Scraping kick stand mount

cuong-nutz · May 19th, 2011, 04:23 AM

I was curious to know much of y'all scrape hard parts in turns? I was cleaning my bike yesterday and I found out that I had scraped my stock exhaust and ground my kick stand mount down. I then realized I almost low sided because of the kick stand mount at the track (thought it was just the peg feelers then). My new exhaust should alleviate the stock exhaust scraping but what can I do about the kick stand? I need my kick stand because my ninjette is not a dedicated track bike but commuter.

JS73 · May 19th, 2011, 05:38 AM

If you can't remove it, you may just have to slow it down a tad for left handers. Be careful, that kickstand bracket can send you on a "ride".

The only other thing I could think of is having some sort of removable bracket made for your kickstand. Something you could bolt/unbolt form the bike so you could cut the stock one off. Just throwing out an idea.

Jinx250 · May 19th, 2011, 08:33 AM

Stiffen up your suspension and work on your form.

kogary · May 19th, 2011, 09:53 AM

When I converted the bike to a track only bike, I chopped off the kickstand bracket. I was getting close to grinding a few times and I'd rather avoid low/high siding if at all possible.

If your bike is street/track, you can just remove the stand itself (keeping the bracket) and gain about 1/2 inch of clearance.

Bueller999 · May 19th, 2011, 10:02 AM

Raise rear ride height. I did it for bike geometry problem but it would also add more clearance.

cynicalkit · May 19th, 2011, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kogary

When I converted the bike to a track only bike, I chopped off the kickstand bracket. I was getting close to grinding a few times and I'd rather avoid low/high siding if at all possible.

If your bike is street/track, you can just remove the stand itself (keeping the bracket) and gain about 1/2 inch of clearance.

mine is now sawed off too

May 19th, 2011, 04:23 AM	#1
cuong-nutz RIP Alex Name: Cuong Location: Houston, TX Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): '10 250r, '09 265r Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 2	Scraping kick stand mount I was curious to know much of y'all scrape hard parts in turns? I was cleaning my bike yesterday and I found out that I had scraped my stock exhaust and ground my kick stand mount down. I then realized I almost low sided because of the kick stand mount at the track (thought it was just the peg feelers then). My new exhaust should alleviate the stock exhaust scraping but what can I do about the kick stand? I need my kick stand because my ninjette is not a dedicated track bike but commuter. __________________________________________________ HalfFast Racing Team Serving Greater Houston Area Riders:WFO Riders MotoHouston HPC CMRA Ride Smart Fastline Lone Star Track Days

May 19th, 2011, 05:38 AM	#2
JS73 ninjette.org guru Name: Joel Location: Orlando, FL Join Date: Dec 2008 Motorcycle(s): 08 Ninja 250 Posts: 256	If you can't remove it, you may just have to slow it down a tad for left handers. Be careful, that kickstand bracket can send you on a "ride". The only other thing I could think of is having some sort of removable bracket made for your kickstand. Something you could bolt/unbolt form the bike so you could cut the stock one off. Just throwing out an idea. __________________________________________________ WERA #273 Novice Boogeyman Racing.

May 19th, 2011, 10:02 AM	#5
Bueller999 Oldie but a goodie Name: David Location: Aurora, CO Join Date: Nov 2010 Motorcycle(s): 08 Ninja 650r, 06 SV 650 race, 08 250r race, 03 Buell XB9s, 01 KTM 300 EXC Posts: 131	Raise rear ride height. I did it for bike geometry problem but it would also add more clearance. __________________________________________________ ABRacing

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kogary ninjette.org member Name: Gary Location: CO Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R Posts: 66	When I converted the bike to a track only bike, I chopped off the kickstand bracket. I was getting close to grinding a few times and I'd rather avoid low/high siding if at all possible. If your bike is street/track, you can just remove the stand itself (keeping the bracket) and gain about 1/2 inch of clearance.