Darkside

[Ken aka Oil Burner]

I remember the good old days when we did what we wanted without worrying about lawsuits or insurance companies. Actually, no I don't. Damn it.

[Skinhead]

As I posted when I first went double dark side, I did notice a difference in handling.  Not better, not worse, just different.  I will never go back to motorcycle tires, for all the reasons enumerated in these posts.  I would like to get a side stand extender though.  With the Austone Taxi Tire, and where I have to park at work, on a slight grade, I use a piece of 2 x 4 that gets the bike up to normal lean +/-.  If I don't use the block, it's a bitch to stand it up to leave, and I keep thinking of the weight on the stand.

Greg

Get a piece of 1 by wood, drill a hole in it run a knotted string thru the hole, make it long enough to reach your clutch lever.  Tie a loop in the free end.  When you park your bike, put the block under the stand and secure the string to your clutch lever or handlebar.  When you go to leave, use the string to retrieve the block, you don't even have to bend over to pick it up, and don't have to worry about extra weigh causing your side stand to move on rough roads.

My mom did this to get in and out of her big 2500 diesel truck.  Except her rope was tied to a little plastic stool.  It always took her a few jerks of the rope to get the stool upright.  Then this little old fat lady backed out of the cab down to the stool, then the ground.  It was pretty funny watching. 

She was too old to catch me anymore, but she could still throw things pretty well.   

Probably just as funny watching an old fat bald guy kicking his side stand shim around.

[GiG]

    

[KUGO]

RE: kickstand sinking into asphalt

Tried to post this earlier, but apparently it didn't "take", unless it was deleted because someone thought I was trying to sell something.  (I'm not.  Just sharing a product I bought.)  Trying again:

I was concerned my 750 lb. '14 Valk might puncture the "pavement" on a hot day, so I bought a "side stand pad" from J&P Cycles. "Item #ZZ55473, Warehouse Item #1069719.  I want to say it was $30ish.

It's black-anodized aluminum and has a claimed 2x the surface area of the OEM kickstand pad.  Large enough to work, but doesn't look like a giant wart on the bike.  It slips over the OEM pad (had to do minor grinding work on the top of the OEM pad's casting ridge, per included instructions) and secures with a hidden inset hex screw.  Happy with mine and have a bit more "flop-over" security.

[msb]

My Valhalla pal Steve from Kelowna BC, a whiz at designing and fabricating, offered to whip me up a kickstand boot last year. This was the first prototype he emailed to me...




In addition to his designing/fabricating skills, he also has quite the sense of humor....this is the finished product

[turtle254]

My Valhalla pal Steve from Kelowna BC, a whiz at designing and fabricating, offered to whip me up a kickstand boot last year. This was the first prototype he emailed to me...




In addition to his designing/fabricating skills, he also has quite the sense of humor....this is the finished product

How much for another friend?

[MarkT]

Looks like a decent design, esp if you have a CNC mill to cut it out of billet.  Provide an ampule of Loctite 242 so the screw wouldn't walk out.  Requires the customer to drill a hole in the right spot at the right angle. Not sure I would assume that would be done reliably.  One could provide say a wood jig to enforce that.  I'm still thinking in terms of an exchange so I can do the install with stainless welding.

[msb]

Looks like a decent design, esp if you have a CNC mill to cut it out of billet.  Provide an ampule of Loctite 242 so the screw wouldn't walk out.  Requires the customer to drill a hole in the right spot at the right angle. Not sure I would assume that would be done reliably.  One could provide say a wood jig to enforce that.  I'm still thinking in terms of an exchange so I can do the install with stainless welding.

Ya, this is a good riding buddy of mine who lives about a 4 hour ride from me up in the Okanagan region of BC. I rode up there a month before the ride to Billings last Summer and spent the evening, so he was able to custom fit it exactly to my kickstand. This was just a one-off done for me. And yes, he does his own milling, etc...makes his own performance parts for his cars and bikes. The bolt is locked tight...I just put a chrome cap on the head .