravel or dirt lot! Here's my fix:
I went to Lowes and picked up 2 of those round metal shelf supports, sitting on my bike I had my wife mark the spot on my kickstand where my foot falls to easily. Then drilled 2 slightly under sized holes, ground a divot on one side of the round supports for traction and pounded them in. Works AWESOME!
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Feb 2011 - 14:44 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: mightymousesr) | | | I'm 5'7" with a 30" inseam and reaching the stand was bit weird for me... at first. I'm so used to it now that finding a fix has been a pretty low priority, but this looks like a pretty simple solution. I was thinking of taking my 'Bird over to my friend's dad's place and having him take a look... he's a fabrication genius (builds custom V8 trikes in his spare time), so I thought he might weld me up a new arm or bend the existing one so it's a few CHs closer to me.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Feb 2011 - 15:20 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: mightymousesr) | | | Nice fix,
I have to stretch to raise mine too but I don't think your fix will work for mine with the floorboards.
Thanks,
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,731 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Feb 2011 - 01:16 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: mightymousesr) | | | I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but thats would worry me because drilling holes in the stand will weaken it, and it freaks me out as is when parking on a grade with the bike leaning further than usual especially. I would fear it might give out. It may not, but instead of chancing that i'd be more inclined to put a hose clamp around it or some such thing and the screw part would act as those studs do. I don't have an issue with it myself, which is odd because i'm just 5'5". But what even weirder is the 856 cruisers ARE hard for me. The America loaner i rode today brought that all back....much worse stretch than the Tbird.
But anyways, if anyone needs to do this i'd suggest a hose clamp or some such thing. I believe they even have nice chrome ones without the perforations for custom cars where they show the engines off at car shows, and those would look much cleaner.
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 06 Feb 2011 - 18:51 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | |
narsisco_lopez wrote:
I'm 5'7" with a 30" inseam and reaching the stand was bit weird for me... |
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+1
I also found that my boots were getting cut-up when I was stretching to reach the stand and coming into contact with the sharp grounded ends of the hero studs on the bottom of the foot pegs!!! 
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| mightymousesr | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 31/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 14 | | Location | : | Sun City, Arizona, United States |
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| | Posted : 12 Feb 2011 - 03:26 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: daz) | | | Well Daz, I gave that thought some consideration for a few minutes, BUT!!, when you drill the holes you only go as deep as the turned down part of the shank ( this is where it stops the shelf support from going thtough the board) once you install the pin in the holes it fills in any void that drilling causes therefore not allowing a weak area. Trust me I don't want my T'Bird hitting the ground. I've watched the pins for several months now and haven't seen any problems yet. 
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| hogeyphenogey | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/02/2010 | | Posts | : | 461 | | Location | : | Chicopee, Mass, United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Jul 2011 - 14:31 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: mightymousesr) | | | Can you snap some pics? Short guy here, too...
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| mightymousesr | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 31/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 14 | | Location | : | Sun City, Arizona, United States |
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| | Posted : 25 Nov 2011 - 10:49 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: hogeyphenogey) | | | Just wanted to do an update on my kickstand fix. I performed this fix on my kickstand on Febuary 2011, It is now Thanksgiving and I have had no problen with my stand bending or it showing any sign of weakness where I drilled it for the dowells .
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| Eskerinola | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2011 | | Posts | : | 108 | | Location | : | Argentina |
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| | Posted : 27 Feb 2012 - 21:29 Post title : Re: My fix for the "SHORTY" kickstand problem (Re: mightymousesr) | | | This is my solution. No drilling whatsoever. May be it helps.
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