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I have the same issues as Stinkwheel (no not those issues - just the side-stand issue!) but I don't have his ability to craft one from solid bar. If you put longer shocks on the Bullet then the centre-stand becomes useless and when using the side-stand it cants over at a worrying angle. My low effort / cheapskate solution was a generic side-stand from eBay for the princely sum of £12.99.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Mo ... 2749.l2649



I had to ream out the side-stand plate to take a standard M10 bolt in place of the supplied bolt but, that aside, it all went together without a hitch. Even the spring hanger was in the right place for the Bullet spring! I could have opened up the plate to take the supplied bolt but I didn't want to do too much hacking until it's proved itself.

As you can see it fits under the swinging-arm nicely and even has a heel plate to kick it down easily. Even at 12" long it doesn't foul anything.





As you can see below my lean angle is now much nearer to upright. If you have extended the shocks then I can confirm that this cheapo stand seems to work straight out of the box and won't break the bank.

I am sure that Mr H is thrilled at cheaper Ebay items promoted on his Forum - I think that we should all share ideas and make use of it with useful contributions but we should all respect that this is a free forum funded and maintained by Hitchcocks and they do make their living selling parts, you can all shoot me down now but in my humble opinion we should all show respect.

No offense to our hosts was intended as I wasn't aware that they made a longer sidestand. If people think that this post was inappropriate then I'll be happy to delete it.

I agree with you Rushour.

Even more so as this post actually includes the name of the e-Bay seller!!! - and a direct link to their site!!!

Come on lads - respect!!!

OK - again I was only promoting an extended sidestand and not trying to take sales away from our hosts. Can someone tell me how to delete this post?

No offense meant. And I'm sure no offense intended.
And you've got a valid point - as you say our hosts don't do a side stand quite like that.

Don't let this bit of banter put you off using the forum - your posts are useful and many of us read them.

Hitchcock's sell on quality, not price. I'm sure they can stand a little competition. It's not as if Google Amazon and eBay were invented yesterday.
Short of someone actively hawking their wares on this forum, there's no harm done, and no point in censorship.

It's not taking business away from them because, as has been pointed out, they do not sell a longer side-stand for pre-unit bullets.

As I said previously, If you go into a bike shop and ask them for a long stand, they'll just keep you waiting.

I don't wish to be pedantic but yes they do : https://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycl ... arch=92852