Kick stand lowering help

[Groovy Cucumber]

I lowered my front end about 3" which makes my bike stands practically straight up. The whole conversion is on a pretty big budget so I'm not wanting to buy a new stand. I was thinking i could take a metal filer and take the inside part of the stand that it catches, and I could shave off enough of the metal to where it catches closer to the middle of the stand. Any opinions or suggestions? Thanks

[alantf]

Cut and weld? Even if you can't weld, it should be cheap enough at a local repair shop.

[Groovy Cucumber]

I could find a guy too. But how much should I tell him to cut it? It's standing practically straight up now. Thanks for the quick reply

[jonathan180iq]

Take off 1/2" to an inch out of the stand and then reweld. Take a look at some of the guy's other work though. If he's not going a clean job or completing his loop, then move on to someone else. It's a simple little tool but it's going to be holding up a lot of weight and taking a lot of abuse over the years. You could always buy a second factory kick stand off of someone and have one short and one long, just in case you ever go back to stock.

[Cathy]

Qasual - Well cut small first like a inch or so and prop the bike, if that is good you weld if not you cut more haha.

[Water Warrior 2]

File down the metal of the side stand stop. Not the side stand itself. Did this on my Vstrom and it worked very well. Beg or borrow a hand held grinder if possible.

[blaine]

Easier than welding is to have some one heat the stand with a torch while you hold the bike with the stand down.When the stand is heated you can angle the bike to were you want it. ;) :)