Lean angle

[j5finley]

Hi all,

i will start off by saying i have a 2022 HAWK DLX EFI. i want to know what the "proper" or excepted lean angle is for the bike on its kickstand. here is what mine looks like. is this normal? i don't recall it being this bad to begin with, but maybe it was. i have checked and nothing is cracked, twisted, mangles in anyway where the kickstand mounts. all looks like it should i assume, no paint missing or cracked either, so i assume it hasn't moved or bent in anyway. let me know what you guys think. hand if this is :"normal lean" how can i improve this so it isn't leaning so far? is that just getting a new kickstand that is longer?

[J4Fun]

That to me is excessive lean by what I see in the picture. My 21’ Hawk DLX kick stand measures from the center of the mounting bolt following the center of the stand to the ground approximately 13 1/2” is yours the same? Because there has been lots asking the same question I believe it probably is the kickstand weld-mount that’s the problem. My bike only leans half as much as yours. Others may chime in on what they did to correct the problem. I think some carry a small 2x4 block to raise it up more. My thoughts…

[Crossbar]

.. could the welded eyelet bracket on the frame have gotten bent out a little?

[Megadan]

My Hawk leaned that far over too. After lowering the back of my bike a bit over 2 inches it now leans at an appropriate angle. The kick stands are about an inch too short imho.

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[j5finley]

thanks everyone, i will have to measure my stand, i should have done that already :doh:

i also seen where some others had an issue with the bolt backing out and the fork end bending a little and opening up for play.

i will check these things and let you guys know what i find.

i have already lowered it a little, just so i could flat foot it, i might look into lowering more......

[Bill Hilly]

I would say the tab/ mounting bracket for the kick stand is the culprit. It's probably been just a hair off, when welded to the frame. I don't think it's necessarily the length of the kick stand causing it, because, looking at the picture, and rotating my phone to were the bike looks upright, the kickstand sticks way out, and just barely down.

[zero_dgz]

That's probably so. I am positive on these bikes the eye for the kickstand is welded on by hand and certainly not very accurately at that. I'll bet there is a ton of variance between examples even coming off of the same assembly line.


The cheap solution would be to hack it off and re-weld at your preferred angle. The easy solution would be to get one of those Amazon/eBay adjustable length kick stands, and just extend it to whatever feels right for you.