Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

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May 23, 2007 | 11:28 PM

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MikeOK

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

Eye to eye measurement on my stock N after I took them off was 11 1/8". I drug both sides often when stock. I moved up to 12" shocks (Approx 3/4" increase in vertical travel) and it still drags, but not nearly as often as before. Even raised I am afraid I will eventually drag the lower muffler bolts off. Funny thing is when the kickstand drags it feels like it is more likely to dig in than when the muffler bolts drag.

May 23, 2007 | 11:30 PM

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NightsterHooligan

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

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ORIGINAL: MikeOK

Eye to eye measurement on my stock N after I took them off was 11 1/8". I drug both sides often when stock. I moved up to 12" shocks (Approx 3/4" increase in vertical travel) and it still drags, but not nearly as often as before. Even raised I am afraid I will eventually drag the lower muffler bolts off. Funny thing is when the kickstand drags it feels like it is more likely to dig in than when the muffler bolts drag.

Loosen up the muffler brackets and rotate them so the bolts are facing in and not down. This will give you a little extra clearance.

May 23, 2007 | 11:37 PM

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MikeOK

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

Thanks Hooligan, I hadn't noticed I could rotate them. I am down into the nut threads on the lowest one.

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Loosen up the muffler brackets and rotate them so the bolts are facing in and not down. This will give you a little extra clearance.

May 24, 2007 | 05:41 AM

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sealbeachbum

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

My jiffy stand used to hit too, but one day I was riding so aggressively I hit the jiffystand so hard that it rotated it out of the way! Now just the foot peg drags on left turns! LOL!

May 24, 2007 | 08:58 AM

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SportyPig

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

I scraped the left footpeg once, never the kickstand (I hate "jiffystand") Even with the lower shocks, it seems to me you would hit the footpeg way before you scrap the kickstand. I would check to see if it is all the way up.

May 24, 2007 | 02:59 PM

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sealbeachbum

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

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I scraped the left footpeg once, never the kickstand (I hate "jiffystand") Even with the lower shocks, it seems to me you would hit the footpeg way before you scrap the kickstand. I would check to see if it is all the way up.

My bike is the 1200C, so with the forward controls the "kickstand" (I never liked :jiffystand either.. haha) would hit until the time I hit it hard enough to rotate it out of the way.

May 24, 2007 | 05:00 PM

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SportyPig

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

Ah....didn't think of the forward controls.......duh..[sm=chairshot.gif]

May 24, 2007 | 05:31 PM

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Bradley Jones

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RE: Jiffy Stand scrape when cornering.

I noticed with my nightster that if the road banks and I'm turning against it I have to let up and take it easy, while all my buddys blow by me on the inside.