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Scooters - Big Bore => Xciting 500 => Topic started by: HTCneil on August 30, 2010, 08:13:27 PM

Title: help with side stand!!!
Post by: HTCneil on August 30, 2010, 08:13:27 PM

my side stand is loose, what i mean is that i lift it and it falls almost half way down and shuts off the ignition. How do i fix this?

Title: Re: help with side stand!!!
Post by: art on August 30, 2010, 09:18:50 PM

 Probably lost the spring take a good look at it. May just need to re attach or find a replacement. Just remove it or zip tie it  up if you have to order one. Personaly I don't ever use the side stand but those 500's are a bit heavy.

Title: Re: help with side stand!!!
Post by: wordslinger on August 31, 2010, 01:04:42 AM

..take a look at the fasteners, and yeah, the spring....not a safe condition to have a saggy kick-stand....

..remove it and bypass the switch if necessary...

Title: Re: help with side stand!!!
Post by: TechGuy on August 31, 2010, 05:50:33 AM

Get it fixed,  wire it up or take it off.  Riding with a sagging side stand could be dangerous.  Sounds like you are missing a spring.

You might step down on that side and catch the loop with you pant leg and off you go.

It could also dig in during a turn.

Serious.