side stand

I swapped the stand on my Tuono (it's the same as an RSVR) a few years back after it got blown over....that little incident set me back about £1200 to sort....

I bought a US spec stand, they are longer, thicker, stronger, and they stick out at a different angle to the Euro ones...

The reason the US stands are better, is because to gain type approval, the US stand must support bike, rider AND a passenger. There's no way a Euro one could take that sort of weight.

I bought mine off ebay.com (go to the US site, not the UK one) There's plenty about...have a look on the AF1 classifieds also. Anyway, I paid about £75 for mine, once fitted, I slammed the old one on ebay, and got around £40....so total fix was cheap enough I recon.

I can't see the point of fitting a Honda item there's not much differerence in overall costs...and the US ones are available...you just have to look. It's a better fix.

I made the mistake of thinking my bike would never get blown over....one of my most expensive mistakes ever...:yes

Ive fitted my Fireblade one today which cost £30, I couldnt find a US one in all the time Ive been looking. I will need to take 10mm off though as it wont go past the ABBA stand and also stands up a bit straight.

Im gonna try to modify the OE Stand before splashing out on a new 1. Will let You know how it goes.....

Tifa said:

The reason the US stands are better, is because to gain type approval, the US stand must support bike, rider AND a passenger. There's no way a Euro one could take that sort of weight.

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Not supprised :biggrin:biggrin