Enlarger riser kickstand side stand pad

[Quince]

Anybody using one of this on a 1500 Valkarye? Does it interfere in the up position? Are they light enough not to overcome the spring and drop or make side stand bounce? If you do, what brand, maybe a link and your evaluation? Thank you.

[WintrSol]

Got a link, so we can see what you are discussing?

[Quince]

Got a link, so we can see what you are discussing?

https://www.nicecnc.com/products/harley-sportster-s-kickstand-side-stand-extender-plate-pad?currency=USD&variant=45415870562534&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=366523f86076&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=webtraffic-pmax-11.11&gad_source=5&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_p25sO6vjAMV3ElHAR08uQ3hEAQYASABEgKKXvD_BwE

[Quince]

Got a link, so we can see what you are discussing?

Here, found another one on this site:
https://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php?topic=77902.0

[Jess from VA]

I had completely forgotten about this, but one of my bikes came with a home made 'duck foot' (not shaped like one, more like an oval); and attached to the bottom of the flat stand with a couple clamps that fed through the thick aluminum disk (like an eighth inch).  It worked OK (holding the bike a little higher on the stand), and interfered with nothing.  It tended to get wiggly, and one day it disappeared.

I use chunks of 2 X 6 and 1 X 6 wood to shim the bikes up when I need to.  

There are times when you may need to use the stand on a pretty steep incline or irregular surface where you wouldn't want it any taller than it is for fear of the bike rolling off of it (in neutral, but maybe even in gear), or maybe gravity makes the bike move forward enough the return spring snaps it back up.  And flopping the bars can cause it to move too.

The one in that link is better than my home made one, for sure.  

[WintrSol]

Similar to mine; didn't lay flat on the ground, and not enough to help get 'er up. I added a wedge made of composite board, filed to match the angle of the contact:

[98valk]

I did this yrs ago, cheap and easy

Installed a 1/2" wire/cable rope clamp without the saddle clamp. Used lock-nuts and just tightened them.  fits nice and tight on the side stand.

https://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,93955.0.html

[Speedy Coop]

I used a hockey puck bolted to the bottom, works great. I drilled and taped from the bottom up, one blind hole and the other all the way through the side stand foot (1/4-20).

[Quince]

I used a hockey puck bolted to the bottom, works great. I drilled and taped from the bottom up, one blind hole and the other all the way through the side stand foot (1/4-20).

Do you remember how hard to drill is the material? Is it stainless steel or just  an alloy, not hardened.

[Speedy Coop]

It drilled and taped for me without  a problem.

[Jess from VA]

It seems to me these kickstand shoes (after market or home made) have two different purposes. 

One, to hold the bike up a bit higher from the usual lean. 

Two, to make sure it doesn't dig into soft ground causing the bike to fall over.

The one that came on one of my bikes was for the soft ground issue, it didn't really raise the bike up much if at all.  I never park in the dirt (but have a little hard polymer plate in my saddlebag to use if I have to).

[Pluggy]

A new 180/70r16 with factory sized shocks doesn't make the bike "lean too much".  Are you owners who want a longer sidestand using something different?

[WintrSol]

Some lean more than others, it seems, and some of us are a little short on inseam. Even with the air-ride suspension let down, mine was still more effort than I wanted; with the extra pad lift, I can at least pull it up with my foot on the right peg on level ground.

[Pluggy]

Some lean more than others, it seems, and some of us are a little short on inseam. Even with the air-ride suspension let down, mine was still more effort than I wanted; with the extra pad lift, I can at least pull it up with my foot on the right peg on level ground.

Yes, some lean more than others. The distance from the floor to the sidestand pivot pin sets the "lean angle". If we could measure a dozen brand new Valkyries, that distance should be the same. Modify the suspension or tires and it changes that floor-to-pin distance. If suspension height or tire size increases that distance, a bike will lean more.  It may require the sidestand pad.

Many "mods" have been worked on many bikes and the "lean angles" show it.

[98valk]

A new 180/70r16 with factory sized shocks doesn't make the bike "lean too much".  Are you owners who want a longer sidestand using something different?

205/65-16 dark side raised the rear up. 130/90-17 rear on front, along with raising forks in triple trees lowered the front end.

[WintrSol]

Yes, some lean more than others. The distance from the floor to the sidestand pivot pin sets the "lean angle". If we could measure a dozen brand new Valkyries, that distance should be the same. Modify the suspension or tires and it changes that floor-to-pin distance. If suspension height or tire size increases that distance, a bike will lean more.  It may require the sidestand pad.

Many "mods" have been worked on many bikes and the "lean angles" show it.

Bought mine with the Goldwing air suspension. If I let it down, the bike is much lower in the back, but it still leans pretty far. I wonder if the famous Honda QC was out the days that part of the frame was welded up.