Fortunately it's just me Installing a new kickstand pad made from a hockey puck, using a special only approved for Victory Vision access procedure of course. It's nice having a bike that you can just drop and pick up without any damage, though I will say it felt very wrong doing it the first time on purpose!
There is a stock rubber pad on the kickstand, it's thinner and softer and gets destroyed easily ( mine was literally gone). The puck is much tougher, and comes in different thicknesses too, this is a thick one to reduce the lean a bit and make the bike easier to pick up off the stand.
Similar things are done to the Valkyrie, because the lean angle is so great when parked. That can make it a grunt to get up, if the pavement is tilted to the same side. What isn't considered is, what happens if the rear tire goes down while it is parked. The Valk will roll over like that, if you have more than about 1/2" under the foot of the stand. I hope yours has more freedom in this regard.
Yeah, there are times when I want a little less lean angle when the bike is parked...
But there are also times when I found myself wanting more, because the bike was almost standing straight up, due to the angle of the pavement.
Yes, the 1800 Goldwings are often laid over to change the rear wheel since they
have a single sided swing arm and lug nuts on the wheel, like on a car.
My girlfriends bike (79 CB750K) had the opposite problem, that thing didn't lean nearly enough to make it stable and would occasionally tip the opposite way. Sourced a shorter kickstand from an old CB Super Sport and put it on over the winter...leans a little more now; so far, so good.
I think it has a lot to do with the particular bike. My 1500 Goldwing has fallen over several times and I had no trouble picking it back up, and I'm not a very big guy. My buddy who is a VERY big guy has trouble picking up his Kawi Concours when it goes over, probably because that 7 gallon gas tank sits so high.
Same thing with center stands, they vary. I also have a '76 Goldwing, much smaller and lighter than the 1500. For the life of me, I can't get that damned thing up on the center stand without hurting my foot. But the 900 pound 1500 Wing goes up on center stand very easily.
Go figure!
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