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Old Dec 16, 2017 | 07:55 PM
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Just purchased another kickstand spring for my FXRS ( genuine I might add) and it’s still as loose as! I’m still bouncing it off the asphalt on good left handers and it does annoy me.
Any ideas on a solution?
 
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 06:06 AM
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Is the stand straight? There should be no reason for it to bounce. If all else fails try another stand.
 
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 06:11 AM
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The tab under the frame where the spring mounts, or the tab on the stand may be bent enough to not hold tension on the spring. It's something to look at.
 
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 08:27 AM
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Somewhere in the back of my head I keep thinking there were 2 if not 3 different lengths of springs available.

I found a drag specialties spring worked better on one of the bikes in the past but it's been awhile.

The tabs can be bent and don't have to be bent much for the spring to be loose.

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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 02:44 PM
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And make sure it is hooked up to the tabs, that is, the tab on the frame is actually there. We had a thread recently where a DPO had drilled a hole in the frame after the tab had broken, and that was causing problems.
 
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Thanks for all the replies.
The tabs look straight so I’ll hunt a Drag Specialties spring down and try that
 
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