2012 -- Bent Kickstand Bolt AGAIN

[Jakobi]

Understood too! OK if you have someone else to hold your bike, or even better open the gate for you!

I ran mine up to 65hrs or so and only removed it for a natural terrain mx day and never put it back on.

I never touched mine from stock, but did have the mounts sheer off on my 2010 model. I think a lot of the issues can stem from an aggressive recoil. I never let mine flick up under the spring. Same can be said for forcibly trying to jam it onto the side stand, using it as a kick stand, or even using it to pivot the bike up. All are outside of the scope of design.

[barossi73]

Euro rules are weird!by law the stand has to auto retract but its ok for the stand to snap off.makes me wonder if in the streets of barcelona theres a heap of gassers lying on the footpath outside the coffee shops!
Even more bizarre is that no one makes an aftermarket version.surely thats an opportunity gone begging?

[Rob300]

Nice to know not the only one to have problems with side stand. Ended up reaming out the pivot point to 12mm and making a revers top hat bush out out of en24 steel. Found mild steel to soft, so far had no problems, use it as a kick stand.

[swazi_matt]

My 2010 stand has never given me any issues but that is because i took note of the issues mentioned on this forum and never let it snap back, always guided it back with my boot

There is a fix on the home page of the forum but I never did it

[fst96se]

I broke the bolt on mine PUTTING IT DOWN. It felt like a broke a wet noodle... Zero effort at all and fell off. I had previously been careful putting it up, and don't recall ever just letting it fly.

I tried to back the bolt out with drill bolt removal tool, and managed instead to waller out the bolt hole a bit. Bolt is still there.

Anybody got any advice? I'll post a pic in a bit.

Been over a year with no Kickstand, and I hate it.

[Rob300]

Originally Posted by fst96se

I broke the bolt on mine PUTTING IT DOWN. It felt like a broke a wet noodle... Zero effort at all and fell off. I had previously been careful putting it up, and don't recall ever just letting it fly.

I tried to back the bolt out with drill bolt removal tool, and managed instead to waller out the bolt hole a bit. Bolt is still there.

Anybody got any advice? I'll post a pic in a bit.

Been over a year with no Kickstand, and I hate it.

Got to drill it out. If thread is to damaged you can helicoil it Back to original, or drill it out and tap to M10.

[Buysomerice]

If the new heads over at GasGas could crank out a $.50 bolt that was linked awhile back we'd rejoice in mass!

[barossi73]

Go back a page or two and theres pics of my fix.i had to drill old bolt out and manufacture a bolt.works ok,but i will say that getting an outer flange welded and running the bolt thru as an 'axle' would be far better.i just wasnt inclined to strip back to chassis for welding at the time.if you drill out its important to get hole alignment close.mine is not quite true to the original hole and stand contacts lower edge of plastic sidecover when retracting.minor but annoying as it marks the plastic if i forget to guide it just inside with my foot

[barossi73]

My sidestand just took a 7.4shake without toppling over in the garage!
I retract all former criticism!

[Tomac]

I bought my 07 6 months ago & its never had a side stand, it drives me nuts when theres nothing to lean it against & I found it unusual that it was removed. Its on my "to do" list but after reading this thread Im thinking I might be better of using the money else where.