Pro Moto Billet Kickstand for 08 TE's

Just a heads up for those of us with the cruddy 08 kickstands. Spoke with a salesman at Pro Moto today while ordering a kickstand for the wife's crf. I asked about any future Husky products and he specifically mentioned a kickstand for 08's and newer is coming soon! Hopefully it will fit easily. It will not incorporate an auto-retract mechanism and is otherwise very similar to their existing line of billet kickstands.

I priced an 09 stand and its only 85 bucks.I was thinking of getting one

the 09 isnt an improvement on any other TE stand made since 200x ?

Its hard to understand why Husky cant design and make a decent stand for these bikes...just copy the XR stand or the WR stand - its not that hard.

I just picked up an 09 TE 450 Saturday, and while doing the walk-through with the dealer pointed out not to sit on the bike on the kickstand, or put undue load on it, it will break, or fall apart, something bad will happen. I can't count how many times I have been sitting there waiting for someone on my now 7 year old WR250F's kickstand without a problem. Looking at the Husky on the kickstand, I swear the thing is going to fall over to the right.

If you cut the auto retract head off of the pivot bolt the stands work much better. It allows them to go to the forward stop and the bike leans over further on the stand.

They actually work good without the retract feature.

Not in my experience. It is embarrassing how useless the kick stand is. When all my riding buddies are stretching their legs, I am sitting on my bike because it won't stand up on its own in the dirt. I get tired of looking around for a rock or stick, then kicking a hole with my boot to precisely the correct depth so it will stand on it's own. I usually try to pull up to something to lean it on (which can be pretty scarce in the desert). The only reason I leave the kick stand on there at all is because it usually will stand on it's own on the pavement. The biggest problem with it is that when the kick stand is down, the foot is way too close to the bike. On mine it is under the foot peg. On all my other bikes the stand is out to the side much farther. Also the angle on the flat part of the stand that rests on the ground is way off, so just a tiny point hits the ground first and burrows into the ground. I would not expect to see workmanship like this on a 2 grand Chinese bike, let alone on a Husky. Thanks for letting me vent, I feel the blood pressure lowering already.

I emailed Promotobillet a couple of weeks ago to see if I could get on a call list for when the stands are done. They have not acknowledged my email yet, so I resent it today, not off to a good start with them.

Ken

Then it's not going all the way forward. Once the retract is off it ( mine anyway ) goes about 4 inches further forward and sits nice and flat. The base actually ends up in front of the foot peg and the bike leans over on it very nicely.

I can actually start it in the driveway and walk off while it's warming up.

The biggest problem with the TE kickstands is the mounting tab alignment on the frame.

Most the bikes I have looked at, the tab is welded on too vertical causing the stand foot to be too close to the center line of the bike when down.

I'll have to take a picture of mine and post it.

05, 07, 08 are the same worthless crap. Flimsy, doesnt work on dirt, always bends. The 09 has new but still worthless crap. need to swing the bike right past centre to put the stand up? Seriously...

Its just beyond reasonable that they cant make a good stand for these bikes after all of these years.

I would buy a decent replacement but one doesnt exist.

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Does anyone know if the 09 te kickstand will fit on the 08 ?.I priced one at about 80 bucks,they look much nicer,and may work better

Hey guys my 09 TXC 510 doesn't come with a kick stand but I will be making one for it. Is the problem some of you are having with your kick stands the stand itself (shaft) or is it the mounting tab?

Make sure you actually test it to make sure you like it, the 09 is pretty crap too.

Oh let's not skip over the '06, it sux too!

I'm thinking that they gave the design task to the apprentice...

Whats wrong with the kick stands, anybody?

Sorry 'bout that Coffee, certainly I understand.
This just happens to be a topic that bewilders me.

I'll keep it "G" from now on...

Jeff