TE auto-retract kickstand; who likes them?

On my 08te510 i left the autoretracting feature on it to give it a try, and after a couple of days i got used to it and i thin i finally like it. For me the real problem is the angle of the stand. I don't use the stand at all with the bike running because when i did it in the first week i found the bike on the left side after a couple of seconds. I was lucky to only have little damage on the grip, but i was not happy at all. On the trails i have always to look for a flat surface, some bark, a tree oder stone to be able to get of the bike.

This picture shows the problem with my 08 kickstand. I have seen a few that the stand angles out a bit more, but not much past the end of the foot peg. It's more like a pogo stick rather than a useful stand.

The real question: Is Husky listening?

It's all to do with European street homologation. Legally a bike either has to have an auto retract sidestand or an electronic cut out to prevent the bike being ridden with the side stand down.

The Japanese don't homologate their competition dirt bikes hence they don't have to have this safety feature.

Dave

side stand

my 310 does not auto retract anymore. I tightened the bolt and with most likley some dirt in there it does not fly up anymore. I like it this way

I have not cut mine yet. On my TE510 , the previous owner supposebly had supermoto tires on the bike. Dan at Motoxotica pointed out that I didnt have the stock foot on my sidestand. The previous owner had cut the end off, modified the original piece with a spring loaded button. The new end piece has a telescoping shaft with three adjustment heights and a larger foot. The bike seems to be much more stable while not running, and like everyone else has pointed out, the husky seems to want to leave without you when left alone

I think I have come up with a solution for the 08 & 09 kickstand mounting angle issue.

There is another thread started to address the issue titled "AWSOME side stand for DOHC TE's ". I'll be posting my info there...
http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/showthread.php?p=48576&postcount=19

any reason KTM doesnt have that feature?

KTM have the little rubber band to wrap around the stand to hold it locked in the full upright position, perhaps that's the difference?


I liked my auto retract stand on the TE.


Now I just look for the nearest tree.:smirk:

so true!
mind you, it's not really a bad thing, cause the stand barely supports the weight of the bike let alone with a person on board! and if you think you want to kick it with the stand down? FORGET IT! it will stretch the bolt holes in the bracket or fracture the stand's pivot groove rendering it useless.
i've lowered mine 40mm and it sits very upright, is there an option for a slightly shorter stand?


paul.

I dumped, what ending up being my bike, over on the dealer floor because of that #%@ auto-up feature.......stood it up from the right side, not knowing about that lovely feature, went to let it back on the stand and almost too late realized the stand was gone. Was able to hang on and very gently laid it down from the right side. That was gone/fixed before I took delivery.

On the Suzuki DR350 I had before my TE, I used to put kick stand down, lean bike up on it full weight and quickly spin the bike 180 on the trail......no way the Husky stand can handle anything close to that. (KTM buddies are almost scared to put a helmet on the left side of bar for fear the extra weight will cause their stand to break off, let alone what I used to do).

On my '05, after removing auto-up crap, the bracket allowed it to swing too far forward. I found that this would put more force on the mounting bolt, make it bend and cause bike to lean even farther and fall over on the left if not careful where you put it. I finally rough cut a washer to stop it from going so far forward, which also seem to help the mounting bolt from bending so quick and it's livable now.........but I am keeping my eyes/ears open for a real kickstand that I could spin it like I did my old bike(s), or kick start if ever needed while standing on bike w/it down.

Attached pic roughly shows how far it leans w/1" travel taken out of the suspension (1.5" lower seat ht)

Thought it was a bit odd at first, but really like it now

One way to shorten the stand very quickly may be to get on the bike with the stand down and jump up on the pegs to kick start it (judging by how much mine bends with just the weight of the bike on it).

I too used to be able to spin my WR250R around 180 degrees on the side stand if I had to turn round in very limited space and my friend also does it with his 1200GSA. Wouldn't dream of trying it with the Husky stand, so I'm going to learn the standing wheelie turn technique instead (crunch, smash, bang, ouch, etc :cripple.