what did you do with your fazer today ?

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[quote author=Gnasher link=topic=6412.msg317587#msg317587 date=1594197251]
Glad you're okay, but what happened to the side stand, did it break or something?

The metal looks like it's just sheared away (see the pic).

It's only a hollow tube, so if it's under compression with the weight going "down" the tube, it's strong enough, but the only thing I can think of is that, because the road has quite a steep camber and I parked the bike with the back wheel towards the kerb, the pressure on the stand was pushing it "forwards" rather than the bike just leaning against it to the side.

I presume that it's weakened over the years (2006 registration) and this was just enough to push it to the breaking point


ADDENDUM: It's just occurred to me that, of course, I've been using it to jog the starter (or whatever was causing the "doesn't want to start" problem) by putting it down and then "flicking" it back up to send a jolt through the starter/ engine/ switches/ whatever and that probably didn't help...
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I wonder if the bikes been lowered at the rear in the past. The owner would have shortened the stand to suit the new height, is it a welded joint thats failed?