OrlinEngh Posted April 9, 2013 Share #26 Posted April 9, 2013 Just a small bruise I would say you started the year out on a good note. Can fix the bike. My 84 Venture will run when in gear with the side stand down but once you try and go it will kill as soon as you let out the clutch. Orlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mraf Posted April 10, 2013 Share #27 Posted April 10, 2013 My 83 kick stand cutout didn't work one time and just about did the same thing. I was leaving a friends driveway so my lean wasn't to far but far enough to quicken the heartbeat when it happened. Years ago there was a accident in my town because of the kickstand being left down. The guy went down and slid underneath a pickup truck that was parked on the road shoulder. He was left a quadriplegic. The subsequent lawsuit that Honda paid I believe started the engine cutout or the rubber tipped kickstands that are on bikes now. In the process of proving if the kickstand was to blame for his crash the lawyers hired professional stunt riders to duplicate his crash. They stopped traffic and had these guys intentionally crashing. It was quite interesting to say the least. Their findings must have done the trick for his lawsuit he was awarded millions. Glad to hear you are OK Carl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard765 Posted April 10, 2013 Share #28 Posted April 10, 2013 Carl Carl Carl....... I too am very happy to hear that YOU are OK. Now the challenge will be to get her back looking pretty.. Maybe some wonderful soul on here will have a couple of left side crash bars that would get part of the job done.. The big problem is gonna be the road rash on the fairing.. If there is anything I can do to help let me know.. Oh and BTW. My scoot will start and go into gear and move right along with the side stand down. It also shows on the dash that it is down. So something is not right on mine either. So far I've been lucky because the couple of times that I left it down it was forced up AS I was leaving.. Just a little shocking at that point.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted April 10, 2013 Share #29 Posted April 10, 2013 You can hide the road rash on the fairing the same way I did on Goldie, use Polish chrome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted April 11, 2013 Share #30 Posted April 11, 2013 So sorry to hear that you have some more work to do on your 86, but I guess it could have turned out much worse for both you and teh bike. Now I guess you will also need to figure out how the side stand could do that to you with no warning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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