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Old 04-22-2010, 09:03 AM
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I dropped it going...well...above the posted let's say. I got it all back together and took it out and the bike rides straight and seems fine, minus the scratches and such. One thing that is bothering me is that my bike doesn't lean on the kickstand like it did before, the bike is literally almost straight up when on the kickstand, is there any adjustments or should I just try to bend the kickstand down more?

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Old 04-22-2010, 09:47 AM
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The bracket could be bent. You could try brute force if you have the right tools. I would use it as an excuse the get the bike looked over by a shop anyway, especially after a spill...
 
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Old 04-22-2010, 09:53 AM
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Can you put up some pics of the sidestand area both with it on the stand and with the stand folded up?
 
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Old 04-22-2010, 10:11 AM
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Not a bad complaint for a moving crash. +1 on Chuckbear, you're kickstand or mounting point is probably bent. Sometimes things like that are hard to tell if you didn't know what they looked like before the wreck. Pics would be great.
 
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Don't try bending the kickstand. When you bend it, you compromise its integrity. Think about your freshly restored bike putting its weight on a weakened stand. And the bend will want to keep bending

Best solution is to find out why its position has changed so much and fix that. 2nd best would be to cut and modify the kickstand. But I'd go with option 1
 
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Old 04-22-2010, 11:23 AM
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I wouldn't even be putting it on the kickstand at all in the interim. Do you have a rearstand?
 
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Old 04-22-2010, 03:31 PM
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Me personally, I wouldn't worry too much about putting it on the stand too much unless there's noticeable damage to the mounting points.. the stands don't take all that much weight, especially with the bike sitting nearly upright. But hey, that's just me. Nothing wrong with being a little cautious. That said... with it upright make sure it's not going to get knocked over with a gust of wind!!

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Old 04-22-2010, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckbear
Me personally, I wouldn't worry too much about putting it on the stand too much unless there's noticeable damage to the mounting points.. the stands don't take all that much weight, especially with the bike sitting nearly upright. But hey, that's just me. Nothing wrong with being a little cautious. That said... with it upright make sure it's not going to get knocked over with a gust of wind!!

Pics will help us help you!
This. Bending it isn't the best idea, and it'll want to keep bending... but I don't think whoever said that is taking into account that the kickstand is only really holding a small portion of the bike's weight.

Glad you're okay though, especially going "above the posted"
 
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