K11 Owners Group

supercat1 · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:15 am Post subject: kick stand stability/flexibility

on monday i noticed that my kick-stand has a decent amount of play in it. it can move in and out from the bike (transverse to the main axis of the bike) quite a bit i think. i would say at the pad it is about 2 inches of movement, maybe slightly more. i got under the bike and tightened up the bolt that fastens it to the pivot, but that hasn't really solved the condition. is this normal? if not, what can be done other than taking the stand off and closing the distance between the prongs?

i think getting this solved will fix an intermittent shut off problem the bike has been experiencing because when the kick stand is put back up it will not always seat in the rubber boot. because of this i suspect the shut off switch may occasionally open or close.
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old guy old bike · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject:

You will always have a slight amount of movement there. I am guessing that yours is like mine was, plain old worn out. I took mine off over the winter and tore it apart. The pivot bolt and the holes were worn badly. I set the bracket up on a vertical mill and opened up the holes enough to clean up and then bushed them back to fit the bolt.
Jeff
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1993 K1100LT
2003 K1200GT Gone but not forgotten
2014 Victory Crossraods

carp · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 10:43 pm Post subject:

I took it off and pinched the forks. It helped. I also straightened the bend in the kickstand a little hoping it would lean over so far. It did help some with the lean but I wouldn't recommend messing with the kickstand, just pinch the forks.
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Tim (Midland Section) · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:49 am Post subject:

old guy old bike · Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:24 pm Post subject:

I did not have thrust issues on mine. It was all in the diameters. I did forget to mention that I trued up the bolt and made the bushings to fit. Also added grease channels.
Jeff
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1993 K1100LT
2003 K1200GT Gone but not forgotten
2014 Victory Crossraods

supercat1 · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject:

jeff, what bushings did you use and where might i find them? i really know nothing about those things.

thanks!
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(formerly) 1993 k1100rs

old guy old bike · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:42 pm Post subject:

Scott_Anderson · Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:37 pm Post subject:

SC, you could just also replace the worn bolt and the bushing and should be ok too.
I have had to replace them on one of my bikes as well.
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