Kickstand Extender Foot Pad Recommendations

Couple those look good!
I raised my rear and needed to extend my kickstand. This is working well for me.

Any cheap Aliexpress foot pad will do. Choose according to your liking.

I keep a crushed/flattened beer can under my rear seat

If you lived in Canada, you could use a twonie ($2 coin). Probably cheaper than everything but the beer can.

Curious. The name brand products (SW-Motech, R&G Racing) seem to be a lot pricier than those off eBay or Ali. Are they worth it you think?

A little uncertain about getting a cheap one for something that would have a lot of stress put on it for extended periods.

And how much would this help, do you think? Pretty sure Suzuki engineered the foot pad well enough. But looking at it, always seems a bit precarious

A lot of stress?
A fraction of the bike weight laying static on a flat surface?
I have seen or read people using plywood, tiles, any any sort of other material with success: what makes you think this is a stressed component?

Suzuki didn't put much engineering in the foot pad, otherwise they wouldn't have made it with a hollow base.

The only thing to be verified, once the extended foot pad is installed, is that with folded kickstand it doesn't rub against or come excessively close to the chain.

Skywalker67 said:

A lot of stress?
A fraction of the bike weight laying static on a flat surface?
I have seen or read people using plywood, tiles, any any sort of other material with success: what makes you think this is a stressed component?

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Oh. You know, I am not sure. Stress exerted through sharp, angular points can be higher than you might think. But you have a point.

Skywalker67 said:

Suzuki didn't put much engineering in the foot pad, otherwise they wouldn't have made it with a hollow base.

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Hollow base?

Skywalker67 said:

The only thing to be verified, once the extended foot pad is installed, is that with folded kickstand it doesn't rub against or come excessively close to the chain.

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Makes sense.

ziffusion said:

Curious. The name brand products (SW-Motech, R&G Racing) seem to be a lot pricier than those off eBay or Ali. Are they worth it you think?

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If you value style or a name brand. Otherwise, this is just a big lump of metal or plastic. Doesn’t take a lot of skill to design/engineer to make it work.

5:07 SW Motech

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If your bike looks like the leaning tower of Pisa, buy this.

Also buy it. because they make money that way.

If you carry an empty beer car are you in violation of the empty container law?

crushed beer can

2x4 block

Geo Smith said:

2x4 block

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It does lean over a bit.

Flash Yellow said:

If you carry an empty beer car are you in violation of the empty container law?

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Is it dry? did you stomp it just now?
Please say the alphabet backwards while standing on one foot.

VFR4Lee said:

Is it dry? did you stomp it just now?
Please say the alphabet backwards while standing on one foot.

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