Kuryakyn Kickstand Extension Arm With Clamp 7108

…it’s according to where you actually want to put the thing.
The VStar 1100 has a pretty skinny kick stand (some folks call it a “jiffy stand”, I call it a kick stand, ummhmm). Anyway, it takes a good bit of tightening to make it fit down low on the stand where I wanted it.
Now, the good folks at Kuryakyn seemingly cut a couple of corners (a small play on words, if you will forgive me) when they chose a U bolt instead of a right angle conduit style clamp to include with the kit (see the included pix).
If you tighten the nuts enough on this U bolt to pinch the kick stand between the clamp and the U bolt, it actually starts to get into the narrowing, “U” portion of the U bolt and starts to stress the nuts as they are tightened…so much so that they may (as mine did) actually start to gall the bolt/U bolt thread interface, actually welding the two together.
When I had completed the first installation attempt, I threw my leg over the bike and began to back it out. The extension hit my leg and tore a hole in it (blood, sweat and tears flying as copiously as my curses). Obviously, the configuration I chose (one of 4 offered in the instructions) was the wrong one. I chose poorly.
So then, when I went to loosen the installation so that I could try another of the 3 remaining configurations, one of the nuts (having galled) could not be removed. Luckily, the size and strength of the U bolt is such that a 1/4″ drive, 10 mm ratchet can easily twist the U bolt in two.
Bottom line: Kuryakyn should spend another dime or so on the U bolt part of this product and supply a U bolt with right angle corners instead of a continuously curved one. This would allow the nuts to be continuously tightened down to the point where one runs out of threads instead of trying to pull and stretch the “U” into two “L”s. Cutting corners…? Remember…? Get the pun now?
The joke’s on us I guess for paying $45 for what certainly seems to be a shoddy, overpriced American product.
Oh, the product will probably fit on a VStar 1100, higher up on the kick stand shaft. But instead of tearing a hole in my leg, just above my ankle, it would have dug into my calf. Maybe I should have mooo’ved it.

I put this as low as possible on well lubed, smooth moving kickstand. The thing bent in half on the first try, making it useless.

And again, this was mounted as close to the end of the kickstand as possible, the lowest it would go without hitting the ground, so it should have had the kickstand’s leverage working in it’s favor.

Maybe they made them more solid in the past, but it’s time for everyone to look at other options.

If you have folding Rider Floorboards, such as the Kuryakin brand heel-toe-shifter rider floorboards that are identified with Kuryakin model KU4038, you’ll want one of these sidestand extenders. Just be sure your rider floorboards fully fold “up”, which you can do with your left foot on the ground when coming to your stop, and the backward reach for the sidestand (meaning, kick stand), is a breeze. A quality and attractive item, easily installs, looks good.

To week for the job

Very nicely made product. Didn’t fit so used it for something else instead. And it looks and functions great.

Wow what an amazing bit of kit, took about 5mins to fit looks the part and stops the issue of the side disapearing where I cant find it, an absolute must for any one with the cruiser problem

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