[mrlmd1]

For you "newbies" as well as the "oldies" - just wondered how many of you carry a "hockey puck" type thing in your toolbox under the seat or in your sadddlebags to keep the sidestand,/kickstand from digging in to soft gravel, sand, or even hot asphalt, to prevent the small footing of the stand from settling in and tipping the bike over in your absence, only to come back and find that the bike has fallen over? I carry a metal wall switch plate which seems strong and large enough, (is very cheap and everyone has one of these extra things lying around somewhere) and takes up absolutely no room in the underseat storage area, but any piece of wood or metal say 4x4" should suffice placed under the stand when the bike is parked in an area where this could happen. It's very cheap insurance and everyone should have something like this with them.