Motorcycle Kick stands - anti scratching?

[Chuck Baggs]

I'm going to buy two new stands for my Honda 250's and thought I'd get some that aren't metal on the bottom, so they won't scratch the nice epoxy floor i've got, while wrenching & repairing. ( The powder coating of the metal bottoms, all worn off to bare metal, so it seems to make a "rub mark" kinda scratch) Doesn't anyone know of a good stand I can buy?

Thought that I could maybe just glue some rubber feet to the bottom of the one I have now, but that only lasted for a few months. My bikes aren't that heavy, but I still need something study when I'm working on them in the garage + I'd like the stands to be metal for when I power wash them in the driveway after muddy rides.

Any thoughts will be appreciated. Thanks Dudes!

 

[TK-421]

What about putting felt or some sort of cushy material on the bottom and then wrapping that in tape, so the material cushions it so it's not bare metal on the epoxy and then hopefully the tape lasts longer than the glue?

Or maybe build them out of wood?

Another idea would be to make some feet out of delrin and then counter-sink a hole in the middle so you can bolt them to the stand but have the bolt recessed so it doesn't scratch your floor.

 

[Garage Flooring]

What about the stuff the dip screwdrivers in http://www.plastidip.com/ or I wonder if even http://www.rustbullet.com/products/metal-jacket.html

A lot of people actually use our BLT samples or a kick stand puck for that too. http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/revzilla-kickstand-pad

 

[dontlifttoshift]

Google kickstand pad. Pick your favorite one.

 

[gonmad54]

Not a kickstand but the motoconcepts stand is plastic and holds up better than any metal stand I have had.
https://www.motoconcepts.com/p109080-motostand?uid=109080:version=109082


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[bwringer]

My V-Strom's hockey puck:

I've got Sink-no-Bobs on my other bikes:

These were cut out of some some ultra-tough conveyer belting and they work very well. A little ugly, I'll grant. But very effective.

Unfortunately, the little company that made the Sink-no-Bob is no more. But the basic idea of a tough rubber "shoe" is easy enough to understand and implement using whatever you have on hand -- for example, a chunk cut out of the sidewall of an old car tire would work well.

 

[1dwn5up]

I have my motorcycles on these rubber horse mats. You can put one on each side of the bike, cut it down, etc. They're very durable and provide some traction if you ride the bike in. I know epoxy can sometimes be slippery when wet.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/rubber-mat-black-4-ft-x-6-ft

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

https://www.instagram.com/p/86f58AFjUm/?taken-by=legacyindustrial

 

[Chuck Baggs]

This is a smokin' good idea! Thanks so much for the pic. Now I can see how simple that would be to do. (My neighbor's son play hockey in the street and they've tons of these. I'll buy four from them and try it out.)

Thanks to everyone for the other cool ideas and suggestions. It's appreciated. I'm on a tight budget, so the hockey puck idea should be perfect for me.

 

[mopar440_6]

Get some UHMW and either make pucks or screw a piece to the bottom of the kickstand feet.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#standard-plastic-sheets/=11a3366