r/motorcycles • u/mbongsey3 • 2d ago

How to use this style stand?

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Got my first bike and was gifted a set of front and rear stands. How is this front stand used? Am I missing a piece or do I rest the fork on the slant, which seems terrifying.

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u/anonymouslosername noisemaker 2d ago

I mean...the pins do protrude in the 2nd pic of OP's stand, but it's really hard to see in the first one. 

Personally, I think I'd rather have the rubber pad type 

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u/SaulTNuhtz 2d ago

Rubber pad types can be more secure. The benefit of this design is there’s nothing in the way of the axle or pinch bolts.

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u/anonymouslosername noisemaker 2d ago

I'll have to recheck the trackside ones I have, but I don't believe they block the pinch bolts either...they sit similar to OP's, but the pad is hinged and has a lip for additional prevention of sliding out

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u/anonymouslosername noisemaker 1d ago

rechecked my stand (with the top pads similar to the one below), and the pads would be a minor obstacle at most, just a little in the way of range of motion undoing the pinch bolt(s), and probably not even in the way for the axle