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Old 26-Apr-2004, 14:37
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Side stand...

Just wondering if any of you lot have encountered this.

After jacking up the ride height a bit the ST tends to lean over a fair bit now.
On a short trip last week I parked the bike up and wasn't happy with the severe lean, so used the centre stand.
When I flicked the side stand up though I noticed its bracket move.
It seems that the mounting bolts are wound fully in and tight, but have bottomed out on their threads with the bracket still loose.

Also, I know the 996/8 bikes had a tendency to break their alloy side stands, or in sever circumstances break the actual mounting bracket.
Anyone heard of this happening on an ST ?

~800 miles in and she's already finding me little jobs to do
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