Jiffy stand foward roll
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Deep South Texas
I noticed my bike rolling a little further than normal and found the bolt holding the locking tab on loose. Tightened it up and it is back to only rolling an inch or so. I would recommend checking the bolt.
Last edited by Roadie09; Oct 31, 2010 at 09:52 PM. Reason: too much Jack Daniels during the first post ;)
Road Warrior
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From: Denham Springs, La
I leave my bike in 1st gear when parked. Sometimes when we ride with metric bikes, I'll leave it in neutral when I get off and watch some of the other riders jump to "save" my bike. I get a kick out of it.
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Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Maine
Forward roll
It's the little piece that is bolted on top of the kickstand itself on my bike. Where it locks into the frame mounted slot is a pretty good fit. if i look where all that forward roll is it's under the bolt on the 2010 Roadglide i have. It's a square punched out of the little piece on top of the kickstand itself. The bolt does nothing but hold that **** fitting piece on top off the kickstand and does nothing to take up that stupid slack in the square. I've looked at some earlier models with the nut on top of this piece and they are way beefier compared to mine with the bolt. No way near as much forward roll. And alot of the other models i looked at are not like the touring model jiffy stands and seem much tighter. Mine rolls so far foward if i don't lock it in first up against engine compression that i am just waiting for it to shear that sloppy square off. Bothered me since the day that they wheeled it out of the dealership
Road Warrior
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From: Western Wisconsin
This past summer the wife backed out of the garage and bumped straight into my front tire.
Pushed the RG back about a foot and snapped the squared extension off the end of the jiffy stand that the leg stop sits on.
RG fell over onto the crash bars.
Pushed the RG back about a foot and snapped the squared extension off the end of the jiffy stand that the leg stop sits on.
RG fell over onto the crash bars.
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From: Houston, TX to Anchorage, AK
When I was in Alaska I took one of the ABATE/MSA refresher classes as one can never learn enough to ride safely. The instructor actually taught everyone that the best thing to do was shut the bike down and then put it in gear as this helps prevent the bike from rolling forward on the kick stand. The guy knew alot about riding and I have to hand it to him as it made complete sense. He demonstrated where someone leans against the bike or decides they want to sit on your Harley when you're inside eating - with it in gear, even if they jump on board, the chance of them dropping it because it moves forward on the jiffy stand is nil as long as its in gear. Just my two cents but I've been doing it ever since as he made a beliver out of me just with the demo.
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Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Maine
proof of weak square there
I will be putting my bike up against the compression of the engine in first then pushing the jiffy stand up against the fully extended stop after seeing what that little square with the hole in it has done now. I figured that square would have stripped out ot the piece that goes over it before it broke the square with the hole in it off the jiffy stand but that is just as bad. Thanks for showing that little disaster fukin dealer says they push them all over the shop on the jiffy stand . I'll bet they do after seeing that.
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From: N. Chelmsford, MA
I've parked the bike in gear ever since the kick stand gave out in a parking lot shortly after I bought it. I had parked it in neutral on what to my eye appeared to be level ground but was actually a downhill slope. While removing my helmet I noticed the kick stand angling severly towards the back of the bike, obviously straining to hold the bike in place. At first I wasn't concened becasue the H-D kick stand had a "locking" mechanism and was made for this but it didn't look right at all. Just as I realized I should get back on the bike to move it the kick stand gave way and the bike dropped, giving me a nasty shin injuy on its way down. I later had the kick stand inspected by the dealer just to make sure it wasn't defective or damaged by this event and the service manager said it looked and worked fine. I nearly always park it in gear now and don''t trust my eye to determine if the parking surface is level or not.