Side stand foot extension

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@Journeyman

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acim said:

Can someone recommend some side stand extension? I always had one on my bikes and I would like to get it for R3 Storm as well.

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The accessory you are looking for is this


They are the only ones to date who I have found that make the side stand foot enlarger (that is how I like to call it).

Exactly, thank you very much @Jay.

Journeyman said:

Never had a chopper though....

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That just shows your good sense

acim said:

@Journeyman, are you sure this is because of the wind? I see no other traces like broken branches on the trees. It could be that someone just pushed the bike. Besides that, this is just one accident, not massive phenomenon.

The only benefit of your footies is that you can always decide to put it or not. However, the bad sides are that you have to lean many times, stress your backs and have your pockets muddy.

Guys, I asked here do you know where to buy this, I didn't ask for arguments not to buy it.

I've already wrote, my almost 20 years of experience of using this on multiple bikes is just positive. If you park your bike wrong it can fall anyways having a foot extension or not. and your picture is just a proof of that. Even if it was that windy, you (or the owner) should not have parked the bike there, you (he) should have found some safe place by some wall or something.

If you look at GS forums, I am pretty much sure you will find people using this in the US. I can see that Revzilla offers some. If you look at German ebay for example, you will find thousands of offers but no one for R3. But I will keep searching.

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It's mine and it most definitely was the wind, the bike is so heavy, I never thought about the cover, I never dreamed it was something I had to worry about, live and learn.

Well, it must be really strong wind and also bad luck. My son's CBR600RR was also covered at the sidewalk the whole winter and there were quite windy days but it didn't fall. I won't leave my bikes outside on a bad weather anyways.

We hit 60-70 mph winds sometimes at the eastern end of Lake Erie, it's got a long stretch to build up

This reminded me to get this:

I searched for a side stand enlarger for almost two years, and found only one that is specific for Triumph Rocket 3.
The product is sold by a company called X Ray Project:


I installed it about one week ago, and I have attached some pictures to go along with my observations below:

1. The enlarger offers a good amount of extra area for the side stand.
2. The Rocket3 already has a rubber pad to prevent the stock side stand from hitting the exhaust.
3. The stock rubber pad does NOT screw in, it is held in place with a plug that mushrooms out of the holder. Do not remove the existing rubber pad.
4. The existing stock rubber pad is enough to prevent the enlarger from hitting the exhaust if you put away the side stand slow and careful.
5. If you pull up the side stand fast, it will hit the exhaust with the existing stock rubber pad.
6. The side stand enlarger comes with an extra thick rubber pad, for the purpose of preventing the kick stand from hitting the exhaust.

I attached the extra rubber pad with rubber cement. I will update this post if it falls off. If you do not hear from me, then no news is good news. I imaging that you can make your own rubber pad with a simple trip to a hardware store, or buy purchasing one online.

Looks great, thank you for the pictures. I also got mine but haven't installed it yet.