Parking on asphalt; sidestand making holes

[sunhuntin]

Was one of the riders much heavier than the other ... ?

the bike i had that sank was a gn250, lol. even 50cc scooters were sinking. really shit asphalt in my eyes.

[HenryDorsetCase]

You need an ice hockey puck. You can even buy them with the cut out for the stand foot moulded in.

http://www.demonbikes.com/more/on/details/6659

or something functionally equivalent

[Roadsafe Nelson]

I carry a piece of flat metal in my bag for parking on softish surfaces.

Yep.. meeee tooo!! easy peasy!! I have a small hole drilled into one corner & some fishing nylon tied to it which I loop over my handlebar.. so when you're ready to ride off.. you sit on your bike.. lift it off the side stand, then you simply pull up the metal plate with the nylon.. & put it in your tankbag!! & wallah!! great for gravel, wet grass, & hot ashphalt!

[YellowDog]

please replace divots

Exactly!

Or the local authorities may take action.

We have enough crap going on already with parking.

[mazz1972]

We have asphalt on our driveway and it's a damn nuisance. Some of our bike stands have dug in and left nice marks.. Our current bikes seem ok.

As people have mentioned you can buy the lil plastic or rubber mat to put under your stand. A good idea when parking on soft grass or sandy area too.

Trick is remembering to pick it up when you leave - I like the fishing nylon idea!!

[Dodger]

I have a nice hole where I park my bike at work (past 3 years) on the plus side I can park it in the same spot each day

[sunhuntin]

Yep.. meeee tooo!! easy peasy!! I have a small hole drilled into one corner & some fishing nylon tied to it which I loop over my handlebar.. so when you're ready to ride off.. you sit on your bike.. lift it off the side stand, then you simply pull up the metal plate with the nylon.. & put it in your tankbag!! & wallah!! great for gravel, wet grass, & hot ashphalt!

im gonna have to do that with my bit of wood. its tricky on some surfaces trusting the bike to stay put for the time it takes to retrieve the wood.

[nodrog:Me]

Was one of the riders much heavier than the other ... ?

and was he riding around on his sidestand?

[yachtie10]

same happened to me
but my bike has a centre stand so i just use that if its hot out

[stify]

Interestingly (or perhaps not), when the other guy at work and I parked outside our building, his CBR1000RR's stand sunk into the asphalt, whereas mine didn't, despite my bike being much heavier than his. The feet of both stands were about the same size, and if anything, my bike leaned at a slightly steeper angle. Weird...
Summat to do with leverage, geometry or whatever, that wasn't immediately apparent from a cursory examination.

I find my blade is very prone to sinking into tee asphalt...more so than any other honda I've ever owned anyway

[Kinje]

My stand managed to go through a crappy bit of asphalt at the edge of the road in Franz Joseph town and fell against the car parked next to it Broke off the bike mirror, but pannier bags saved anything worse.

[sinfull]

To fix the hole try chipping off a bit of asphalt from somewhere else (quiet deserted road) soak it in deisel till it softens and bung the hole with a bit of it
Just wondering if some of these stands that are sinking might be getting quite warm, ie very close to the bikes motor ? Can't say it's ever happened to me, but i don't live in a flash place with a smooth drive haha mine cracks windscreens on my van with all the flexing !

[pyrocam]

To fix the hole try chipping off a bit of asphalt from somewhere else (quiet deserted road) soak it in deisel till it softens and bung the hole with a bit of it
Just wondering if some of these stands that are sinking might be getting quite warm, ie very close to the bikes motor ? Can't say it's ever happened to me, but i don't live in a flash place with a smooth drive haha mine cracks windscreens on my van with all the flexing !

if that actually works thats really clever, might just try it

[sinfull]

if that actually works thats really clever, might just try it

Used to build driveways using truckloads of rotamillings when they did resurfacing, spread it out spray it with deisel and roll it ! Never got a finish like new, but for bunging a hole it would work great

[wingnutt]

there is a kind of widish boot you can buy, that you just slip under the stand, for the life of me I cant remember where the hell I saw them sorry,
but you might find them with a search on the net.

cheers,

Robbie