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Old 08-17-2009, 10:11 PM
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Unhappy Kickstand for lowered heritage

Please help looking for info on who is making one the bike is lowered
2" in the rear and it stands to straight up THANKS
 
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Take a torch (even a cheapie propane torch will do the job) and heat the sucker, bend as needed.
 
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If you do a search on JP Cycles website for "lowered kickstand" there's quite a few options out there. Arlen Ness makes a good one.
 
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Originally Posted by pococj
Take a torch (even a cheapie propane torch will do the job) and heat the sucker, bend as needed.


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Originally Posted by dope_man_21


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I used a kickstand wedge plate on my lowered 1997 Heritage. I could not stomach the thought of the "heat and bend" method, and after seeing a bent kickstand recently I am very glad I didn't do it. Looked like crap.

In my application (about 1.5" inches lower front and rear) the wedge plate worked very well. I picked it up from Ebay new-in-the package for $10 shipped.

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heating will mess up the chrome, and I don't know what it will do to the steel or the characteristics of it as far a weather its heat treated or not..
 
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Depending on the way the stand is heated and bent the results do vary considerably. Yeah, it will mess up the chrome, but then chrome is just something shiny that needs polishing all the time! Never had an HD stand bend or break, including the many I've "redesigned" over the past 4 decades, and nearly all the bikes were kick start bikes where a lot more stress was placed on the stand than is typical now.

I knows I's an ol' fart, but I prefer making & modifying things rather than simply buying them. I also know my limitations, and have no problem buying something I can't do to my satisfaction.
 
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Originally Posted by pococj
Depending on the way the stand is heated and bent the results do vary considerably. Yeah, it will mess up the chrome, but then chrome is just something shiny that needs polishing all the time! Never had an HD stand bend or break, including the many I've "redesigned" over the past 4 decades, and nearly all the bikes were kick start bikes where a lot more stress was placed on the stand than is typical now.

I knows I's an ol' fart, but I prefer making & modifying things rather than simply buying them. I also know my limitations, and have no problem buying something I can't do to my satisfaction.
A-f**kin-men! If you were a little closer to me, I could grab a jiffy stand off the shelf in the shop, modify it a little, mount it, and you would walk out one happy sob. The key to not messing up the chrome is patience, dont try to heat it up so fast in one spot so it bends. To get a smooth bend in the stand takes a few hours with a torch. You also have to get the bend right so it dont hit the primary. I aint no "old fart", but an "old fart" taught me a hell of a lot of stuff.
A- acetyline torch and a little time = $10
B- buy a bolt on = quite a bit more cash
 
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NOT a FAN of his, but ARLEN NESS makes one just for your PURPOSE. Friend had same issue, his was lowered front and back. OK NOW!!!
 


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