So I bolted a hockey puck to the kickstand foot.
Where can us non-mericans acquire this upmarket farkle called a hockey puck ?
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I have Czechnian hockey puckMy hockey puck was made in the Czech Republic. $1.99 at Dick's Sporting Goods. :hurray:
I made the mistake of mentioning my "Czechoslovakian" hockey puck in the presence of a person who, I found out, was a real live Czech. An angry lecture ensued in which I learned that there's no such thing as "Czechoslovakia" any more -- it's "The Czech Republic" nowadays.
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I buy 10-15 hockey pucks every fall. The last batch said "Made in Slovakia"My hockey puck was made in the Czech Republic. $1.99 at Dick's Sporting Goods. :hurray:
I made the mistake of mentioning my "Czechoslovakian" hockey puck in the presence of a person who, I found out, was a real live Czech. An angry lecture ensued in which I learned that there's no such thing as "Czechoslovakia" any more -- it's "The Czech Republic" nowadays.
The more you know... the less you piss people off. :fineprint:
I think the sidestand is calibrated to the marshmallow-soft stock suspension -- it sags through half its travel under the bike's weight, and the angle comes out about right.
I've upgraded the suspension on my Vee, so there's very little sag at rest, plus I'm using raising links. The kickstand angle became downright dangerous.
So I bolted a hockey puck to the kickstand foot. Solves the height problem, plus gives it more surface area for soft surfaces.
Today I was noticing my sidestand not returning to the stowed position as securely as I would have liked (its was trying to sag), so I removed the aftermarket foot this evening.Also it seemed that 6 oz of additional weight hanging off the end of the sidestand might not be the best thing off-pavement for me, considering
the stand bounces on occasion and trips the little safety switch causing the bike to momentarily shut off off road.
This. All the GS's lean way too far for my taste.Don't buy a BMW then! The big bikes (like the GS) lean wayyyyyyy over on the sidestand. If anything sometimes I think the Wee doesn't lean far enough (trying to park on slightly uneven ground, for example).