Google it.Īs far as "Cheap Jap Switches", that sort of moronic, racist comment doesn't really deserve a response, take it over to your HD One Percenter Forum. it's about human ergonomics and the Japanese concept of Kansai. Sure, you get used to it, but you can get used to Enema's too Ergonomically it is totally counter-intuitive. The idiotic BMW signal system has been derided by plenty of experts world wide since it's introduction. most likely they will have you buying an expensive replacement that may not even work right.Ĭlick to expand.This is crap. The lean angle did increase a bit but a very good trade off because now the bike won't come off the side stand. This created more angle and more stability as a result. My solution on my Vstrom was to grind (angle grinder) a bit of material off the resting point of the stand when it was in the "deployed" position. It was easy for the Vstrom to roll forward, then side stand would disengage. My Vstrom had a similar problem as your K bike. They've improved them but they still BEND over time.
See KTM.įor years, KTM dirt bike stands snapped off, even with moderate use. To be fair, BMW are not the only company to make shite stands. From their funny turn signal system that only they think is right, to behind the curve electrics.īest thing owners can do is BITCH LIKE HELL to your dealers until they get the message and get word to BMW NA. BMW are a funny company, so smug and sure they are always right. I remember complaints about some BMW's stands from friends, never noticed them all that much. Just the BMWs.Ĭlick to expand.Good comments and I assure you, you are not alone. How frigging hard is it to make a kickstand? None of my Suzuki's ever had a problem. So to date, two BMWs, one weak kick stand and one complete turd of a kickstand. I've actually tried getting on the opposite side, but with the long throw suspension, the bike starts to come the other way and it's a fine balance point to get on the bike without pulling it over on top of you. So if I need to use it for leverage because I have camping gear strapped on, I can't get on the bike. If I can't find one, the peg is under the bike. I need an uphill slope to compensate for the bend in the stand. Right now, riding the bike anywhere causes problems. Hopefully that will put this lame problem behind me. I'm going to modify the next stand and have a buddy weld a strengthening bar on it. I can do this on the K1100LT stand, and have for years, with no problem - and it's a smaller stand (but it's not bent from the factory!). Usually I just get on the bike normally, but sometimes, depending on the angle of the ground or the load on my bike, I step on the peg and kick my leg over. It's not like I put the bike on the stand and lift the bike up and pound it back down or hop up and down on the peg while it's on the stand. At this point, I'm not sure if I can get it replaced under warranty again. It took less than two months for the stand to be bent in the upper portion so much that the bike leaned at more than twice the lean angle of other F800GS bikes. The steep angle at the top and the bend produce a significant amount of force on the stand in normal use. This design, much like the stand on the R1200GSA, it just incredbily poor engineering. It's not a curve, both portions are straight. The top portion is angled forward heavily and about halfway down, it bends more towards the ground.
The kickstand on this bike, is not straight, but is bent.
The kickstand has folded up on me twice and the tendency to partially deploy has resulted in one dump. So overall, not a terrible kickstand, but by no means a good one. Plus, the spring and cam in it don't help push it forward past straight down, so it's easy to set the bike on the stand when the stand is not properly set. It doesn't go forward very much, which means if you don't put it in gear, even on a 0.5 degree decline, the stand will fold up on you and dump the bike. The kickstand, however, I'm not so fond of. I bought my first BMW, a K1100LT in 1996. MHRA 'TOYOTA', All Acronyms, 12 August 2023, Bluebook All Acronyms, TOYOTA (Aug. TOYOTA, All Acronyms, viewed August 12, 2023, MLA All Acronyms. Retrieved August 12, 2023, from Chicago All Acronyms. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Quote Copy APA All Acronyms.
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