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Monday when I was going to work, when I pushed forward on the handlebar to take the bike off the center stand, it didn't go forward, but rather it fell on it's right side. The right leg broke off the center stand. The legs of the center stand are a single piece of tube, bent in two places, each going down toward the ground. The tube broke at the right bend.
The bike has about 76,000 miles, and I use the center stand a lot, specifically every time I fuel, and every time I park in my garage because that takes up less room. I tend to drag the center stand while cornering and that may have been a minor contributing factor, but since the stand will give upward, I think that was negligible.
Damage included the center stand, of course, which I'm going to replace with a 2008 model - Suzuki reinforced it a bit that year. But when it fell, the Clearview windshield hit the grab bar on the other bike and broke about the right six or so inches off the windshield, which costs more to replace than the center stand. The plastic vampire fang trim at the bottom of the windshield had the right screw attachment broken off, but I think I've repaired that with JB Stick. And, the windshield put about an inch scar along the top of the grab bar on the other bike - shucks!
Photos...
The bloody nub on the bike:
The amputation:
And the foot:
The bike has about 76,000 miles, and I use the center stand a lot, specifically every time I fuel, and every time I park in my garage because that takes up less room. I tend to drag the center stand while cornering and that may have been a minor contributing factor, but since the stand will give upward, I think that was negligible.
Damage included the center stand, of course, which I'm going to replace with a 2008 model - Suzuki reinforced it a bit that year. But when it fell, the Clearview windshield hit the grab bar on the other bike and broke about the right six or so inches off the windshield, which costs more to replace than the center stand. The plastic vampire fang trim at the bottom of the windshield had the right screw attachment broken off, but I think I've repaired that with JB Stick. And, the windshield put about an inch scar along the top of the grab bar on the other bike - shucks!
Photos...
The bloody nub on the bike:

The amputation:

And the foot:
