Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

by **Matrix** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:33 am

G'day everyone!
I found a lot of ppl reporting problems and subsequent damage to their bikes while on side stand. So i was wondering how safe and reliable side stands are?
Should i buy a swingarm paddock stand ? There are some good swingarm deals on ebay but i'd like to hear from you guys weather this is an important buy or not? and if it is, could someone please tell me what size of spools would fit my ER6n ?
Cheers guys

by **Phil** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:04 am

Side stands are fine if your careful of what you re doing and where you park. Always make sure the stand in fully forward before putting the bike on it, and if its facing downhill it must be in gear with the slack taken up

The paddock stand is great if you want to do maintenance but they are not essential.

Saying that all my bikes have front and rear stands

by **MOTOBIKES** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:47 pm

HI Matrix we have some good deals on stands and spools at the moment if your interested. :kuda:

by **robracer** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:09 pm

Sidestands are cool unless you own a Bimota DB1, spring on them was so heavy you had to keep your foot on the stand as you sat the bike down or she would spring up........ design FAIL! :lol:

by **Clift** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:04 pm

robracer wrote:Sidestands are cool unless you own a Bimota DB1, spring on them was so heavy you had to keep your foot on the stand as you sat the bike down or she would spring up........ design FAIL!

The MV Agusta F4 had the same problem... Or at least the 750cc version I sat on did. :p

by **Matrix** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:59 pm

Sweet, thanks for the replies guys! I willget a swingarm stand for my home garage so that when im not riding, the bike will stay on it and it'll help with whatever maintenance work i need.
MOTOBIKES, please let me know what your deals are on swingarms and spools. If you can send me some pics it would be great!
BTW, what size of spools do i need for the ER6n?

by **Gosling1** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:39 pm

watch those sidestands, they can be deadly !!

:roll:

by **Matrix** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:54 am

So found out that Kawi uses 10mm spools...
Can anyone please comfirm this ?

by **bonester** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:00 am

Yep 10mm thread on them. I have these on both of my ER6ns.:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... MEWNX%3AIT

(I have them in chrome though.)

Racestands make lubing chains a whole lot easier on the ER. :lol: