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Looking for a side stand foot enlarger to fit my 2020 California 1400 touring which seems to have a very narrow foot unlike many common bike stands. My driveway is not paved and this stand sinks into the dirt quite a bit especially when the ground is a bit wet. Anyone found one that works well?
Perazzimx14 That hockey puck solution looks very practical for raising the stand to reduce the lean of the bike. But I am only looking to keep the stand usable in soft ground. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Side stand pads for soft ground are available on the internet from $1.99 to $25.00. I use the thin hard plastic, they fit in a jacket pocket and they are the cheapest.
Made me cry to see that kind of abuse to a hockey puck. :-(Many places sell cheap/simple sidestand pads. Buy one and you will quickly forget it and leave it on the ground somewhere. Add a lanyard so you won't forget and you can attach it temporarily somewhere on your bike.Patrick HayesFremont CA
Crushed up beer/soda cans also work and are free so when you inevatiably forget to pick them up your not out anything.
THIS reflects the true spirit of traditional Guzzisti...... I have a dirt driveway as well, and keep various scraps of wood aroundfor the purpose. -Stretch
I was going to make a plate and bolt it to the side stand on my V100 because the foot is kind of small. I started to drill a couple of holes in the foot even being aluminum it as hard as hell, the drill wasn't even touching it. I just got a bit of chromed diamond plate cut it to the size I wanted, drilled a hole in it and attached a string to it. Put it all in my tank bag so it is readily available when I need it. At the national I just put a flattened beer can under it, plenty of those around. kk
When I had my driveway paved a few years ago in anticipation of the soft asphalt I had a sheet metal contractor we use at work sheer me several 6" x 12" pieces of 20ga galvanized to keep scattered about the driveway. Didn;t even ahve to pick them up in winter as they laid flat and the snowblower would not catch them.
What about when you use them for pannier mounts?12 Hockey pucks - $213/4" Router bit - $9 (3 pack at HF)1-1/4 x 3/16 flat stock - $9Hardware - $10Fixture to hold the pucks while the router scarfed them out made from various scraps of wood. Now that I gotten a better of whet it takes I'll make a more permanent one for future projectsPuck with a 1/4" x 1-1/4" channel router'ed into themHoles drilled now secure the pucks to pannier with 8 x 32 screws and blue locktiteLay out the interior of the rack and make sure pucks clear the radius. Mark the holes and center punch them to drill. Measure twice drill once.Cut stays and weld nuts onto them. If you do not have a welder you can through bolt them or drill/tap the stay.Stays in place and panniers secure
After forgetting to pickup the crushed beer can and riding 20 miles down the road, the True Guzzitisti would turn around and ride back to pick it up. After all, it is a proven design! Those don't come around every day....Crushed beer cans don't grow on trees ya know!
No, They would weigh out the cost of gas verses the value off the can then post on the internet asking everyone’s opinion and after the thread drifted in some obscure direction they would decide to do neither because their flip phone with pay per minute does not have a mapping app to get them back to the location of the can.
