Side Stand
- Thread starter Mevorach
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2023R3GT
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increasing the lean angle is not a great idea with such a heavy machine. I’ve not felt the need to change it to be honest. the bike feel very stable as standard, at least for me.
papanorm
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Whenever I park in a spot without enough lean I move to a different spot before I get off my bike.
Gimlet
Supercharged
Same here. I either look for a slight depression for the sidestand or a high spot for the front wheel. I'm used to doing that from my KTM 1290 SDR wich had a long sidestand and was very light. Sometimes it looked vertical and I could see it swaying in the wind. I also tried to park with the wind blowing the bike onto the stand, not the other way round.
I've noticed a lot of bikes these days, especially sports bikes, have long stands and sit very upright.
Mevorach
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I guess you never had a Harley
youzguyz
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I had my side stand cut down to increase the lean. Had it that way almost 3 years now. Love it.
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Blowing in the wind - the need for a revised kickstand
i think that stand is ok...when youre riding on the left as we do, you park on the left hand side of the road with the front of the bike heading to about 11 oclock...the stand is fine then. For you guys who ride on the right hand side of the road, you probably park with the front of the bike...
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Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
There was a thread on this topic a long while ago- no doubt @youzguyz chimed in there too.
The 2.3s lean over a lot more than the2.5s. My theory is that Triumph wanted people to sit on the R/GT in the showroom, stand it up and think, "wow, this bike doesn't really feel all that heavy." That's why it has very little lean angle.
I'm with Mavorac and Youzguyz- it needs to lean over farther. You shouldn't have to go looking, more than you would with other bikes like the RIII, to find a place to park. In the US streets usually crown in the middle and slope down. If that slope is too steep (often) then parking on the right side of the street (US) means that with the kickstand down it has even less, or not enough, lean angle. Yeah, the solution is to back up nearly perpendicular to the curb with the rear tire pressing into the curb- that helps reduce the lean angle and the rear tire keeps the bike from going over. Not ideal.
Then, wind, I've driven to work on days when the wind comes in and spent the day worrying if the bike would get blown over. It takes less than you may think, especially since there isn't a whole lot of open space on that bike for the wind to pass through. It's one big, admittedly heavy.... sail.
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The 2.3s lean over a lot more than the2.5s. My theory is that Triumph wanted people to sit on the R/GT in the showroom, stand it up and think, "wow, this bike doesn't really feel all that heavy." That's why it has very little lean angle.
I'm with Mavorac and Youzguyz- it needs to lean over farther. You shouldn't have to go looking, more than you would with other bikes like the RIII, to find a place to park. In the US streets usually crown in the middle and slope down. If that slope is too steep (often) then parking on the right side of the street (US) means that with the kickstand down it has even less, or not enough, lean angle. Yeah, the solution is to back up nearly perpendicular to the curb with the rear tire pressing into the curb- that helps reduce the lean angle and the rear tire keeps the bike from going over. Not ideal.
Then, wind, I've driven to work on days when the wind comes in and spent the day worrying if the bike would get blown over. It takes less than you may think, especially since there isn't a whole lot of open space on that bike for the wind to pass through. It's one big, admittedly heavy.... sail.
Blowing in the wind - the need for a revised kickstand
I'm sure I'm not the only one who does not like this long kickstand. Any surface even slightly less than horizontal that slopes down to the right rules out a potential parking spot. What's more concerning to me is that even on a modest slope the other way a good gust of wind could potentially...
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Journeyman
"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
Show us some photos please...I had my side stand cut down to increase the lean. Had it that way almost 3 years now. Love it.
Blowing in the wind - the need for a revised kickstand
i think that stand is ok...when youre riding on the left as we do, you park on the left hand side of the road with the front of the bike heading to about 11 oclock...the stand is fine then. For you guys who ride on the right hand side of the road, you probably park with the front of the bike...
youzguyz
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There are pictures in that thread. Scroll down a ways to my post. There is also more info on what I did there.
Blowing in the wind - the need for a revised kickstand
i think that stand is ok...when youre riding on the left as we do, you park on the left hand side of the road with the front of the bike heading to about 11 oclock...the stand is fine then. For you guys who ride on the right hand side of the road, you probably park with the front of the bike...
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