LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

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LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby Triangles » Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:24 pm

On my '06 LTD my kickstand scrapes before the peg does when making a sharp left turn. I am wondering if this is normal or if maybe I bent my kick stand.
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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby kawboyCAFE » Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:04 am

i dont think i have ever scraped my kickstand, but i guess it would be possible considering where its at.

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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby GeorgiaRider » Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:42 pm

Never happened to me.
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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby burkbuilds » Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:57 pm

YES! I scrape the kickstand all the time, it is very annoying and it makes me a little uneasy in sharp left turn situations because it doesn't even feel like I'm leaning much when it hits. I wasn't sure exactly what I was scraping until my son-in-law followed me on a ride and told me where the sparks were coming from in my left turns.

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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby DaisyField » Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:00 am

Don't think I ever have. But since Burkbuilds didn't know til his son in law told him, maybe I'll check for scrape marks...Nope, looks okay.
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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby fastpakr » Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:11 am

I've never scraped mine. The peg hits well before it does.
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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby Triangles » Wed Jun 09, 2010 1:02 pm

hmmm looks like burkbuilds and I might have bent kickstands. I always thought something didn't look right about the kickstand.
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Re: LTD owners, does your kick stand drag when turning sharp?

Postby fastpakr » Wed Jun 09, 2010 2:00 pm

Triangles wrote:hmmm looks like burkbuilds and I might have bent kickstands. I always thought something didn't look right about the kickstand.

Here's a photo of mine, hope it helps.

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