Normal!
I once had a co-worker try to save my bike from falling over and he set off the alarm siren.
I was inside the our shop working when he came and told me what happend. GOSH-IDIOT.
I would lean mine against a parked car but it gets paint on the chrome!

 

My RK does the same thing. This is my first HD and it made me nervous at first, but it does not bother me now. I do not understand how it works, but it does.

Maybe "hotstuffworks" should do an article on it.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/harley3.htm

 

Thanks for all the info.

Guess I shouldn't worry about it. It's gonna take a little gettin' used to.

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[quote]ORIGINAL: 103FLHX

Thanks for your reply.

I understand that it locks. It just seems to be a bit of movement prior to locking, that my other ride does not have.

Mine does the same thing. It moves back slightly as the bike rolls forward, but I'm sure this is normal. Took me a while to get used to it. I too, thought it was going to fall.

 

Whats bad is when you have a total brain fart and completely forget to put it down at all.
I was in deals gap after a ride... we were finished for the night. My buds were checking out my bike, I was just sitting on it with an unopened beer in hand, no shirt pair of shorts and 2 dollar flip flops. I was all proud cause I'm the only harley in about 5 V-Stars, yeah I'm all braging and stuff about how great it is you get the picture, a number one *** ...so I go to get off the bike, I turned the wheel to the right and leaned the bike over to put it on the stand and found my butt at about 45degrees with no kick stand. About 5 people say that every muscle in my body popped up, the only thing I was missing was the color green and I'd be the hulk. I've got about 700 pounds on one knee, I drop the beer on the tank and I'm hearing myself make these noises like bigfoot taking a dump. I hover in no mans land for what seemed like hours. Sweat pouring, bones creaking, muscles working at 110%. Then the gods answered my prayers and I won over and brought the bike back upright. The V-star guys then show me how a kick stand works and I'm the joke of the night...lol My port flip flop is destroyed, so I walk around all night with just the starboard eating pain killers cause I pulled about every muscle in my back. Needless to say I was Mr. humble after that and it was all good because I was amoung friends. The joke was then that the bike wanted the beer so we offered it up gangster style pouring it on the ground in front of the bike.

If your wondering.. I was completely sober. I gave the bike the first beer....

lp

 

Too funny LP! I think more of us have had that specific brain fart than will care to admit.

I was on my BMW K1200RS and had just parked in front of a local cycle accessory shop. Not sure what I was thinking but I locked the forks and started to dismount. As I was leaning the bike, I realized that I had not put down the stand. Unfortunately, my outcome wasn't as good as yours. I ended up dropping the bike onto the asphalt - and came within about 1 foot of leaning it against a brand new F150 parked next to me. I had a riding buddy with me who helped me get the bike back up and bless his heart, he's never said a word about it since. (That's the sign of a TRUE riding buddy!)

As it turns out, there was no mechanical damage but the damage to the tupperware came to right at $2000. A very expensive brain fart indeed.

 

As long as the nut on top is tight that hold the key on, you are good to go. Spray it with a little silicone spray to make sure it always slides up in the housing of the mounting bracket and it will not fall over. I park mine on downhill grades at Shakerag's all the time here in memphis and it never even thinks about rolling. It's always going to work as long as you lean it over first then let it roll. It's a Harley thing and something that just takes getting used to. If you want to check your stand to make sure it's good to go, park it on the Jiffy stand in your garage and then after you are off the bike, go behind it and push it forward. If it falls, then no one is going to be around to see it...and you will not lose any cool points...good luck!

 

They may not see it, but they will hear me!! Cushing & swearing!!! Then sobbing!!!!

May need a few "spotters" for this one!!

Anyway, sounds like this is a common phenomenon.

Thanks all

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