My 999 as it came from the factory had excessive lean when parked on its sidestand. My Monster, after both front and rear suspension modifications, did too. On both bikes it was relatively easy to shape and install a Delrin pad on the bottom of their sidestands to correct the lean angles. I can't find photos of my 999, but here are three of my M900. I admit it's a little funky looking, but I oversized the pad to help keep the stand from sinking in dirt or soft asphalt.
Thank you!
i guess that’s one way of doing it. Wouldn’t mind that on my Multi, but for the monster I’d like something that looks stock.
I’m all good there.
On my 999, I discovered that the aluminum stand had a small divot in it where it had banged into the steel bracket whenever the stand was sprung into the raised position. I drilled and tapped the divot for a very small SS flathead machine screw that prevented further erosion of the stand and because I left it a little proud of the surface, it actually reduced the lean angle too.
That’s how I’ve done it on all my bikes, just drill and tap the bottom of the stand and add a lock nut to the top, never had any issues with them coming loose with this method.
I had read this as well, and tried it last year with my S2R1000. While the bend in the 1098 stand is a bit less than the Monster stand, the length is basically the same and didn't look like it would make any difference. I ended up returning it.
Awesome! That’s the solution I was looking for. So ‘17+ 4V SS is the key?
