Early season reminder...... side stands.

[Snaggletooth]

This comes up about every year but I haven't seen it mentioned yet this season, so I thought I'd bring it up.

 

Take a minute to check the play in your side stands. Maybe go so far as to remove the bolt to clean the pivot up, eyeball it for wear and add a little lube. Remember that it is a shoulder bolt and you can only tighten it so far. Too much and the threads will snap off at the shoulder.

 

There have been several suggestions here on mods to beef up or improve the pivot connection.

 

Better to check now than fix it after picking it up off the ground. Bolts be cheaper than body work.

 

Mike

[Snaggletooth]

Yep, not a new thing.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=61770