Only takes 1 time.
I use 1 with a string for retrieving and deploying.
Especially on tar driveways in the hot Summer

 

Never fault a guy for being safe.

Not sure I know anyone with that driveway.

Plus I do agree it sinks in asphalt.

 

Well, that was just it, I'm new after 31 years and first hog. I remember it didn't take much for my other bikes to sink and fall, glad to hear I was worrying for nothing. Thanks all.

 

I too never carry a puck or stand thingie, I'll forage for one locally if I need it, as well move my bike to a better location if necessary. I have had my bikes, including my Harleys, go over because of the kickstand sinking into the mud.

 

Ya, different areas call it different things.
It's asphalt not tar, though it's stone mixed with tar.
We've always referred to it as tar.

 

^ or "blacktop"

 

Well, let that sink in.

 

I like big cans!

 

Some places I have been to the parking attendants have squares of wood to put under the stands. Places clearly aware of the pitfalls of soft ground and heavy bikes.

 

Tarmacadam (or tarmac) shortened even further to just tar.

A durable road surfacing material made from tar mixed with crushed stone (macadam), patented by Edgar Hooley in 1902, offering a smoother, firmer surface than earlier compacted stone roads.