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I gave up trying to get a grip when the stand or my boots are wet.. rain etc.. and just reach down w/ my left hand and swing the stand up .. not a perfect answer but works for me ..



Yep! That was me for years, reachin' down there like that and workin' the kickstand by hand because the tang broke off of mine back around 2006....which I would come to understand was a somewhat common "ailment" on the kickstands of early BAs.

But a few months ago I finally broke down a bought a new one.

I had forgotten how convenient it was to just throw my long left leg out there and work the sucker.

(...and now no longer will I occasionally be banging of my helmeted head on the left end of my handlebars when I'd reach down there)

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)