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Remove the jiffy & remove material from the top of the locking tab.
I used a sanding disk on my 4" grinder... scribe a line on the tab & sand away.
After a test fit I noticed that the factory weld was obstructing a
'full seating' of the tab into the frame location... so I sanded a little of that away as well.
I did exactly the same thing and also noticed that a bit of the weld kept it from seating completely. You don't have to grind much off the kickstand. I think I took off about 3/16".
Scariest part was getting it off the lift when I was done. In order to get the lift under the bike after I lowered it I had to ride the bike onto a couple pieces of stacked plywood under the front and rear wheels. So when I let it back down onto the plywood with the "lowered" kickstand it REALLY leaned over. I think a little poop came out...
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