Worthless Jiffy stand!....
Worthless Jiffy stand!....
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sorry to laugh. i was just posting in another thread how i have done that. lol
glad you and the bike are ok. the ego bruise might take a moment to heal though.
my girlfriend still mocks me for it (mostly because i was trying to be all cool when i did it.)
glad you and the bike are ok. the ego bruise might take a moment to heal though.
my girlfriend still mocks me for it (mostly because i was trying to be all cool when i did it.)
Last edited by American Heritage; Aug 17, 2008 at 07:42 PM.
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by the way. if it makes you feel better. at the dealer last week (during that weekend cookout thing they do) a guy went to test ride an ultra classic. i guess he told them he was a very experienced rider.
well. he drove off with the kickstand DOWN (been there done that). he turned the bike and it dug in and dropped him. he was wearing a helmet and good thing. he was only going 5-10 mph in the lot and cracked the helmet. it doesnt take much.
well. he drove off with the kickstand DOWN (been there done that). he turned the bike and it dug in and dropped him. he was wearing a helmet and good thing. he was only going 5-10 mph in the lot and cracked the helmet. it doesnt take much.
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I did something almost like that. I went to put down the kick stand and it got away half-way down. It folded back into place and I was already leaning the bike to the stand. My foot was turned and I could not hold the weight on my ankle. I ended up catching the bike and easing bike to engine guard. Pulled all kind of muscles in my back but no marks on the bike.
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Driving off with stand down can be very dangerous. Some bikes (Yamaha Vstar for example) won't start with the stand down. Good old Japanese error proofing!
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There is a sensor for this but for some reason it's not connected on US bikes. Seems like something that should be enabled at the factory and a rider can unplug if not wanted.
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After 30 years, you get one drop :-). I rode for 3 hours on a real hot day, pulled up to the house, put down the jiffy stand and jumped off a real hot bike. Trouble was, the stand wasn't fully deployed. I hate it when that happens.