Careful with your centerstand

sneyers

Be careful how you place your bike on the centerstand if you have one. I had put my Ultra facing towards the garage door trying to get it closer to the wall. I put my Fat Bob right next to it. I was just about to go inside when I heard the centerstand snap up. I turned around to see the Ultra starting to fall over. Luckily, I was able to get to it before it fell on the Fat Bob. I had no idea the slight slope on the garage slab was enough to make the bike roll forward. Fortunately I was able to move the bikes around and re-park them with no damage done. I get the heebie-jeebies just thinking what might have happened.

Fatboy07NH

Should be parking bike in gear that way the bike won't roll. Live and learn.

NEWHD74FAN

Yep, in gear, and if on the jiffy stand, make sure the bike can't roll forward enough to collapse/release it. That is why sometimes I wish the fork lock would lock in both the right & left position as well, because we can't always have a parking space "just the way we want it..."!

FifthGear

I'm really curious as to what brand of center stand you have installed.

smitty901

If a jiffy stand is down and correctly set it can not will not ever collapse.
The earth beneath it may crunmb but the jiffy will not you can jump on it hit with a truck it will not and can not collapse.
This is one we can give HD a major thumbs up on the Jiffy stand design works.
The only way to collapse a jiffy stan is to remove the weight from it.
Iknow we treid and tried tomake one fail it will not.

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Hobbit

smitty is correct the HD jiffy stand is a work of art as once open it locks there the bike can move maybe 1" forward but thats it, you can climb allover the bike once its on the jiffy, release the wieght tho and the sprin on the stand pulls it out of the lock and allows it to move

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RichardS

Guys, I think he's saying it was on a CENTERSTAND, not the jiffy stand.

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smitty901

both poped up in the posts as the thread grew in length

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NEWHD74FAN

Sorry, it was me...bringing up the jiffy stand improperly, when I should have said it may "fold" or "retract" inadvertently if bike is not in gear. I think it is a great design.

Touring models only use the center stand option - sneyers who started original thread posting. It is listed in the HD accessory "bible".

And yes, just to change the subject "slightly" I did notice at the HD dealer the other day a long "L" bar with a plastic handle that looked like an aftermarket manual type center stand. Has anyone used one of them? Kinda scary when thinking about levering a 800lb+ $30K bike on essentially a padded "L" shaped lever w/a handle

sneyers

Hey Fifth Gear,
The brand of centerstand is VwowV. I know it sounds like I'm a real doomass and didn't put my bike in gear. Not true. I did and the bike will still rock 1" or so even when in gear. The spring on the stand is very strong and the garage floor is finished pretty slick. The combination of the two enabled the spring to retract. I have never had a problem prior, have had the stand for awhile and always park my bike in gear. I didn't think the 1/4 " per foot slope of the floor was enough to make a difference. It was and I'll never do that again. I just got the heebie-jeebies again.