Just thought I&#039;d share this for general use.&nbsp; How many of the members here have parked their bike on hot asphalt and come back a little while later to find the foot of the kickstand has sunk way down in the pavement and the bike is either leaning way over or has fallen?&nbsp; <br /><br />Well, I&#039;ve got a simple solution.&nbsp; It works so well, I gave away a bucket of them at Sturgis 3 years ago.&nbsp; Take a hockey puck, a pencil, a knife and a sharp chisel.&nbsp; If you are really fortunate, you can use a drill press, milling machine or dremel.&nbsp; <br /><br />Place the hockey puck under your kickstands foot and trace an outline of the foot.&nbsp; Now cut the edges with a knife and use the chisel to remove the excess material.<br /><br />Cost - about $0.50 and time about 10 minutes.&nbsp; <br /><br />When you go to park, place the puck under the kickstand and the increased area should keep your bike up.&nbsp; Also, if you drive away and forget it, well, its a puck for crying out load - make another.&nbsp; One guy at the Sturgis rally was so impressed, he drilled a hole in it an put a leather thong through it so he could simply pull it up without bending over.<br /><br />

A jar lid works as well...with no &quot;dremelling&quot; but the puck idea sounds like a much safer plan. I mean a metal jar lid will get hot as well, and on a super hot day, there is a slim possibility that a jar lid might sink in as well...<br /><br />HagenZ from sasksport actually had his interceptor on the center stand overnight and it still managed to tip over from sinking in...that has GOT to suck!!

Actually, there are 4 reasons why I used a puck<br /><br />- The rubber won&#039;t heat up<br />- The rubber won&#039;t scratch the chrome/paint on the kickstand<br />- The rubber bends/deflects to accomondate irregularities in the ground<br />- We&#039;re Canadian - pucks are common up here

haha...makes sense to me!!

any pics of the finished product? Maybe under a bike&nbsp;

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<br />any pics of the finished product? Maybe under a bike ;)<br />

<br /><br />Not handy, no.&nbsp; I do have one with me today and if I make it to one of these bike runs, I&#039;ll bring a couple.&nbsp; I did post a drawing of what the cut out section looks like.

sounds good, I was just wondering what the finished product looked like. Thanks for the advice. I may be able to find a puck around home somewhere.&nbsp;

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<br />sounds good, I was just wondering what the finished product looked like. Thanks for the advice. I may be able to find a puck around home somewhere. ;)<br />

<br /><br />I just steal &#039;em from the kids on the block.&nbsp; I&#039;m bigger than them...<br /><br />

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<br />I just steal &#039;em from the kids on the block. I&#039;m bigger than them...<br /><br /><br />

<br /><br /> that&#039;s where my puck went you big bully&nbsp; :&#039;(

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<br />A jar lid works as well...with no &quot;dremelling&quot; but the puck idea sounds like a much safer plan.&nbsp; I mean a metal jar lid will get hot as well, and on a super hot day, there is a slim possibility that a jar lid might sink in as well...<br /><br />HagenZ from sasksport actually had his interceptor on the center stand overnight and it still managed to tip over from sinking in...that has GOT to suck!!<br />

<br /><br />the msot amazing thing to me is HOW far into the pavement it sunk and that the city wanted to charge me with repairs to the road.

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<br />the msot amazing thing to me is HOW far into the pavement it sunk and that the city wanted to charge me with repairs to the road.<br />

<br /><br />Really? The city wanted to charge you?? <br /><br />Ok my bike has sunk into the ground on many occasions... my parking stall looks like a mini mine field. I have used jar lids, but&nbsp; quite often they still sink into the ground as well. I usually just leave it there on the ground too (who would want to steal a jar lid?), but sometimes it just simply blows away. lol<br /><br />I am going to try this puck thing! Thanks James.

You are welcome

very goo idea james.