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Northeastern Penna. | I made these plywood stands out of scrap plywood for the old Vision.Positioned them under the tipover points which made it real easy to change the sidestand pads.
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Hartland, , WI | wjoel - 2009-04-08 7:55 PM
I made these plywood stands out of scrap plywood for the old Vision.Positioned them under the tipover points which made it real easy to change the sidestand pads.
Great idea...I need to go make four of those now...what a great way to check your oil level!!!!!! |
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Iron Butt
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Linwood, MI | I haven't changed my sidestand pad (though it needs to be done...) and don't know what's involved it it, so this isn't some smart-assed question, but why not just lay it over on the tip-overs and do it?
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San Antonio, TX | wjoel,
Nice job. I have to make some as well.
Rebel,
If I laid on the tip overs I would have to pick it up. I am just too lazy.
Ride Safe
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Central Florida | Check with your dealer on sidestand pad. They gave me an entire new kickstand when they didnt have a rivet gun large enough for replacement kickstand pad... |
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Linwood, MI | radioteacher - 2009-04-09 12:41 AM
If I laid on the tip overs I would have to pick it up. I am just too lazy.
LOL. Well, a good and wise friend of mine used to always tell me laziness breeds intelligence and innovation.  |
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west bend, wi | This is what I use... Works great for cleaning the bike as well... don't have to bend over 'cept to pick up my beer!
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Northeastern Penna. | I guess laying it over on the tipovers would work, I just felt like making the stands. I did check with the dealer,who never mentioned replacing the whole sidestand. Anyway, replacing the pad is simple. Just drill out the old rivets, then follow the instructions in the service manual. I didn't have a rivet tool,but I used a 1/4 inch flat punch and ball peen hammer to flare out the hollow end of the rivets. |
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| Dave, how did you get the license plate laid down?? Do you have some closeup's?
Joel, nice idea and as mentioned handy for oil changes as well. Curious why you needed to replace the pad already? |
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New Bohemia, VA | Mine pad was gone in 10k miles and I will not even replace it. I'm thinking about just taking off the top part but it looks like it is okay, so no one knows the difference. I might pull it out and use a short bolt to use as a pad and then I just have to change a bolt out. Thanks |
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New Bohemia, VA | double post: You know you're a biker if... - Your wife has ever asked you to move the bike so she could see the TV better.
- You have ever had to borrow a helmet for your date.
- Your best friends are named after reptiles.
- You own more black T-shirts then underwear.
- Taking your wife on a cruise means a putt down the interstate.
- Sturgis is your dream vacation.
- You ever quit a job to go to Sturgis.
- You only took the job to pay for your trip to Sturgis.
- Your only three piece suit is a leather jacket, leather vest and chaps.
- Your ol' lady can only eat a hot dog if it's suspended from a string above your bike.
- You buy your 3-year old niece a Victory t-shirt.
- You can identify bugs by taste.
- You think Victory bike colors would make nice house colors.
- You think GOD invented winter just as a good time to get your bike painted.
- People know your a biker even when you don't want them to.
- One of your children or pets have a "Victory" motorcycle in their name.
- People have nearly died of starvation looking at all of your bike/run pictures.
- Over half the pictures you take have your bike in it.
- You stare longer at the pictures of the bikes in Easyriders than the naked women.
- You don't go a day without wearing something that says "Victory".
- The weather is too bad for riding and you start your bike and sit on it in the garage.
- You get hit by a car, break your leg, then tell the nice police officer, "I'm fine I can ride home".
- You dream of owning a Victory dealership.
- You pile boxes and laundry on your car, but your bike must have 6 feet or clearance in the garage.
- Everytime you hear a vehicle with headers you look for a Victory.
- When you plan a vacation you set up time to visit the bike shops first.
- You have all the tools to work on every Victory ever made, but not any to work on your ol'ladys car.
- It's impossible to see out of your car or trucks rear window because of all the Victory stickers.
- You refer to your bike as if it had a legal first name
- You have a heater in your garage so you can work on your bike(s) when it's cold.
- Your Christmas list has no words, just part numbers.
- Every magazine you subscribe to has the word "Biker" on it somewhere.
- One area of your house (other then the garage) is decorated in a motorcycle motif.
- Everytime you spend money, you think about what you coulda bought for your bike.
- They celebrate your birthday at the Victory store.
- You think 'Helmet Hair' is a fashion statement.
- You encourage your kids to go to the Motorcycle Mechanic's Institute instead of college.
- Your dog and your wallet are both on chains.
- You fainted when you met Michael Song.
- You've spent more on your motorcycle than your Education
- You have at least one ashtray which is actually a motorcycle part.
- You think that the Victory plant should be one of the 7-wonders of the world.
- When she says "It's the bike or me!!" you have to think about it really hard.
- You spend more time polishing your bike than caressing your woman
- You have more locks on your bike than you do your house.
- Anyone who doesn't ride is just 'ok'.
- You can think of at least ten things we forgot on this page.
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Northeastern Penna. | I'm not quite sure how the pad got torn, with only 2500 mi. on the bike. Last fall, I parked on loose gravel at a roadside rest on a hill, put the sidestand down and the bike started to slide downhill with the stand down.Managed to keep it from falling, but can't imagine this one time, would tear the pad. Maybe a tear from the factory ? |
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Nova Scotia , Canada | Is the dealer replaceing the pad under warranty |
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Nova Scotia , Canada | Is the dealer replaceing the pad under warranty |
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west bend, wi | Teach - I'm out of town but next week I'll take a couple of pictures of the bracket and create a little write up - It was quite easy to do.
Varyder - Great use of a double post!!!!! |
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| Thanks buddy. I've been trying to come up with a good way that doesn't look makeshift but just haven't come up with anything good. |
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Northeastern Penna. | Dealer gave me the pad under warranty, told them I would install. |
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New Bohemia, VA | wjoel - 2009-04-10 8:35 PM Dealer gave me the pad under warranty, told them I would install. What! What? My dealer just rared back and laughed when I asked for that at 10,000 miles and just 4 months old. I said forget it, I'll never buy that rubber pad for my bike and be replacing it every four months. He told me that they put those things on there not for the road, but for the showroom, to keep from scratching the floor. Well, since I don't have a showroom bike, but a road rode bike, I just don't be needin' one of them things. |
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O'Neill, Nebraska | Okay...now I'm going to show my ignorance. Do we really need this pad?
None of my previous bikes had this and it seems to be really easy to destroy....so what's the point?
OBI-WAN....enlighten me. |
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New Bohemia, VA | spursmvp - 2009-04-10 8:55 PM Okay...now I'm going to show my ignorance. Do we really need this pad? None of my previous bikes had this and it seems to be really easy to destroy....so what's the point? OBI-WAN....enlighten me. Hmmmmmmm. Let me think just for a minute. Mines been hosed for 28,000 miles and it sits on it very little, and I never noticed until I saw the pad pushed up in the back. I've had no adverse affect, wheels are still tight, haven't lost any HP, or gotten a shimmy. I still get a little wet when it rains and the radio plays okay. Naahh! I don't think we really need it, in fact I think it makes the bike look homely and lowers the resale value.  |
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| Mitch, have you ever pulled off and forgot to throw the kickstand up? Thats what its for supposedly. Supposedly the rubber has enough give to kick rather than stick which should for all practical reasons throw the kickstand up before it digs in and sends you spinning off the side. Now I'm no engineer nor would I conider myself an expert in this area, but given the kickstand attaches to the motor directly and the rubber acts as a cushion and safety, I'll replace it if it becomes damaged. Thats just me and as posted some folks hold a different opinion. I figure if the Victory engineers think it should be there, I'll submit to their expertise. |
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New Bohemia, VA | If there was any substantiation to an engineer putting a cheap rubber shoe on the kick for my protection I think it would have been more substantial. Most kicks on production cruiser seem to lack this pad, but I really don't pay attention that well. My rice tourer had it with the protection claim but it didn't seem to work as stated. Ask me how I know.
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So Cal | When I first got my Vision, my first thought was that this thing dosent lean very far on the sidestand. I kept paying close attention to how I parked. Iwas always affraid it would fall over to the right on the wrong grade. Now, it leans to the left pretty good. It looks like the pad is still there from the top, but I havent checked the bottom. Not sure I want to. Sets pretty good now. |
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Iron Butt
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Linwood, MI | CJ, mine looks fine from the top, too, but the bottom of the pad is completely gone. I really don't understand why it desintigrated some quickly, either, because I've only rolled away with the stand down once. But I can tell you that my bike leans waaaay over to the left (seems like it, anyway...). In fact, I've been toying around with asking the others here how far theirs lean over, I just haven't gotten around to taking any measurements for comparison. |
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LaPorte,Tx. | A dealer that gives you one of these under warranty, now he's a keeper. Most will laugh at you. My pad is gone on the bottom, gone at 7000 miles, no big deal, still does what it's suppose to do as the leading edge of the rubber is still there, so if you forget to put stand up the leading edge will touch down first and kick up stand. The pad on the bottom gets tore up everytime you put the stand down, it slides about 1/4" to a 1/2" every time, but the real slide is when you lock the forks when the bike is on the side stand. Not replacing mine. |
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