Then it hit me....

boomerang2120 · 07-05-2010, 02:20 PM

So I rode in today and proudly parked my ride in a place of well deserved prominence. Later I found myself day dreaming out the 3rd floor window and while gazing over that huge expanse of black asphalt furiously being pounded by the relentless rays of the Sun wishing I was out there and free of this self-imposed bondage to that drug called supporting the family....

...and it hit me.... How many have ever walked out to find their Nomad laying it's side with the kickstand stuck in the pavement, mud, loose gravel, etc ? Seems to me the stand has a pretty large 'footprint' but.....

(gotta run - evil paycheck waving overseer coming)

borto1990 · 07-05-2010, 03:53 PM

never on my nomad, once on the 750 vulcan. since then I always carry kick stand plates for when ever it seems questionable.

nomad561 · 07-05-2010, 04:16 PM

I carry several kickstand plates in my saddlebags just in case.That would suck to come out and find my bike like that.

jd01 · 07-05-2010, 05:25 PM

Had a Yamaha Magnum 650 once. Rode it to work one day and when I went out to lunch, the kickstand was pretty deep in the asphalt, almost to the point of going over. Got there just in time!
I guess carrying a kickstand plate is probably a good idea.

**ringadingh** · 07-05-2010, 05:28 PM

Its never happened to me. Yet!

usranger74 · 07-05-2010, 05:54 PM

Not on my Nomad but did such with my Honda Shadow 1100. I now carry a kickstand plate.

**Cajunrider** · 07-05-2010, 07:08 PM

Hasn't happened to me yet. I carry a home made aluminum sidestand plate in my left saddlebag. I've seen guys pick up a flattened plastic water bottle or beer can and use those when parking on a grass parking spot. Works just as good as the stand plate.....just doesn't look as good.

desertdog · 07-05-2010, 08:20 PM

I carry a piece of 1/4 inch plywood 4x6" in my side bag for if I have to park on questionable ground.

Learned my lesson many years ago with my Yamaha 650. It was a cool bike, and I was young and being cool. Pulled into the K Mart parking lot on a hot summer day, cruised the parking lot admiring all the sweet young things in short shorts, being cool. Man I am the coolest.

Park the bike and get about 10 feet away, turn around for one last look at my cool ride, just in time to watch the kickstand sink into the hot asphalt and over it goes.

So much for being really cool, and parking lot asphalt is a real bitch to get off hot pipes.

Yellow Jacket · 07-05-2010, 08:21 PM

I carry a square junction box cover plate. I think it cost less than 50 cents at Home Depot.

kenb · 07-05-2010, 08:33 PM

I noticed that a couple of you wrote "I carry several kickstand plates" & "I always carry kick stand plates". Is there a reason to carry more than one? Do you sell them to others not so prepared? Do you use one and leave it behind? Do you have several kick stands? Do you stack them so the bike stands more upright?

cdneh · 07-05-2010, 09:39 PM

I carry only one and like Yellow Jacket, I use a round cover plate from an electrical junction box, costs around $1.25. I wrapped it in orange hockey tape so it sticks out when lifting the side stand. Never have this motorcycle sink or tip, but having that experience many years ago I am always cautious where and how I park on a hot day. I need to be more careful in the driveway as the asphalt is softer than used in commercial areas.

macmac · 07-05-2010, 09:39 PM

I just about had that happen a few weeks ago. i went to the Lupine festival. A lupin is a alpine flower that grows here. On the way there is trained barrels, with a bit of hail. The ground was grass mush, and I used the plate i carry in my woman little black purse at the wind screen. I didn't place the plate well, evidently and it tipped up and kicked out and the side stand was headed to Davey Jone's Locker.

Next time i will take a little better care to see it is set up right.

pagemastr · 07-05-2010, 09:43 PM

For $2 each Iron Pony has some kickstand pads that work great and always have a couple with me offering them to others I ride with when needed. They also work great for the canoe stand :-)

cactusjack · 07-05-2010, 10:31 PM

The ground here is too hard. There's no grass to park on, either. I have a kickstand plate but have never used it. I guess if I was ever someplace muddy it might come in handy.

AlabamaNomadRider · 07-05-2010, 11:39 PM

Hot asphalt or muddy yards can be a hazzard. It has never happened to me and I do have a metal plated just in case.

07-05-2010, 02:20 PM	#1
boomerang2120 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Winston Salem, NC Posts: 115	Then it hit me.... So I rode in today and proudly parked my ride in a place of well deserved prominence. Later I found myself day dreaming out the 3rd floor window and while gazing over that huge expanse of black asphalt furiously being pounded by the relentless rays of the Sun wishing I was out there and free of this self-imposed bondage to that drug called supporting the family.... ...and it hit me.... How many have ever walked out to find their Nomad laying it's side with the kickstand stuck in the pavement, mud, loose gravel, etc ? Seems to me the stand has a pretty large 'footprint' but..... (gotta run - evil paycheck waving overseer coming) __________________ '00 - 1500 'Carbed' Nomad VBA #01600 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-05-2010, 03:53 PM	#2
borto1990 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: grand rapids, mi Posts: 475	Then it hit me.... never on my nomad, once on the 750 vulcan. since then I always carry kick stand plates for when ever it seems questionable.
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07-05-2010, 04:16 PM	#3
nomad561 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pasco , Wa Posts: 1,445	Then it hit me.... I carry several kickstand plates in my saddlebags just in case.That would suck to come out and find my bike like that.
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07-05-2010, 05:25 PM	#4
jd01 Advanced Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canton,Georgia Posts: 851	Then it hit me.... Had a Yamaha Magnum 650 once. Rode it to work one day and when I went out to lunch, the kickstand was pretty deep in the asphalt, almost to the point of going over. Got there just in time! I guess carrying a kickstand plate is probably a good idea. __________________ Don Denman "JD" 2001 Luminous Vintage Red carbed 1500 Nomad VBA #376 VROC #6195
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07-05-2010, 05:28 PM	#5
ringadingh Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Newmarket Ontario Canada Posts: 35,387	Then it hit me.... Its never happened to me. Yet! __________________ 2002 Nomad aka Bountyhunter VBA #27 VROC #18951 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-05-2010, 05:54 PM	#6
usranger74 Sr. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: La Vista, NE Posts: 4,060	Then it hit me.... Not on my Nomad but did such with my Honda Shadow 1100. I now carry a kickstand plate. __________________ Bill (usranger74) Blake 2016 Goldwing VBA # 1505
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07-05-2010, 07:08 PM	#7
Cajunrider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: (SE Louisiana) Posts: 8,340	Then it hit me.... Hasn't happened to me yet. I carry a home made aluminum sidestand plate in my left saddlebag. I've seen guys pick up a flattened plastic water bottle or beer can and use those when parking on a grass parking spot. Works just as good as the stand plate.....just doesn't look as good. __________________ 2016 Electra Glide Ultra Limited CVO Palladium Silver / Phantom Blue 110 cu in SE 2012 Electra Glide Ultra Limited (Traded 6/22/16) Tequila Sunrise / HD Orange Vance & Hines true dual headers Rinehart 4" slip ons Screamin Eagle Super Tuner Screamin Eagle Stage 1 intake Dyno tuned H.O.G.# 4514015 2007 Nomad 1600 (Traded 6/23/12) VBA #482
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07-05-2010, 08:20 PM	#8
desertdog Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Goodyear AZ Posts: 331	Then it hit me.... I carry a piece of 1/4 inch plywood 4x6" in my side bag for if I have to park on questionable ground. Learned my lesson many years ago with my Yamaha 650. It was a cool bike, and I was young and being cool. Pulled into the K Mart parking lot on a hot summer day, cruised the parking lot admiring all the sweet young things in short shorts, being cool. Man I am the coolest. Park the bike and get about 10 feet away, turn around for one last look at my cool ride, just in time to watch the kickstand sink into the hot asphalt and over it goes. So much for being really cool, and parking lot asphalt is a real bitch to get off hot pipes.
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07-05-2010, 08:21 PM	#9
Yellow Jacket Top Contributor Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fayetteville, Georgia Posts: 5,792	Then it hit me.... I carry a square junction box cover plate. I think it cost less than 50 cents at Home Depot. __________________ Bob KawaNOW/VBA 210 Green/Silver 2006 Patriot Guard Riders 2009
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07-05-2010, 08:33 PM	#10
kenb Advanced Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Galt, Ca Posts: 514	Then it hit me.... I noticed that a couple of you wrote "I carry several kickstand plates" & "I always carry kick stand plates". Is there a reason to carry more than one? Do you sell them to others not so prepared? Do you use one and leave it behind? Do you have several kick stands? Do you stack them so the bike stands more upright? __________________ VBA 00735 VROC 28102 2008 KVN MOB & NS The only hand-held device that should be legal to use while driving is the STEERING WHEEL!
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07-05-2010, 09:39 PM	#11
cdneh Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario Posts: 126	Then it hit me.... I carry only one and like Yellow Jacket, I use a round cover plate from an electrical junction box, costs around $1.25. I wrapped it in orange hockey tape so it sticks out when lifting the side stand. Never have this motorcycle sink or tip, but having that experience many years ago I am always cautious where and how I park on a hot day. I need to be more careful in the driveway as the asphalt is softer than used in commercial areas.
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07-05-2010, 09:39 PM	#12
macmac Sr. Contributor Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tamworth New Hampster 06 1600 Posts: 12,484	Then it hit me.... I just about had that happen a few weeks ago. i went to the Lupine festival. A lupin is a alpine flower that grows here. On the way there is trained barrels, with a bit of hail. The ground was grass mush, and I used the plate i carry in my woman little black purse at the wind screen. I didn't place the plate well, evidently and it tipped up and kicked out and the side stand was headed to Davey Jone's Locker. Next time i will take a little better care to see it is set up right. __________________ 06 1600 Nomad Just call me Mac molon labe come and get it
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07-05-2010, 09:43 PM	#13
pagemastr Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Ohio, USA Posts: 676	Then it hit me.... For $2 each Iron Pony has some kickstand pads that work great and always have a couple with me offering them to others I ride with when needed. They also work great for the canoe stand :-)
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07-05-2010, 10:31 PM	#14
cactusjack Mega-Contributor Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Where it doesn't snow...ever! Posts: 21,926	Then it hit me.... The ground here is too hard. There's no grass to park on, either. I have a kickstand plate but have never used it. I guess if I was ever someplace muddy it might come in handy. __________________ Scott "Cactusjack" Hanks VBA #00105 H.O.G. #4250060 2011 H-D Ultra Limited 103ci :: 2011 HD Electra Glide Ultra Limited w/Stage 1 :: Rallies: Mesquite '08\|Custer '09\|Cortez '10\|Crescent City '11\|Kanab '12\|Antlers '12\|Estes Park '13\|Antlers '13\|Orofino '14\|The Dalles '17
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07-05-2010, 11:39 PM	#15
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	Then it hit me.... Hot asphalt or muddy yards can be a hazzard. It has never happened to me and I do have a metal plated just in case. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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