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Posted by Carriearbol4143 on November 18, 2006, 2:22 am
Hello!
I have a 1991 Honda nighthawk 250 that has the kickstand safety
feature. whenever the kickstand is down and u go into gear the engine
turns off. However, my kickstand sometimes goes down on its own while
im riding around (usually while im in 3rd gear, which is odd..maybe
more vibrations?) and the engine has died a couple times when i havent
gotten my foot back there in time to kick it back up. I was wondering
if there was any way to tighten the kickstand so it stays upright, even
with movement...or if i need to buy a new spring for the kickstand
completely. Any suggestions would be great!
Thanks,
Carrie
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Posted by Andy on November 18, 2006, 6:16 am
If the kickstand was to dig into the road ,whilst you are riding around, it
could easily cause you to come off. It sounds like you have dirt etc in the
hinge which is causing friction ,which is stopping the stand from fully
returning. The spring normally is quite strong enough to return it fully. I
would dismantle the stand hinge (being careful to removing the spring with
pliers first),and lubricate with grease rather than oil.
> Hello!
>
> I have a 1991 Honda nighthawk 250 that has the kickstand safety
> feature. whenever the kickstand is down and u go into gear the engine
> turns off. However, my kickstand sometimes goes down on its own while
> im riding around (usually while im in 3rd gear, which is odd..maybe
> more vibrations?) and the engine has died a couple times when i havent
> gotten my foot back there in time to kick it back up. I was wondering
> if there was any way to tighten the kickstand so it stays upright, even
> with movement...or if i need to buy a new spring for the kickstand
> completely. Any suggestions would be great!
>
> Thanks,
> Carrie
>
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Posted by B-12 on November 18, 2006, 8:21 am
Carriearbol4143 wrote:
> or if i need to buy a new spring for the kickstand
> completely.
If the spring is visibly bent, or there is a larger space between any
two coils than there is between the rest of the coils, you need a new
spring.
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Posted by 'Lefty' on November 18, 2006, 6:22 pm
Carriearbol4143 wrote:
> or if i need to buy a new spring for the kickstand completely.
> If the spring is visibly bent, or there is a larger space between any
> two coils than there is between the rest of the coils, you need a new
> spring.
> What he said.
Clean the bolt the kickstand pivots on, then grease the kickstand
pivot-point.
Make sure the spring isn't sprung, and well attached.
If the kickstand is MECHANICALLY correct, (sounds like you're isn't)
you can look at the plug the kick-stand switch assembly plugs into, (On
the
wiring harness), and solder the 'ground' lead to the 'kickstand-up'
lead, and remove
the switch assembly.
If it's not the switch, be ready to crash & burn... (Doctors are
EXPENSIVE!!!)
Lefty
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Posted by Pete M on November 18, 2006, 8:50 pm
>
> Carriearbol4143 wrote:
>> or if i need to buy a new spring for the kickstand completely.
>> If the spring is visibly bent, or there is a larger space between any
>> two coils than there is between the rest of the coils, you need a new
>> spring.
>> What he said.
>
> Clean the bolt the kickstand pivots on, then grease the kickstand
> pivot-point.
> Make sure the spring isn't sprung, and well attached.
> If the kickstand is MECHANICALLY correct, (sounds like you're isn't)
> you can look at the plug the kick-stand switch assembly plugs into,
> (On the
> wiring harness), and solder the 'ground' lead to the 'kickstand-up'
> lead, and remove
> the switch assembly.
> If it's not the switch, be ready to crash & burn... (Doctors are
> EXPENSIVE!!!)
> Lefty
>
>
Heard of a neat trick once to get those springs off. Haven't tried it but
sounds brilliant....
Put the stand down far enough so that you can get some coins in between the
spring coils and put the stand back up. The coins stuck in there make the
spring long enough that you can just unhook it.
When done, put the spring back on and put the stand all the way down, the
coins fall out.
To put a new one on, bend it 1st one way and shove in some coins, the bend
it other way and add more coins.
I figure this beats the vice grips ect theories.
P.
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