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Old 04-02-16, 08:24
Pleiades Pleiades is offline
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Originally Posted by Macca2801 View Post
Who hasnt?? haha Simply winding up the rear shock preload or raising/dropping the forks adjusts how the Ten sits on its sidestand. Additionally I have welded a large foot onto my side stand. Hence why I want to a have measurable SET adjustment to make everytime I need to.
Absolutely.

The amount of fuel in the tank (particularly on the Z) can have a big influence on the angle/position the bike sits on the side stand too. Add to that tyre wear, tyre pressure and what Macca has mentioned and there's quite a bit of ambiguity.

Just remember, the guide in the manual is only ever going to give an approximate setting - the side stand is a variable factor. A centre stand however is a constant.

I wouldn't advocate dropping the dog bones every chain adjustment, just once (or every now and again) as a reference point.