How did he lose that spring? - sidestand

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Got a call from my lad.
He was riding along and the spring on the side stand (Varadero XL125V) decided it didn't like where it was and went off exploring the road.

My reaction was along the lines of WTF, how do you manage to destroy your bikes? The motorcycles Noah took on his ark still have their sidestand springs It's not a component I've seen fail*


So, any reason why it should fail and the easiest way to replace?

I'm interested in the failure as want to check it can't re-occur. FWIW his sidestand has always been a bit on the straight side so care is required when leaving the bike.


As always, thanks in anticipation


* this is where BCF proves me wrong as it's a common occurrence and I should get out more
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[Timmeh]

Any part can suffer mechanical wear or sudden random failure. Just be thankful its the stand spring rather than the conrod.

However, by robbylogic it's prolly the battery, so check the reg/rec.
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They are low down and get covered in road crap, if not cleaned they will rust and snap.

I have had 2 do this.
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[-Matt-]

Think its time i'd best go clean my sidestand and the 3 years muck on it

[Ariel Badger]

This is why the ACU say that stands must be wired up in competition.
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[Ariel Badger]

Competition bikes have no stands but there are RWYB classes in Sprint and Hillclimb and the rules state wireing up.
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[Ariel Badger]

To put it back on you need a lot of 1p coins. Hold the spring in a vice and with a friend helping bend the spring to open it and slot the coins between the coils, then bend it the otherway and do the same. Fit spring and pull coins out with pliers.
Do not do what I did last week and try and use mole grips to fit the spring because you are too lazy to do it properly. This will result in a bump on the head and blood in the eye from headbutting the kickstart when the grips slip.
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[ian505050]

had an sv650 once and it jumped off while riding

[serlant]

spring came off my husky stand while riding when i hit a large pothole. so to stretch the spring around I just used a
https://www.keyring.com/images/categories/92900_Split_Key_Ring.jpg from my keys and put my finger in it to pull it over the hook, then when done you can just split it then unwind it. easy to do while out and about.
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[MarJay]

The sidestand bolt on my Buell failed, leaving the sidestand, the spring and the spring stop in the street. As I then could not leave the bike I had to get an old man to pick it up for me.

Mysteriously the replacement bolt was of a different design to the one originally installed on my bike...
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[Bomberman]

I lost one off the centre stand on my GPZ once - the actual stand bar that it hooks on had rusted away Bastard scary when it happened, the stand made a hell of a racket being dragged down the road!
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[Skyblue]

Mine came off earlier today & did i struggle getting the spring back on in the heat. i'm grateful of the information about getting the spring back on without proper tools.

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